Day Fished: 12/9/2000
Bait / Lures Used: nightcrawlers, P.B.
Water Temp.: cold
Water Color: Cloudy
Fished From: Shore
Report: Arrived at 4:20 am, fourth car in line. Snoozed until about 5:30 when the lake operators bangs on my window and asks me if I want to rent a boat. I said no but it was nice of them to come out before opening to take the reservations, makes things faster when purchasing permits in line. Well I was the first guy on the east shoreline and had a hit before I could even get a second rod out. Missed him but managed to catch four nice ones by 10:30 I'm thinking cool, one more fish and I'm outta here early. Maybye I'll try Irvine for the afternoon. Yeah right. I got a few more hits after that but then it just shut off completly. Around 1:30 I finally get bit again and land a nice 2-pounder. All nice fish. Only caught one around a pound, the rest were all 1.75 to 2.5 pounds. The fish are mostly out in the middle of the lake, in front of the consession stand. Boaters and float tubers were limiting by 10 am. Lots of people fishing today. I saw more lines get crossed and tangled than I have ever seen even on open-party tuna boats. But most everybody caught fish.
Rating: Good