Day 6 - last oting for Jim @ LP 04 28 19

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04-28-2019, 05:31 PM
LedHed

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Day 6 - last oting for Jim @ LP 04 28 19

Last day wasn't the exceptional day we hoped for. Noel joined us and we ran into another friend Tu and his crew. The overcast didn't last and it turned out to be a cookie cutter day on 10s & 9s with fewer 11s. Good day to chit chat and drag lines. Noel and Jim hadn't fished together for ~ 7 years. I'm done for a bit - we covered a lot of water this trip.
We kept ~30 fish today. Fished mostly in 24 FOW (that might have not been a good thing). Water surface temp stayed around 70*F and the wind started picking up around 10. We were all using 2lb. test trolling our own hand tyes - me with my hard body jigs, Jim with his duck tails, and Noel with his Autos.

Noel with JDM bendo in the back ground
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It was good trip - really got lucky with the weather (for Lake Perris - not Lake Havasu). Jim broke his PB CNBG 3 or 4 times. I learned a completely new spot for large fish - thought I would never leave the island, LOL.
04-28-2019, 06:59 PM
no luck

Them are beautiful fish wish we had fish like that
04-28-2019, 08:04 PM
StantheMan2567

Nice looking fish. Is the boat in the background trolling for big Gills also? Is your way of fishing common out there?
04-28-2019, 09:09 PM
LedHed

Thnx for the comments
Good eyes Stan - that's my buddy Tu & his crew. They were trying to troll but ended up looking for Crappie. He got out too late and (I think) too many people on his boat. Trolling for Bluegill is not common here - I do it because I can't float tube anymore and don't want boat vultures to see what I'm doing. What we are doing is similar to longline trolling in Baja.
04-28-2019, 09:12 PM
Perris Blue

Can't complain about the action and quantity. A lot of people ask me, how old are the 11 and 12 inch Bluegills in LP. I really don't know. What do you think LedHed?
04-29-2019, 07:27 AM
LedHed

It did slow down but what was interesting is that Noel was trolling Autos and getting just as many hits/fish as the Chubs and Duck jigs...

The fish here, @ LP, have an exceptional growth rate and the Coppernose grows faster then the Northern. So these fish are probably growing ~ 2" a year. I think it would take 5 or 6 years for Lake Perris Coppernose to get that size.
04-29-2019, 07:35 AM
bassnbrain

nice man!!
04-29-2019, 07:46 AM
LedHed

thnx bb - going to be an awesome year...
04-29-2019, 09:57 AM
deathb4disco

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Originally Posted by LedHed

... I do it because I can't float tube anymore ...

You mentioned tubing in a couple of threads. Is it very popular in CA? I love tubing, but I'm in a tiny minority here in the South.
04-29-2019, 09:00 PM
LedHed

Oh yeah big time. Lot's of yakers, pontoons, and tubers. Most fish for the green carp. Use to be able to cover lots of territory - in stealth mode - and find some great fishing. Now days I don't know with all the maniacs on the lake.... We get some snakes (not sure what kind) that swim - usually the tubers are oblivious to them - and we don't have big water lizards.
04-30-2019, 12:12 AM
crappiemike

Nice fish for sure!
Trying to get out this
Weekend,,,,

Cm
04-30-2019, 06:57 AM
skeetbum

As always, very nice fish. I had a tube in the 70’s in OK. Brought it back to fl and used it once before selling it. Felt like a floating buffet. Glad you guys ended on a good note. Maybe Havasu next year. I need dates by Christmas to put in for the time off, and pray everything goes better this year.
04-30-2019, 09:43 AM
LedHed

Thnx guys
Cm - weekends are getting stupid for both lake lice & wannabe fishing nuts. Crappie are all over the lake. Water finally got into the 70s.

Tim - We got a plan A - B & C. Anytime in April, if we can't do Havasu, we can do LP for sure, and maybe San Vicente. My buddy Keith got a report (2 days ago @ SV) that 4 of his friends left with a full limit (25 each) of CNBGs averaging 2lbs each!
04-30-2019, 11:37 AM
D10

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Originally Posted by LedHed

Tim - We got a plan A - B & C. Anytime in April, if we can't do Havasu, we can do LP for sure, and maybe San Vicente. My buddy Keith got a report (2 days ago @ SV) that 4 of his friends left with a full limit (25 each) of CNBGs averaging 2lbs each!

You are making me wonder what the state of CA pays their Fisheries biologist! Ha ha ha!

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04-30-2019, 01:20 PM
Herewego

Very nice fish. Thanks for sharing.

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04-30-2019, 04:06 PM
LedHed

Very serious about getting you out here Matt - would love to know the growth rate of the local CNBG. And if there is any pure strain CNBG left. Also would like to know about the Green Sunfish - if the bigger ones are crossed with the Redear (like to know their growth rate too).

Glad you like the pics Hwg
04-30-2019, 04:53 PM
D10

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Originally Posted by LedHed

Very serious about getting you out here Matt - would love to know the growth rate of the local CNBG. And if there is any pure strain CNBG left. Also would like to know about the Green Sunfish - if the bigger ones are crossed with the Redear (like to know their growth rate too).

Glad you like the pics Hwg

You are reading my mind Sonny. I sent an email to the local California Fish and Wildlife Office that manages LP. I inquired if they already had this data collected. If so, I will be sure to post on here so that you will see it also. I’m guessing that they do not have this data. It is pretty unusually for a fish/wildlife agency to put too much effort into bluegill and redear. What a shame. I know that if my lakes grew 2+ pound bluegill, I would be doing some serious research.

I have been talking up LP to my coworkers for a while now. I am going to have to get out there sooner than later...

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05-02-2019, 05:28 AM
LedHed

Matt - there is one guy named Kwin that works for the state - does shock counts. He posts on FNN sometimes - I'll see if I can get some contact information. Pretty sure you know more then him about the Bluegill....
05-02-2019, 11:25 AM
D10

Day 6 - last oting for Jim @ LP 04 28 19

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Originally Posted by LedHed

Matt - there is one guy named Kwin that works for the state - does shock counts. He posts on FNN sometimes - I'll see if I can get some contact information. Pretty sure you know more then him about the Bluegill....

That would be great Sonny. That only email contact I could find was the general email address for the Region 5 office, [email protected]

This is where I send my email.

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