12-6-22
Hello Fishing Family! Trout Season is off to a good start! Most lakes are stocking Trout, and it’s quite possible to land them on many different techniques.
Hesperia Lake California
Fishing at Hesperia Lakes a couple of weeks ago, proved to be very challenging to catch a fish. After trying some jigs and a drop shot approach, the jig (white with an orange power worm trailer) is what I finally landed one on. The Trout weighed about one pound, but it was the first of the season. By throwing a drop shot for a few more casts, I put another fish on. This fish is similar to a Pikeminnow, but it is probably of the Carp family (Stench). It was caught on an orange power worm. For most of the day, there wasn’t much action for me, but I could see that many anglers around the lake were catching.
Silverwood Lake California
Silverwood Lake was stocked with a lot of Trout into the Cleghorn area of the lake. I really wanted to catch one there, but fishing for an afternoon session one day left me with a skunk. On another day session of fishing, I figured I needed to try my float tube to get out a little further into the deeper water to find some. After kicking around for an hour and using an inflated nightcrawler without getting any strikes, I found myself back on shore. I found a spot and walked out a little bit further out from shore still wearing my waders. This allowed me to make some nice casts out into deeper pockets of water, and believe it or not, I could see some nice Trout (about 50-100) swimming around in schools.
I tied on the mini jig I used at Hesperia Lake to catch, and I removed the orange power worm trailer. Within a few casts, I had several strikes and landed two Trout. By the end of the next hour, I had a total of four small Trout which were all caught and released. I was unsuccessful catching any fish from my float tube, but I stayed persistent and hit some Trout from shore. I must admit, there were a ton of anglers with limits, or having many fish on their stringers close to their limit of five. What an awesome day out in the Cleghorn area!
Mojave Narrows California – Pelican Lake
Heading over to Mojave Narrows for a day fishing session yielded some nice Trout. Jigs weren’t working, and Power Worms weren’t either. Switching to some shad like jigs (Trout Reaperz), helped me to land a small Trout. Since only one fish was landed, I then put on some Powerbait Mice Tails, and I immediately watched my pole tip start to bend. The Trout seemed to be barely biting, and only one other fish was landed. My buddy caught several more fish on the Trout Reaperz shad though.
Catching Trout at all of these lakes was a fun experience. As the season continues, I will look to land some larger Trout at these lakes. Last year, I relied more on dropshotting plastics, but this year I’m making it a point to fish more with jigs. Good luck out there Fishing Family!