Lake Dixon Campout 2/14

2/14 

I was recently tasked with taking my fellow boy scout troop on a fishing camp out, since they knew that I probably knew what I was doing. I decided on Lake Dixon, because it has very nice campgrounds and good fishing, since they were stocking that week. I heard from one source that they would be stocking double, so I was anticipating wide open fishing were everyone could catch fish. Turns out, they only stocked the normal amount, so the fishing was actually kind of slow.  

We woke up at dawn and headed down to the lake, and got our spot at Jack Creek Cove. There were only a few fish circling the cove, and I could only manage a couple of takes. i decided to go over to Trout Cove and check things out, and sure enough there were fish being caught there, but it was either off or on. When i went back to Jack Creek, I heard that my buddy had almost landed a fish using a nightcrawler, but he lost him at the bank because of the lack of a net. Once the sun came up, some more fish moved into the cove, although they still had lockjaw. 

I finally condescended to curing that for two of them, washing indicators with a nightcrawler. 

Overall it was a great experience for everybody and we are glad that we did it. 

Conclusion: Nightcrawlers are a great cure for lockjaw.

Yea, flesh also of beasts and of the fowls of the air, (and the fishes of the sea) I, the Lord, have ordained for the use of man with thanksgiving; nevertheless they are to be used sparingly; (D&C section 89:12)

-keep sore liping 'em readers 

LPYFD

This was the last year that I could participate in the Lake Poway Youth fishing derby, so I had to make it good. And good it was. 

First I went to Hidden

They started hitting at daylight and did not stop until about 9:00

After it slowed down a little at Hidden I went to Bucktail to try and find some bigger fish.

Finding bigger fish was very hard since they were all clones at 2lbs apiece. I went back to Hidden for some sight fishing in the very back to end the day.

My final stringer. Biggest fish-2.5lbs, Smallest-2.0lbs

Conclusion: The Lake Poway Youth Fishing Derby is a great event 

Yea, flesh also of beasts and of the fowls of the air, (and the fishes of the sea) I, the Lord, have ordained for the use of man with thanksgiving; nevertheless they are to be used sparingly; (D&C section 89:12)

-keep sore liping 'em readers 

Lake Poway & Lake Miramar Short Sessions

1/17 

I went to Lake Poway today for a little bit right before closing, so I hiked over to the back of Hidden Bay, only to find it crowded with drunk boaters. The ranger came in just before closing and told them to leave, and after they did the trout came back in and invaded the shallows on the hunt. I was able to nab one on a green/chartreuse Powernymph before I had to go back.

 1/27 

I got word of a Lake Miramar stocking today, so I went over there for a short session of fun little dinkers.

 Not to bad for the 'mar

 Bass food

 Right at sunset

 last cast of the day

Conclusion: Short sessions can be productive if timed right.


-Yea, flesh also of beasts and of the fowls of the air, (and the fishes of the sea) I, the Lord, have ordained for the use of man with thanksgiving; nevertheless they are to be used sparingly; (D&C section 89:12)

-keep sore liping 'em readers 

My Latest Expedentures (as of 1/3)

   I have not done anything big lately, just a couple little trips here and there. Here is the rundown: 

Lake Poway 

    I wen't to lake poway on the opening weekend, not expecting to catch anything because most of the fish had hit the water dead upon stocking, due to a faulty aerator in one of Chalk Mound's trucks. 

This is all you need to know

I was right and the fishing was not very good at all. I saw two trout at the fishing float, one with a minijig stuck in his mouth, and one bass. They refused to bite. North shore-zip. Half Moon Cove-zip. 

Lake Miramar 

   I have been going to lake Miramar a lot lately, mostly to get skunked. I did once however, get lucky and was able to fish the day after the dfg stocked 700lbs of 10-15 inch trout. Although small, I was still grateful for them.

 

The fish would come by in schools, only staying for 2 minutes at most. They would hit anything and everything. I caught my first on a pink powernymph. I got tons of bites, but then I decided to switch up to a small gold Kastmaster, where I caught my second. I decided to keep him in the net so I could keep fishing because I knew that I would only catch fish when the school came by. He then slipped out of the net and swam off. DOH! After all was said and done, I caught 2, missed another, and received much more bites. 

Arizona 

 

   For new years, me and my family went to Arizona (Glendale). In Arizona, they have community fishing waters which are stocked by the azgfd. They stock every other week, and we wen't on the none stock week (typical). My first lake was Pioneer Pond, which is very new, right next to a park, pretty much a circle, with pretty much uniform structure, and has bad water clarity. After a while of fishing it, it became apparent that all fish were deep, and they would not even hit powerbait. The next lake was Rio Vista, which is a series of ponds, that are much funner to fish than Pioneer. The water had a very strange blueish tint, yet you could still not see that far. The ponds were a lot deeper than I thought, and I realized that all the fish were probably deep as well. I left without getting a bite or even seeing fish. 

Conclusion: Don't leave fish in the net unless you intend to release them.

-Yea, flesh also of beasts and of the fowls of the air, (and the fishes of the sea) I, the Lord, have ordained for the use of man with thanksgiving; nevertheless they are to be used sparingly; (D&C section 89:12)

-keep sore liping 'em readers 

(BTW, if you know anything about fishing, and you haven't seen Hank Patterson on You Tube, do so. He is HILARIOUS)