Karl (Okiebug) & I spent another day working DVL for very few bites. We trolled the swimbaits for hrs. with only 2 or 3 short bites & a couple lg. mouth despite some very impressive meter marks? We started switching lures every 20 minutes or so until we had tried just about everything in both our boxes. By the end of the day we were screwing around with each other pretty hard so I didn't believe him at first when he picked up his rod with a 3" Sea Wolf colored Hammer tossed it out to the side of our pattern, let it sink out for a few seconds and yelled I'M ON!! I had to look up at his rod tip to see the bounce before I slowed down the boat & started bringing in the other lines. It was another nice 3 lb. class fish lip hooked with the trailer so we decided to attempt a release without putting the fish in a net. The trout ended up releasing it's self before we could get a photo, oops. We switched everything back to Hammer's but only had an hr. left to work for 1 more short bite.

We spent very little time on the bass, which may have been a mistake because it didn't take long to get my first LMB of the year on wood:

http://www.momentoffame.com/snapshot.html?id=67293

Josh

Is that a 9" slammer? How were you working it? Any slammer tips/hints are appreciated. thanks!

Actually that is a 7" Slammer, the fish wasn't that big. There are many here more proficient/experienced at throwing the big wood but here are a couple of things I keep in mind while casting over & over & over.....
Try to cast over so you can bring the bait back by ambush points which can be any type of structure especially main lake points but don't overlook the small stuff.
Try various retrieves, most of my fish have come just slow rolling the bait right on or just under the surface but mix it up & pay attention to what you are doing so you can duplicate it to draw more strikes.
Time on the water seems to be the real key to success with the big stuff, just keep at it.

Lots of great info gets thrown around on the trophy board of this site, keep an eye over there.

Josh

I was out there with a buddy of mine yesterday also. Tough day to say the least. we were marking fish on the bottom in 35 to 40 feet. we were dropping everything on their heads and blanked. the only action was a couple of follows and swipes on the castaic and live trouts. the weather seemed good with the over cast for most of the day. the final nail in the coffin was struck when a shore fisherman slayed a 5 in our face with a night crawler. that fish never saw the sunrise today. It was good to be out there though and the lake is cool