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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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