Santiago's Fishing Report

8/24/08
Another excellent day at the lake!!!
Today fished with return client from Ridgecrest Mike Jaeger and his 2 kids.
the fishing was good we caught crappie & catfish and I caught a bass in the morning before they arrived.
                                                                  I forgot the stringer shot but here is what they kept!!!!
   
8/23/08
Today the fishing was good!!
Fished with return client Brian Yoon and his family.
Lots of fish were caught today everyone got in on the action.
  
8/1708
Today was a very unusual slow day, we tried every where and everything
and only caught 7-8 small fish, none worth taking pictures of.
8/16/08
Fished with return client Gary Rusher and his boy.
today the weather was nice but the fishing was a little tuff, we had bites all day but the fish were not very
aggressive. here is what we caught, thanks Gary for coming out I'll see you next year.

8/2 & 8/3/08
Pro MMA fighter Clark Bevans back for rounds 4 & 5 !!!
we caught bass, nice size crappies and lots of nice channels on the secret-7 dip bait.
all the fish were released. Thanks again Paula & Clark for coming back for your 4th and 5th trip. 
  
   
7/28/08
killed the catfish this morning!!!!
caught 12-14 channel catfish in about 2 and a half hours this morning, all on   secret-7 !!!
most of the fish were released, we kept a few for dinner.
  
7/19/08
Got an early start this morning and it payed off !!!
we caught bass, crappie & catfish.
  
THE BASS BITE WAS HOT !!! we caught 10 and lost 4 more
  
all the fish were released.

7/13/08

Met up with Jose of Santiago's guide service. There was 5 of us on the boat today things were
slow but they picked up! Overall a pretty good day, overcast all day  and it did sprinkle a little bit.
I was using some STINK bait that had some STANK on it secret-7,I think it was called by Team Catfish.
This stuff stinks but it works brought in the biggest fish today!
Thanks Jose for taking us out today had a great time. 
report by Brent Andrews

7/6/08

Today we fished the South Fork and caught plenty of fish in 4'-7' deep on cut shad.
Thanks John for coming up from Los Angeles to fish with us.


7/5/08

Fished with Craig, Raquel, Matt and Natalie of Fresno today.
We began the day at one of my favorite spots and it didn't take long for Craig to hook up
with a nice trout, then Natalie caught two more trout and lost one, after a couple of hours at that spot
we decided to go check on the catfish bite. The catfish bite was steady all day but we only had about 10 takers,
overall it was a good trip.  Thanks again guys for coming out.

         Natalie & Matt with dinner!!                        Natalie with nice cat
 


6/29/08

Fished with Mike and Conner of Ridgecrest today.
Started at the first spot just after 6:00 am fished there for about an hour and a half,
we caught 2 trout and missed 3-4 more Conner also caught and released several small cats.
For the rest of the trip we decided to chase the channel cats and thats exactly what we ended up doing,
We moved several times picking up a fish here and there till we found the hot spot once that happened
Mike and son Conner were able to load up. If you like trout  now is the time to book your trip!!!!
  

6/25,26,27/08

Knocking them Out with Pro MMA Fighter Clark Bevans the Irish Bulldog !!!
Day 1 : I took Clark his wife Paula and their 2 boys Conner and Sam to the hot spot
and it didn't take long for the action to begin by 8:00 am we had a full stringer.

Day2 : We started at 5:00 am fishing with live shad 45 minutes into our trip we hooked up with a big bass
it started peeling line swimming away from the boat it jumped thats when we got see how big it was
Clark fought it for another 15 seconds and then it happened it spit the hook, this was one
opponent the Irish Bulldog could not KO.

Day 3: Another good day we fished different areas of the Lake, we caught some nice catfish a small crappie and
a nice trout and guess what it happened again Clark lost another big fish, this one at the end of the trip.
thats why its called fishing and not catching, we'll get them next time. all fish were released on days 2 & 3
 
 
 
6/24/08

Beautiful day today!!!
Headed to the hot spot first thing and it was none stop action all morning,
here is what we caught in about 3 hours.
 
6/23/08

Fished with Ernie and JJ from Gardena today.
The wind was blowing this morning making it tough to fish, we headed to the hot spot first thing
but were unable to fish very long because of strong winds, after catching 2 fish the wind blew us off the spot
so we headed to a cove to be protected from the wind. 3 hours later the wind died off the lake got calm so we went back
to the hot spot and not even 5 minutes after we anchored we started catching fish so
in the end it turned out to be a good day.

6/22/08

Another good day!!! We had action on the live shad all morning but only 15-18 takers
lots of short strikes today.
Jeff and his family decided to keep a few for dinner.

6/20/08

The bass bite continues !!!
Fished from 6:30 - 10:00 am, winds were calm during the morning it was a nice warm day at the Lake.
We caught 20 catfish 1 trout and 2 bass including a big one caught by Desteny.
  

6/15/08

Killer day today!!! we caught a big bass and plenty of catfish in less than 3 hours.
6 year old Charles Chaco caught the biggest bass of his life.

                              the girls also got in on the action with some nice catfish
  

6/14/08

Awesome trip today!!! Fished with the boy scouts from Valencia we caught 50-60 fish
mostly catfish and a few crappie. most of the fish were released, I had two separate groups and each group kept 3 fish to clean and eat in order to earn their Merit Badge.

 

6/8/08

The fishing is only going to get better now!!!
Fished with Mr. Gaddy and his buddies from Bakersfield today, we caught catfish and crappie,
lots of small crappies were released.
water temp: 65
wind: calm
bait: shad, minnows and crappie jigs.



5/30/08

Awesome trip today. My clients wanted crappie and catfish so
we caught lots of crappie and catfish.
fished from 6:30 - 11:45
water temp: 63-65
wind: calm all day
 

5/27/08

We did some drift fishing this afternoon for 2:30 hours and caught a trout and some catfish.
we fished from 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
water temp: 63
wind: 12-16 mph
bait: shad
 

5/24/08

Another good day at the lake, today while waiting for my clients at the marina
I caught 18-20 small crappies a catfish and a carp.
My clients arrived around 6:00 am we loaded up and began fishing by 6:30 am.

water temp: 61-63 ( dropped 10 degrees since 5/20)
wind: 8-11 mph
Bait: shad

Today the catfish bite was a little slow but we still managed to catch a few.

as I was taking this picture a catfish hit
 my other pole.                                                           this is what was kept today
 

5/20/08

The fishing is HOT! HOT! HOT!!!

fished this morning from 6:00 am - 10:45 am
water temp 71-73
wind 7-9 mph
all but 6-7 fish were released
we caught 33 fish today, we were catching 2-3 even 4 at a time!!!
 

4/27/08


FISHING IS HEATING UP !!!

Today we caught 11 catfish in less than 3 hours and missed a few more,
the crappie are also beginning to show up.


5 year old Charles Chaco with a crappie and a nice catfish


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