Calaveras Fish of the Day

I went fishing at Calaveras again this morning, and as much as these pictures look like the same fish in a different location, they actually are different than the ones I posted on Sunday. I caught the bass early in the day, and thought I would end up catching a bunch, but they stopped biting at about 8:30 and never started up again. Seems like I am stuck on one good one a day.

Catch of the Day, 24 September 2008

Another nice bass

Calaveras Lake Initiation

Went out to Calaveras Lake this morning and early afternoon and caught a couple of nice fish and some small ones. Hannah took these pictures of the keepers I brought home. I caught the catfish early and caught the bass about an hour before I left. There are alot of fish in the lake, and I look forward to going back again soon. I think I will go back on a weekday so it will be less crowded. I hope to get out again before I have to go back to work. There are supposed to be a good redfish population in the lake, so I will ask some of the local how to go about catching them. I'm thinking though that it will require a boat. There are some rental boats there, I may try one on one of my next few trips.

I'm still using the 7" June Bug, for bass, I caught the catfish on live worms. I may just go for catfish next time, they seem to be easier to catch, and I would rather eat catfish anyway.

Fish Blogging

I finally got the pictures back of my lunker large mouth bass. The fish is not quite as big as I remember it being, but the pictures tell the story. There were a couple of other folks fishing that morning, so I gave the fish to them.

I went out to Canyon Lake a couple of times and have only been able to catch very small Small Mouth Bass. My next strategy is to try Calaveras Lake or Brauning Lake, which is just down the rode on Hwy 1604. There are supposed to be some nice Redfish, Catfish and Bass in these two lakes, I hope to find some of them.

Ken wins battle of wits with Micropterus salmoides in close contest

Well, finally landed my lunker. I caught a 5 1/2 lbs. Largemouth bass(micropterus salmoides) out of Little Smoak on Saturday, using a 7" June Bug plastic worm. Saturday morning was nice and cool and the fish seemed to perk up a little. I caught a few small ones on Saturday as well. I am going to go back tomorrow morning for one last excursion before I clean and pack up my equipment for the trip back to Texas this Friday evening and Saturday morning. I will update this post with photos as soon as I get the pictures developed.

I know there are these new fangled things called "digital cameras", but I have been unable to get anything to download properly, so I have been taking pictures with a circa 1980 model 110 camera. Not the best camera for indoor pictures, but pretty good when there is sunlight, and no great loss if it gets dropped in the drink.

More to follow. . .