Peso is a cool find!

Was at Big Bear Lake doing some bowfishing for carp. Got a few on Saturday and took them to the Big Bear Water District Carp drop off. What I saw there was disturbing. Instead of a pile of carp, there was a pile of trout, hundreds of them.
I had heard last week they had unusually high surface temps in the lake. Average this time of year is 72°, but the middle of the week had temps as high as 78°.
Apparently the trout didn't like the heat or the heat reduced the oxygen level to a nonsustainable point.
I believe it was probably the heat. The carp were very active and Carp Killer, the local bowfisherman, was getting big fish counts the days it was hot.
(I know what your thinking... he was shooting the belly up carp. I won't say it isn't a possibility.  LOL)
The guy taking care of the fish said he'd have to go out several more times to clean up most of them.
The Big Bear Facebook page said on Sunday there were hundreds more appearing along the shore.
It's a sad day when all the game fish die off like that.

- Keith

Picking up Bad Pig from Oceanside tomorrow, then back to San Marcos for front end rebuild. It cost the guy that F'd it up 3k to have the Pro's do it right. All this Drama calls for a Getaway to Bishop/Mammoth next week to chase trout since I cant tow The Cyclops till the rear end gets broke in and serviced again, report and Pics coming soon 

Losing a Lure hurts, so I assume this one hurt too but at least there was something to see other than a broken leader

That's just dirty.....

Used to scatter BBs on the beach. They go right through the sifters.

I had my meeting with my career coach this morning at 10:00, but decided to see if anyone lost any treasure down at the beach at first light.  I got to the beach and it was still dark.  By the time I got on the beach, there was just enough light to see.

OMG... so many beer cans buried in the sand...  But it was still kind of fun to dig things up as well as getting used to the settings and beeps depending on the material and how deep it was.

I did see some beans swimming in the skinny along with a bunch of anglers, but the grass was TERRIBLE!



I did find a few coins along the way, but most were bottle caps if they weren't cans.

I worked a lot of beach before it was time to get going.  On my way back I passed 6 other guys metal detecting!  Holy crap, I almost couldn't believe it!

Well, my best finds were 3 pennies, a peso, and a Ford Raptor!  lol



I got back in time for the meeting, but I did talk with quite a few locals on the beach.  They all asked if I was finding jewelry and I just laughed.  I said I had really good luck catching fish, but my metal detecting really sucks.  LOL

One day... 

Huh, the elusive "Hard-Headed Carp" does exist!  lol

Interesting gear failure with a busted arrow.

Cheers!

Managed two on Saturday. The first one had its tail out of the water shot below and got it. There were a lot of carp in the shallow seaweed beds. Had a similar problem as Elsinore in that I had to shoot thru the seaweed to get to the fish.  Made several shots below a fin on the surface just to see the fish torpedo off. Finally decided to just aim for the fin. Second one came in with the arrow just below as targeted. Wasn't thru much meat but managed to bring it in without pulling out. 2.5 lbs but didn't measure it.

Had a new first for loosing an arrow on Labor day. Previously;
I've shot at a fish far away and hit the end of the line and snap off.
I've shot at a fish, hit it and realized the line snapped and the fish swims away with the arrow
I've shot at a fish, it snaps off and goes low and hits a fish I didn't even see and it swims off.
Today, I had a perfect shot. The fish was at the surface and facing me, lining me up for a perfect head shot. Aim and fire. Arrow makes a hard thud into the fishes head....
And the arrow bouces back.😮
I'm wondering what just happened? The fish is gone. I reel up my arrow and the head of the arrow is gone. They do unscrew sometimes but I had just tightened it. I look closer and see the arrow head broke off at the threads. 🤔

Apparently there was a crack in the shiny area and it fractured in the dull area. (My college materials lab coming to good use)
Anyway.  Didn't loose the shaft so I can put another arrow head on it at least.

- Keith

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Quote from: Tim524 on August 29, 2025, 07:42:33 PM1/2 way home I hear a terrible noise and the rear end was clunking  
Hope everyone has a safe Labor Day Weekend 

You found the hoof I zip tied to the drive shaft? 

Yikes boss.  That seems too common these days having things come back worse than when they went in.  Hopefully it's all fixed up soon in time for SNBF-XIX! 

Have a great holiday weekend boss.

The Hoof came back to haunt me, glad I didn't give you more than one