Hit up perris today with a couple bros for a midafternoon hunt.brought the tubes as I needed to try out some new breathable waders santa had brought :-) . got to the lake about 1:00. decided to fish sail cove since we had the tubes..the water was as high as ive seen in long time and chilly..definitly full pool. notice they got rid of the first(and now last)pier that comes off the dam.I fished 4 hours all over the cove for one bump and the big ol skunkerinoo!he hasent came around in awhile. I even fished one of my buddys live(micro) dads'for nothin.when you cant pull a bass on a live dad' from perris somethin wrong? my one bump came on the drop shot with the 4in robo worm(probably a dink!). water was super clear and could see 15+ down! very few people out. one other tuber, couple shore casters, a boat out deep sittin on what must of been a rock pile or?. something got to happen because as woodchuckr said perris is definitly sleeeepin!... maybe its the weather!?(aahahahaahahh!good enough for me!) thats fishin.. KEEP EM BENT!!!!!
PHISHuntR

P.S. one other wierd/intresting point, not a lick of wind all afternoon! somethin wrong here....

I sure hope so! I am beginning to think it is in decline. I was onto a killer pattern that worked all summer the summer before last (shaking motor-oil sickle tails in the east-end weeds). This last summer, I didn't get a single strike on that pattern. I know bites change, but I didn't find a good bite all summer. I hope that it was just me.
NoTrollMotor

..didnt hunt it much this summer..Summer can be good, but..it can be REALLY bad too!espeacailly with all the traffic.. The times i did go didnt pull but a couple fish so it wasent just you! I couldnt figure em out this year hopfully it will get better this one.talk about bites changin I fished a drop shot 4in green weenie and a live dad' and couldnt pull a fish let alone a dink!normally cant keep the dinks off the 4 and have to go to 6.. I cant remember the last time it was that dead.. Hope it picks up soon, real dissapointing!

Is anybody doing any good at PERRIS? I got on the water today at 7AM and worked the "Road" and most of the rock piles and threw just about everything at them, with no luck. I pulled up anchor around noon. I talked to a few other die-hards and they where not having any luck either. It has to blow open soon! Just hope that I am there when it does.
WldBill--Any Day Fish'in is a Good Day! -=TIGHT LINES=-}(

No luck tonight(12-28)....

Walked the whole length of the dam throwing multiple swimbaits and no love at all.Started right at sundown with some nice chop on the water so was expecting something,but not even a half hearted swipe.

I guess it can only get better.

Daaaaaamn! Whats up w/ Perris lately, the previous post that Notrollmotor put up got me thinking, is Perris on the decline? hmmmmmmmm....... i hope not. Im gonna keep trying, i still have faith.

Tsunami

Fished Perris on the 28th throwing the Stocker Trout. Only managed one fish that went 13 pounds even. The weird thing about this fish is it had a split belly (Holding eggs) and had a bloody tail. I think with the off and on weather and the water being so high, the fish are thinking that spring is closer than it is. Other than that the lake is tough right now.

SWMB8R

A 13lb fish ain't bad at all,nice catch.Was the fish real shallow?

It tomahawked me right at the boat. It came out of about twelve feet of water. The fish was on rock.

SWMB8R

Hey Mark, nice to see you on the forum. Should I post a pic of that 13 for you? Nice fish!

Congrats on the fish! Thats a pretty big "only" fish. I've had no luck there lately.. nothing but skunk the last few times fishing there, throwing mostly big baits.. Tsunami got a couple nice Hammer fish off the Marina area.. and a bunch of follows. But overall pretty tough..

The weather was nice and warm today.. almost felt like spring. Hope it stay like this.. I'm headed down there in 5 hours.. just picked up a handful of Parmus from BWW and can't wait to cast them out.

Rob.. please post the pics!

I got to Perris at around 6:30A this morning.. and ended the day about 6 hours later.. got a couple follows, but pretty much nada for the most part. Skunked again.. that makes it three in a row now. I fished mostly ospreys, hammers, and the new swimbaits I got from BWW--I'm pretty stoked on how they work, but I still like the ospreys a little better. Lotsa boats out there as there was a tournament. Saw a guy land a nice 5 pounder in the dam area using a finesse jig.. but that was about it.. Didn't really get windy and the weather was warmer than usual.. got hot pretty fast too.

I happened to see a poloroid of Mark's fish posted in the concession.. nice fish! Mark of Performance Tackle, Los Alamitos also landed a fatty (8 and change) using a generic off ranger point yesterday. I'm curious as to how the guys in the tournament did..

Rob,

You can put the picture up on the site.

SWMB8R

Cool yo. It's your pic, so I figured I would ask. Nice hog

http://www.calfishing.com/images/buddies/mark_rogers_13-0_perris.jpg

That's one of those nice,quality Perris bass...
Thanks for the reminder,have'nt seen one in awhile!

is that a 9"?

Yes, 9 inch Stocker

SWMB8R

and even better shirt :) good job man