Although the trout bite slowed down considerably this weekend, trout fishing at Lopez wasn't half bad, even in the rain...didn't want to let it spoil it my MLK 3 day weekend. Speaking of things slowing down, last Friday must have been a rare one (see 1/14/00 post). It went back the usual speed...took me all day to catch my limit on Saturday. Some people fishing with inflated nightcrawlers (cut in half) did much better than the Powerbaiters. I managed to loose another really nice one...it broke my 2# line. I saw it swim by went it came near shore. It was definitely the biggest one I've hooked, maybe four or five pounds...then it whipped around...then, pop! Oh, well. I fished in the early Sunday morning rain for only 3 hours, caught a 14 incher, then a nice 2 pounder. I lost a couple more that felt pretty nice...maybe 3-5 pounders? Who knows, everything feels big with super-ultralight! I think I'm going to upgrade to 4# line since I SUCK using that 2# line! Maybe try spiderwire? Anyways, I couldn't take the rain anymore even though I was sportin' the full-on rain gear. Everything was so wet, I felt like I was being saturated, man! I went home happy though. I tried trout fishing at Santa Margarita on MLK Day morning to change things up, but I didn't get a single bite all morning. Skunked! It rained lightly the whole time and since I wasn't saturated, I packed up and went back to Lopez in the afternoon. Lopez came through...caught a 14 incher, and ended the weekend with a 13 incher. I called it quits when it started to rain harder around 4pm.