svivian
Escalante-Class Member
Finally had time to make a trip down since I hadnt been since February. This weekend looked like the perfect weather window and it was!
Got into Bullfrog around 5pm Friday afternoon and quickly headed down south to the rincon looking for clean water as we were planning to do some diving. Right as we were approaching Buoy 78 we spotted this wreck on the rocks. Looked really recent so we looked to see if it had just happened but nothing obvious stuck out so we left to find some fish.
We deployed some rods and started trolling the northern walls looking for ledges in 20 - 30 feet of water and weren't disappointed. We quickly started hauling in doubles of stripers in the 3lb range but were definitely razor backs. Occasionally we would haul in a random walleye or two. After a two hours or so we had enough fish to deal with and needed to find a camp for the evening.
The next morning we headed out around 7am to do some spearfishing and we got in near the floating restrooms. Small schools of striper were every where but they were all in the 1lb range. There was also piles of blue gill all over the lake, ive seen so many in the last 5 years ive been diving the lake. Not only that but the catfish were also all over. After a few hours of diving in the morning we decided to take a break and fillet some fish and eat some lunch.
After lunch we started looking for more areas to dive and headed back towards buoy 78 and worked the the north wall where we had caught fish the evening before. I anchored close to shore in about 30 ft of water planning to get in to dive when i noticed the fish finder lit up. I couldnt believe we landed on top of a school of striper. We quickly grabbed the jigging rods and started catching double after double until the school moved off. That is when we noticed in the channel a relatively large slurp had started and we quickly pulled anchor and made our way over.
The next hour or two we chased slurps catching alot of the smaller 1 to 2 pound striper. We ended up just casting our jigs out at the slurps with great success. We were using the 6th sense jigs that had been recommended in a previous fishing report. It didnt seem to matter the color. About 7:30pm we called it as we had filled my 100qt fish box and needed to find a place for the night and cook dinner.
The next morning we got up around 6:30am and while the other two guys put their sleeping bags away, i casted a rattle trap off the front of the boat in about 10ft of water and first cast of the day was a nice 3lb walleye. I knew then it was going to be another great day! We then headed towards the floating restrooms to get suited up for some more diving. As we were getting ready we spotted a slurp coming right towards the floating restroom. We grabbed our jigging rods and casted out and caught several doubles before the slurp moved off into the bay. We dove for two hours and quickly got walleye and striper. We decided to troll until 1pm so we could let our gear dry before heading home. We quickly filled my fish box again and called it a day around 12:45 so we could get back to bullfrog and fillet fish.
It didnt seem to matter what lures we were using as long as they dove 15 to 25 feet. I kept the speed around 3mph as it seemed we were able to catch both walleye and striper at that speed. We also caught a ton of small mouth bass this trip. To my surprise I didn't see a single Crappie. Also remember to check your lines as we were retying frayed lines every few fish as we tend to bounce bottom and the muscles shred it.
Not sure how many striper we caught but we probably threw back 2 times as many as we caught. We ended up with just over 30 walleye for the trip and filled 5 one gallon ziplocks with fillets so we are stocked for the summer.
Lures used were 6th sense jigging lures, shad raps, and my favorite Strike king bonsai walleye elite.
water temps were about 73 degrees in the morning and would warm up to 76 by the evening. Water clarity was 20+ feet in the main channel with about 8-10ft in the backs of coves near the floating restroom.
Got into Bullfrog around 5pm Friday afternoon and quickly headed down south to the rincon looking for clean water as we were planning to do some diving. Right as we were approaching Buoy 78 we spotted this wreck on the rocks. Looked really recent so we looked to see if it had just happened but nothing obvious stuck out so we left to find some fish.
We deployed some rods and started trolling the northern walls looking for ledges in 20 - 30 feet of water and weren't disappointed. We quickly started hauling in doubles of stripers in the 3lb range but were definitely razor backs. Occasionally we would haul in a random walleye or two. After a two hours or so we had enough fish to deal with and needed to find a camp for the evening.
The next morning we headed out around 7am to do some spearfishing and we got in near the floating restrooms. Small schools of striper were every where but they were all in the 1lb range. There was also piles of blue gill all over the lake, ive seen so many in the last 5 years ive been diving the lake. Not only that but the catfish were also all over. After a few hours of diving in the morning we decided to take a break and fillet some fish and eat some lunch.
After lunch we started looking for more areas to dive and headed back towards buoy 78 and worked the the north wall where we had caught fish the evening before. I anchored close to shore in about 30 ft of water planning to get in to dive when i noticed the fish finder lit up. I couldnt believe we landed on top of a school of striper. We quickly grabbed the jigging rods and started catching double after double until the school moved off. That is when we noticed in the channel a relatively large slurp had started and we quickly pulled anchor and made our way over.
The next hour or two we chased slurps catching alot of the smaller 1 to 2 pound striper. We ended up just casting our jigs out at the slurps with great success. We were using the 6th sense jigs that had been recommended in a previous fishing report. It didnt seem to matter the color. About 7:30pm we called it as we had filled my 100qt fish box and needed to find a place for the night and cook dinner.
The next morning we got up around 6:30am and while the other two guys put their sleeping bags away, i casted a rattle trap off the front of the boat in about 10ft of water and first cast of the day was a nice 3lb walleye. I knew then it was going to be another great day! We then headed towards the floating restrooms to get suited up for some more diving. As we were getting ready we spotted a slurp coming right towards the floating restroom. We grabbed our jigging rods and casted out and caught several doubles before the slurp moved off into the bay. We dove for two hours and quickly got walleye and striper. We decided to troll until 1pm so we could let our gear dry before heading home. We quickly filled my fish box again and called it a day around 12:45 so we could get back to bullfrog and fillet fish.
It didnt seem to matter what lures we were using as long as they dove 15 to 25 feet. I kept the speed around 3mph as it seemed we were able to catch both walleye and striper at that speed. We also caught a ton of small mouth bass this trip. To my surprise I didn't see a single Crappie. Also remember to check your lines as we were retying frayed lines every few fish as we tend to bounce bottom and the muscles shred it.
Not sure how many striper we caught but we probably threw back 2 times as many as we caught. We ended up with just over 30 walleye for the trip and filled 5 one gallon ziplocks with fillets so we are stocked for the summer.
Lures used were 6th sense jigging lures, shad raps, and my favorite Strike king bonsai walleye elite.
water temps were about 73 degrees in the morning and would warm up to 76 by the evening. Water clarity was 20+ feet in the main channel with about 8-10ft in the backs of coves near the floating restroom.
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