July 10, 2020
Hello Fishing Enthusiasts! I hope all is well with you at the moment, as well as with anything you decide to do this week. I have been enjoying this summer by visiting Silverwood Lake, and doing a lot of night fishing. I was able to fish four times last week and in three different locations at Silverwood Lake which included: Cleghorn, Vista Point, and the Marina.
For last week, I was able to land 24 fish (3 Largemouth Bass, 19 Striped Bass, 1 Crappie, & 1 Catfish). I was able to land 2 very small Striper which I’m not adding to my totals in Cleghorn. In the Cleghorn area, I noticed that there wasn’t much action going on there, so I only spent one fishing session there. I went to Vista Point for two fishing sessions, and I landed most of my fish there (21/24 fish). My preferred lure to use at Silverwood Lake is a jerkbait, and at the Vista Point area all of the fish I caught were on jerkbaits. So, in the two fishing sessions, I caught 3 Largemouth Bass weighing 1.50 lbs., 2.60 lbs., & 3.40 lbs., and the rest of the fish were Striped Bass weighing approximately 1.50 lbs. each.
The last area I was able to fish last week was the Marina area. I usually start fishing by tying a jerkbait lure on my line and casting out anywhere from 1-50 times. If the fish are not striking or biting, I’ll switch my lures and, in this instance, I chose to use a Rat-L-Trap Lure (1/2-ounce size). Once I tied on a Rat-L-Trap Lure, I had one strike in about ten casts. By casting a few more times, I was able to land a very nice Black Crappie (My 1st ever at Silverwood), as well as one Striped Bass. As I mentioned earlier, when the fish aren’t striking my initial lure, I’ll switch lures to try and pinpoint where they are feeding/hiding out.
There was another guy fishing in the Marina area, and he kept making these noises as he was getting strikes. He was landing small Stripers, and at one point he landed a large Catfish. He mentioned to me that he was using a jig head. Upon hearing this, and almost about done casting the Rat-L-Trap Lure, I decided to look in my tackle and I found a jig head with a dark minnow on it. I tied it on, and began using it for about twenty casts. About every two or three of these twenty casts I would start to jig it in and would get a very small strikes, but each time I went to set the hook thinking the fish was on I would get nothing. I made another cast, and all of a sudden, I actually felt a larger tug on my line. Immediately, I set the hook and I was able to land a Catfish weighing 6 lbs. 4 ounces. This was surprising to me because this Catfish was actually the 1st one that I have ever landed on a jig head with 3-inch minnow.
Tip for this week:
Most of the fish I caught this week were relatively close to shore anywhere from 10-20 feet out. Try fanning your area, so that you’re making casts from left to right, especially making cast parallel to the shore (I landed 3 Largemouth Bass this way). Good luck out there!!!
