Irvine Lake: 4/29/11

[dorado123]

I decided to go to Irvine Lake and the water was so calm and I was looking for the catfish under some bushes. I finally got my limit of catfish. It is not yellowtail or white seabass, but sometimes it is fun to catch catfish.It has a lot of meat on it and it's similar to fishing Calico Bass in the kelp. :) I used leftover makeral for bait.

[MuddyMike]

Nice job! For some reason I thought catfish were primarily nocturnal.

I haven't fished a lake yet with my kayak. Do you just leave them on the game clip over the side all day?

[dorado123]

Yes Mike Catfish bite better at night...but they also bite well in the morning nearby tree or bush .....Yeah I leave them on game clip for several hours they're still alive even when I got home

[ful-rac]

that's really cool!! looks like back to irvine for me!!! Thanks for the report!

[roby]

I would take catfish over trout any day....wtg.

[dorado123]

I would take catfish over trout any day....wtg.
Yeah I agree too....Catfish is way better eating fish than trout

[mtnbykr2]

nice kitties, I haven't fished for cats in the yak I should think about that, nice fish fry comin:reel:

[carbonbass]

ive had some really big catfish fight HARD. Was soaking bait once and had a 10lber pull my rig into the water before i could blink. The only reason i know how big the fish was, believe it or not we returned to the same spot the next day, a guy was fishing a km and snagged the catfish yes the catfish not the rod! it had line to it, so i pulled the line in and got my pole. Definately a fishing story i will never forget :sifone: