2-6-22
Hello Fishing Family,
Since the last time I fished in the past couple weeks, I have concentrated on fishing with a plastic minnow at Mojave Narrows Regional Park, Hesperia Lake, and Silverwood Lake. I haven’t caught many fish, only a total of three in the past two weeks.
I can admit that my sessions at Hesperia Lake have slowed in the area of Trout action. At Mojave Narrows, I have also been feeling the same way, there were not enough bites to go around. I begin with my latest trip to Hesperia Lake. I was not able to get a strike on jigs or power worms for the entire time I spent there.
Another day, I headed over to Silverwood Lake for a short night fishing session in the Marina. I was able to avoid the skunk by using a plastic minnow (2 inch) on a jighead. A nice sized Trout picked it up off the bounce. After fishing for two hours, I finally got my one and only fish for the night.
A few days later, I found myself back at the Marina at Silverwood Lake. I tried to fish a few different ways including: jigging, and casting a Rat L Trap Lure. Nothing worked, until I placed a plastic minnow on my line. Again, I had a very nice strike which led to a nice sized Trout being landed.
At Mojave Narrows approximately a week before today, I fished all day and never had any bites. The time out was very soothing and relaxing to my soul, but I was trying everything to catch a fish and that was consuming my mind. It never happened, so catching a fish was just a thought in my mind.
Traveling back to the Marina at Silverwood Lake was not a big surprise one night, as I fished I experienced not even a nibble. I noticed the lake water on top was so very calm, not like many of the nights previously where the surface water was blown in many directions.
My last fishing session was at Mojave Narrows yesterday. If you have read this far, you are in for the juiciest part of my blog. If I get skunked at a lake (I got skunked at this lake last week), I always tend to try to catch fish the next time coming back to that specific lake.
Mojave Narrows has two lakes in which you can try your luck. I spent a lot of time at Horseshoe Lake, and I had to leave because there was no action by midday. Heading over to Pelican Lake had me thinking, could I land something in the hour I had left? I was trying everything. As I placed some Powerbait on my hook, I casted my rod out about twenty feet. My rod was in it’s holder for about one minute before it started to pull. I pulled up and the fight was on.
I lost the fish to make a long story short. It seemed as if the fish had total control, and I couldn’t get it in at all. The next cast though was when it all got real. My new personal best Trout was on and took at least six minutes to land. The sad thing was when I focused on the realization that the first fish I lost was pulling harder. I was comparing the bend in my rod, and the way my drag was being pulled on both of the fish. I now know that there are beastly fish in Pelican Lake.
My personal best Trout ever caught is 20.50 pounds caught in 2013, but my biggest Trout for this year is 8.50 pounds. I was very excited to top my last Personal best Trout for this year (From 6.50 pounds to 8.50 pounds).
As I approach three hundred subscribers on my YouTube, be sure to subscribe and comment to be considered for my raffles/giveaways. My buddy started to make his own 2 inch plastic shad. He hooked me up with several shad/jigs, and I will start using them to see if I can get on some fish. I will definitely be adding some of those plastic shad to my next giveaway. Until next time, enjoy every moment you have outdoors!!! Fish on!