I hit the water around 2:00 PM yesterday and I had the big lake nearest the redwoods all to myself. I had never fished this lake. I thought there was going to be this brand new ramp for me to pull up and unload that great heavy plontoon boat, but no such luckx( Any way, I lugged my boat down the area thats marked for fire access. It wasn't that bad of a haul. I started flipping and casting down the bank. I wasn't down the bank 20 yards when some thing big nailed my four eyed bait and took me for a ride. After a great fight I landed a sweeeeet 6 pound fish. Im totally jacked by now and can hardley beleive Im fishing new water legally in this great kick boat, just 15 miles from home. So I thought I would try some thing new for me, I sort of flipped a Drop Shot rig on my flipping stick. The banks are very steap at this lake and the water was alittle off cooler do to the runoff. This was the perfect lake for heavy Drop Shotting as I caught three fish in about a half hour doing this. Nothing over 2 pounds, but it was fun using a new method of flipping and having it work for me.

I zipped across the lake to this shallower tulli point and started throughing a Buzz bait through some weeds. I only did this because the bait was already tied on my rod from my last trip. I was only planning on doing a few cast before changing this bait when out from the weeds came a hog of at least 6 or 7 pound. It slurped the Buzz bait down and the fight was on just long enough for him to stick just his head out of the water and shake my bait lose and laugh at me as she swam away. Now the sun is going down and I head back to my launch area. I was ripping a pointer over open water on my way back across the lake when out in the middle of this lake some thing slammmmmms my pointer and runs for the hills, pulling drag all the way
and then gets off. I don't know what it was, but it was big. I got over to the bank and fished a little while longer before calling it a day on a new lake.

So far this lake was great and I will probably see every one there Saturday morning as I will be ariving at around 7:00 am, God willing.

Rich