Been a while since I've fished. Used to do a lot of fishing in Kauai for tucanare (peacock bass), and largemouth. Would go smallmouth fishing now and then, but to get to the river with smallmouth you'd have to jump off a huge waterfall (same one they show in the NAVY commercial where the backpack gets sucked over the waterfall). Yup, thats the smallmouth river. Fun fishing, there's wild hogs on the banks. You basically hop from lava rock to lava rock and find pools to cast into. Used a 5' rod with an old shimano and 4 lb test. Small jigs and sluggos worked the best. Chart. spinnerbaits were nice too.

Anyways, I'll stop rambling. I moved here to San Luis Obispo to go to school at Cal Poly last fall. Been missing fishing a lot. The other day my friend told me about a pond on campus here. So once I learned there was a pond within bike riding distance I had to get a pole. I went to Copelands and bought a 5'6 Ugly Stik Light action for 4-8lb test and a Shimano Symetre. Spooled up with some 8lb Stren. Bought a Hula popper, a small one bladed spinner bait, some worm hooks, bullet sinkers and some small worms. Not sure what type they are, I threw the package away.

I rode up there, hopped the fence into the cow pasture and found my way to the pond. Nice little pond, not very big, can cast right about to the middle of it. Reeds on one side and a small patch on the other. My friend told me he had fished the small section of reeds the other day with crawlers, hooked a largemouth, catfish and some kind of bluegill thing. He didnt know what it was.

Tried my hula popper first, worked the reed sections and randomly casted around the middle of the pond. nothing, saw some bait fish jumping.

Then I switched to some 4.5" Staril Tail Roboworms. Texas rigged with 1/8 bullet weights. Worked the edge of the reeds for a while. Then casted for about 10 minutes into the middle of the pond. I felt a nibble, nibble. And I yanked, and set my hook.

The fish stripped my line for about 5 seconds then did a nice big jump and headshake. It was a great sight. After that the fight was pretty much over, a couple small runs. but came in easy on its side.

The fish weighed about 2 pounds. Was just fun catching a bass for the first time in about a year.

Just thought I'd share the story with you.


What have people been having luck with around here in SLO? What do the bass eat? Im only used to fishing for HAwaii bass. What color lures work best in the spring time? Is there a website with information on California Bass fishing?

Evan