Postby Ca_Bass » Tue Jun 26, 2012 3:08 pm
California seems to be pretty good at screwing up awesome fisheries! My "home" lake, lake Casitas used to have I believe 6 of the the top 10 largest bass ever caught....then they stopped stocking the rainbows in the winter that the big bass ate. From what my old tourny partner has told me there are still plenty of 9 and 10lbers being caught but hardly any fish in the teens caught anymore. Lake record was 21.4lbs if I remeber correctly. And there were usually a few 15lb plus fish caught every year. Its a shame, those big bass were what got me hooked on fishing when I was a kid. There was a little cove that I would ride my bike to in the summer almost every day (6 miles through some very steep hills with a 1 speed) I used to see wolf packs of 6 or 7 VERY LARGE BASS like world record size bass, and I'm honestly not exaggerating chasing trout. Not small either these trout were 3 and 4 pounders. Oh well, I still have the memories!
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