Weekly meetup 6-20-23

We caught a break in the rain rotation and met up at West Point Reservoir.
The lake was up , a lot of our favorite spots were stained to muddy with all kinds of junk floating around . It would have been tough to take a boat out right now , logs and debris everywhere.
I thought with the water being up , the fishing would be great . Not so.
We struggled to catch some small fish .
But it was a fun day of casting.
I caught a total of twenty fish , my buddy caught eight . I was expecting around fifty .
Most were caught on a small spinner except for the only bass I managed to land that bit a Trout Magnet .
The surprise fish today , we caught three yellow perch between us .
Favorite rod combo today was a 5’ Rosewood UL paired with a Shimano Sahara 500 FJ and two pound Floroclear.
Hope you enjoy the pics .
I included the last fish because of its unusual shape . I thought it looked cool .

Beautiful catches! Thanks for sharing your outing with us.

Nice variety of fish, I don't run into many yellow perch in the lakes around here.

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Originally Posted by moonrunner

, I don't run into many yellow perch in the lakes around here.

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We usually don’t either . And it’s usually during cooler water temps . The water temps are in the 80’s around here already .

Those yellow perch are some fine eating

Glad you got some to make the day. The rod looks nice and if it’s like my 5’ it’s a real sweetheart. Salt for me tomorrow for the first time in a long time.

Gillchaser, it's been a while since someone posted a perch caught! It's still nice to have caught something. I'm planning a trip to SoCal lake before June ends and hope to catch something to post.

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Originally Posted by skeetbum

Glad you got some to make the day. The rod looks nice and if it’s like my 5’ it’s a real sweetheart. Salt for me tomorrow for the first time in a long time.

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Skeetbum, I've missed fishing off pier as of late as well. Hope you'll post some catches and take us along.

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LV, my expectations are high. 2020 was very good to me and I have the day off so I wanted to beat the weekenders to the fish. I usually have to deal with the guys with the big money boats and attitude, this will be a treat. I promise, pics when I score.

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LV, my expectations are high. 2020 was very good to me and I have the day off so I wanted to beat the weekenders to the fish. I usually have to deal with the guys with the big money boats and attitude, this will be a treat. I promise, pics when I score.

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What are you targeting? Offshore or inshore?

Nice. Some good fun catching

I’m seldom offshore Chaser. SIL has an offshore boat but I have to pick very calm days. Knees don’t like big chop or swell. I put in just before 6 and wore my GoPro for the first time. Now to learn how to edit and post it. I made it all the way til8 o’clock and I didn’t want to go, but I didn’t want to fight this either. Panorama shot of a wall cloud, edge of the front.
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I beat it to the ramp and got the boat on the trailer while I was still dry but just by a few minutes. I caught two seatrout on topwater, 16” and 20”, and I couldn’t have been happier. Clearer water than I’ve seen in a long time and the sea grass is coming back. All positive things, except the rain.

Stopped by the reel shop and got a Presso straightened out and while it could use some new bearings, it’s awful nice. From there it was home and then back to the ramp with the Presso and wash the salt out of the motor. Of course there were a few gills caught but it was tough. Back home and put things away, and this boys done. That’s a full day for me. And if you’ve never handled an Exist, you’re in for a genuine treat. Someone picked one up at the reel shop while I was there and let me fondle it. Some kinda nice fellas!! It was a 5000 and smooth like I’ve never felt before. Here’s todays gills, hope y’all had a good day. Oh yeah, no ten inch gills today.
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Looks like a productive day in more ways than fishing .
Look forward to hearing about that Presso .
I bought a Shimano Soare BB C2000SPG that came yesterday.
I fished it today .
This could be a sleeper deal for a nice reel at a heck of a deal .
A little on the heavy side at 200g , it it doesn’t feel heavy .
Wish they made these in a 1000 size .

Skeet, great looking Gills there!

That reel has a video for the bearing upgrade if you’re interested. And sorry for hijacking your post. Good luck with it. I’m thinking of trying the Presso on the Browning airstream. I think the bigger guides will like the bigger spool and 4 lb line I’ve spooled it up with.

And thanks Moon, they were fun. Stingy today but I started late.

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That reel has a video for the bearing upgrade if you’re interested.

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It’s very smooth the way it is , maybe later on .
I forgot to mention, this reel has a 4.3/1 gear ratio , great for swimming jigs or spinners. . Makes it like a winch , no binding up on this one .

Very neat photo there, skeet. Really gets your attention!
Bob