Wade at work2 (Guest) | Mon Aug-13-01 11:50 AM |
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#1709, "18#'s of Pin Striped Fury"
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That's what I caught yesterday, at San Luis Res. I spent Sat afternoon trying to catch shiners out of the pond on Coyote Creek, South of the Golf course. I did miserable catching 2 Suckerfish (illegal for bait), 2 Bluegill (also illegal for bait), and 1 Sculpin (probably illegal for bait). What happened to all of my beloved 6-11" Golden and Emerald Shiners? Anyways, Sunday morning I stopped at Casa De Tourista um I meen Fruta, to buy some shad and the place that I used to buy from was CLOSED, like permanently. Oh well, I went onto Santa Nella and got gas and found out that the bait shop there is closed too. Well without any bait I decided I'd hit the big lake and just cast lures from shore. I went up to Romero's Overlook and saw birds working around the Points right down from there. I parked at the dirt lot to save a few hundred yards and some hard hiking. When I got down to the left hand point there were 2 guys there. One knew what the was doing and the other didn't. The one who did caught 2 Striper while I was there, both in the 13-15# range. He said he'd caught 4 earlier and had given 1 away because it was mangled by the plug. He gave me his last fish because it was dying too with a torn out gill, and he didn't want it. The remaining 4 were released. He caught all of them on a homemade wood pencil popper with enough lead in the butt to sink slowly if not worked in. After he left, I got my 18#r on a normal Cotton Cordel Pencil Popper, when the school pushed in extra close. It was a great fight, no jumps, but Awesome headshakes and powerful runs. When she hit, it looked like someone had pushed a body off a bridge. I released it, and it swam away as Beautiful as ever. I think I'm going to try to make up some of those poppers like his. They threw straight and FAR. Everything I had tumbled badly, by comparison.
Tight lines, Wade
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| 18#'s of Pin Striped Fury
[View all] , Wade at work2 (Guest), Mon Aug-13-01 11:50 AM
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Nico (Guest),
Aug 13th 2001, #1
New Brighton Beach?,
Wade at work2 (Guest),
Aug 15th 2001, #3
RE: New Brighton Beach?,
Nico (Guest),
Aug 15th 2001, #4
RE: New Brighton Beach?,
Wade at work2 (Guest),
Aug 16th 2001, #5
RE: 18#'s of Pin Striped Fury,
swimbait,
Aug 14th 2001, #2
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