Quote from: Dark_Knight_9C1 on August 29, 2025, 04:29:21 PMI saw this from last week in Big Bear Lake.
71 carp in about 3 hours from a boat.


Water in the lake has warmed up and looks promising. 
I'll be up there for the holiday weekend. Hope to get my 30 in a day.
Since the carp abatement in Big Bear Lake is pretty active, the size of the carp are typically 1 to 3 lbs. Lake Elsinore isn't so the ones I get out of there are 3 to 5 lbs.

- Keith

I think I saw this pic only with Andrew Mack in it instead!

Damn, 30 in a day?  That's a feat for any type of fishing! 
Good luck boss! 

Quote from: Dark_Knight_9C1 on August 29, 2025, 05:18:29 PMThat's a really nice size bass. 

I was talking to a friend and he said he had a "life's goal of catching a 10 lb bass". I wouldn't think we have them that big here in Socal. Although, my parents lived next to Casitas Lake and I've heard there are some monsters in there.

- Keith

Even Santee Lakes has bass well over 10 pounds.  I watched a guy catch and weigh a 10.75# right next to me as I was trout fishing earlier this year.  I also saw one at Jennings that I almost thought was a grouper it was so big!  My guess was 15#, but he drifted into darkness on my first bait presentation to him.

Their heads are so big compared to the Northern strain, that it sometimes only looks bigger.

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.

Jeez, what a nightmare. Hope it's made right real quick!

Bad Pig is still in the Waiting Room, Surgery has been rescheduled   After I got my new tires I took it to the place where I get the oil changed. While it was on the rack they pointed out that the Pinion Seal was leaking on the rear end, no big deal (so I thought) and after replacing the seal I drove home. 1/2 way home I hear a terrible noise and the rear end was clunking   I couldn't take it back cause they already closed for the day   Next morning I took the truck back and they said they will make it right so I gave them the opportunity to do so. They felt more comfortable to have the shop next door do the repair since that was their specialty. The whole time I had explained this is my Tow Vehicle and I expect top quality work, which I was promised   I pick up the truck and they tell me everything was fixed and they test drove it and all is good. WRONG !!  I get 50'down the road and it ain't right so I return to hear them say it is good. I test drive once more and my truck was vibrating and clunking worse ! F@CK me !!! At this point I was expecting to go to Jail      The owner wants to take it back apart and find out the problem....Nope, I tell him he is going to put it on a flat bed and take it to Ford !!! Well, Ford takes their stuff to Oceanside Driveline so that is where Bad Pig is at the moment   I had a conversation with the owner of that shop and gave him the scoop and he assured me he will fix it right at the expense of the idiots that jacked it up, I will have more details on Tuesday

Hope everyone has a safe Labor Day Weekend   

Pretty wild that these lakes have that many carp in them to where you can kill hundreds of fish and still go out again and have another high numbers day. All the more reason to hunt them.

Nice trip. Making a 4lber sound like easy pickens. Hope that interview turns into something fruitful and not sh!tty!

Quote from: Dark_Knight_9C1 on August 29, 2025, 05:18:29 PMThat's a really nice size bass. 

I was talking to a friend and he said he had a "life's goal of catching a 10 lb bass". I wouldn't think we have them that big here in Socal. Although, my parents lived next to Casitas Lake and I've heard there are some monsters in there.

- Keith

I'd bet most lakes larger than a puddle still have 10lbers in them. Wish I was a little older and privvy to the bass scene when Casitas and Cachuma were popping out 20lbers in the 90s. The fund cuts for trout stockings seemed to kill that scene along with all the pressure from guys throwing big trout swimbaits.

That's a really nice size bass. 

I was talking to a friend and he said he had a "life's goal of catching a 10 lb bass". I wouldn't think we have them that big here in Socal. Although, my parents lived next to Casitas Lake and I've heard there are some monsters in there.

- Keith

I saw this from last week in Big Bear Lake.
71 carp in about 3 hours from a boat.


Water in the lake has warmed up and looks promising. 
I'll be up there for the holiday weekend. Hope to get my 30 in a day.
Since the carp abatement in Big Bear Lake is pretty active, the size of the carp are typically 1 to 3 lbs. Lake Elsinore isn't so the ones I get out of there are 3 to 5 lbs.

- Keith

I was planning on heading to the bay to capitalize on the bonito bite back there, but I was already getting a later than usual start.  Mix in the rain, and I decided to check the maps for traffic.  For f@ck sake, already traffic at 7:00am and bad.

I decided to just hit the puddles for cats.  I brought a bass rod just in case because inevitably, I always seem to see a big bass pop up out of nowhere while I sit and wait.

I tried Lake 6 and only got turtle bites.  Then a few dogs tried to pee on my rod, so I made sure the owners know I was going to pee on their dogs.

I went to my usual lake, but the pond weed harvester was in full force right in my favorite little shoreline getting ready for Stockzilla next week.

I moved again and set up shop.  Of course, a huge bass slams something next to the tulies, so I grab my bass gear and pitch out my bait.

First cast and I whiff on the hook set.  Second pitched bait and I hook up with the old Roland Martin hookset.

My guess is 4-1/2 or 5#.



f@cking turtles kept eating my mackerel and worm so I called it so I could head home and get a few things done.  I also interviewed which went well, but highly suspicious that's it's a really crap job.

I went back and fished my 4th lake of the day.  The inflated crawler kept getting slammed, but I kept missing.  I finally got a few of them but nothing to write home about.



I then started pitching my bass bait out there and voila...  Baby bass.



I sportsmen released 2 more about this size and decided to call it quits.  Time to get home and make dinner.

I guess not a bad day when you can put a real bass on the grass though.

Until next tide!