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Fishing in So California - Rockabilly714 - 05-12-2006
Were is a good place to fish for catfish?
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Re: [Rockabilly714] Fishing in So California - Fishslayer - 05-13-2006
Well, in the SanDawg area Santee Lakes & Otay Lakes leap to mind.
They like rotten mackeral, BTW.
Fishslayer
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Re: [Guest] Fishing in So California - Rockabilly714 - 05-17-2006
thank you very much i will try those places and i will let you know how i do
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Re: [Rockabilly714] Fishing in So California - klymons - 05-18-2006
[cool]There's lots of good places to pursue Mr. Whiskers in So Cal. For stocked catfish, you can't beat Santa Ana River Lakes or Corona Lake. Another good lake in Northern Los Angeles County is Pyramid Lake. Best baits are as follows: mackerel, shrimp, nightcrawlers, and chicken livers. Another secret bait is a big chunk of fresh trout guts. For the record, I have also caught cats on anchovies, sardines and barracuda chunks, hot dogs, snails, and strips of bologna. And it doesn't hurt if the aforementioned bait stinks to high heaven!
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Re: [klymons] Fishing in So California - Rockabilly714 - 05-18-2006
Thanks again i am going to santa ana lake next weekend they are having pre opener to the catfish season. But i want to get out to other lakes. Kinda hard when i have one young one and another on the way
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Re: [Rockabilly714] Fishing in So California - tubeN2 - 05-18-2006
If you wanted to try for some smaller (planted) catfish, they just planted the following City Park lakes, Carr Park Lake, Centennial Regional Park Lake, Eisenhower Park Lake, Greer Park Lake, Huntington Park Lake, Mile Square Park Lake, Tri-city Park Lake, Ralph Clark Regional Lake, Yorba Regional Park Lake. [cool]
The planted ones usually run from 1 to 1 1/2 lbs.
Here is some info from the CA DFG that could assist you in finding some of these park lakes. It comes directly from the DFG website.
[url "http://www.dfg.ca.gov/coned/fishcity/losangeles.html"]Just click on this link to go there.[/url]
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Re: [tubeN2] Fishing in So California - Rockabilly714 - 05-19-2006
tubeN2 what is your favorite fish to fish for. were do you usaly go fishing at
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Re: [Rockabilly714] Fishing in So California - tubeN2 - 05-19-2006
For freshwater, I generally like to go to Castaic Lake and fish for Largemouth Bass. I have a few private lakes close to my house that have bass in them too.
I will generally make 2 to 3 trips a year to Bishop CA in the High Sierras. They have Largemouth, Smallmouth Bass, Blue Gills, Red Breasted Sunfish, Catfish, Carp, Rainbow Trout, Alpers and Brown Trout.
I generally fish saltwater on the weekends. I usually fish out of Channel Islands or Catalina Island.[cool]
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Re: [Rockabilly714] Fishing in So California - Dryrod - 05-26-2006
[center][font "Poor Richard"][green][size 3]Don't forget about Irvine Lake. Bring your float tube if you have one. Here is today's report from the lake.[/size][/green][/font][/center] [center][font "Poor Richard"][green][size 3][font "Verdana"]Very few anglers are targeting catfish as of yet, but a substantial number of incidental catches of the whiskerfish by trout anglers likely means that good catches could be made with some directed effort. The first week of June will see the commencement of catfish stocks. [/font]
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Re: [Dryrod] Fishing in So California - Rockabilly714 - 05-26-2006
i fished a catfish tourny there years ago i didn't catch anything i would like to try that lake again on a boat. i am trying for cats today i am going to santa ana river lakes i am stay till tomorrow afternoon i will let you know how i do
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Re: [Rockabilly714] Fishing in So California - Rockabilly714 - 05-30-2006
Here is a picture of one of the catfish i caught over the weekend at Santa Ana river lakes. This was the biggest one of the bunch
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Re: [Rockabilly714] Fishing in So California - Mead_Stripers - 06-09-2006
Can you repost the pic? I don't think it came out.
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Re: [Mead_Stripers] Fishing in So California - Rockabilly714 - 06-09-2006
here you go i am going out tomorrow to catch more
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Re: [Rockabilly714] Fishing in So California - Mead_Stripers - 06-09-2006
Wow, that's good size. What kind of catfish is that? The ones I typically catch in California and Mead (Az) are more yellowish-brown.
Best regards,
Paul
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Re: [Mead_Stripers] Fishing in So California - Rockabilly714 - 06-09-2006
it is a bull head catfish caught him on shrimp and marshmello
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Re: [Rockabilly714] Fishing in So California - Mead_Stripers - 06-09-2006
Interesting choice of bait. Good luck tomorrow.
Best regards,
Paul
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Re: [Mead_Stripers] Fishing in So California - Rockabilly714 - 06-09-2006
thanks santa ana river lakes is not bad for a pay place to fish nice to get away for a couple hours and get some nice fish
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