3 days at Irvine Lake 11-4,5,6, 2011
 

Now i know you guys do mostly saltwater but i just had 3 great days at Irvine Lake and wanted to give a little report.

Had a blast trolling Fri,Sat and Sunday man those troll stops are fun.
Got a 4 hr window on Friday between rain storms , made 4 passes up to Dam and back had Many hookups and boated limit Easily , then it started raining , but in waders and splash top i was Totally dry and warm no problems.

Sat. Not a cloud in the sky, flat water, no wind, but lots of boats wow !
it took 5 passes to dam and back and limited out, today Lots of hookups for 5 in boat Hmmm.

Sunday 6:30 Flat Glass Mirror water BUT dark clouds and rain comming, i made 1 pass to Dam and back had Many hookups boated 4 , Met up with a friend on a Kayak went back out got 1 more within 5 minutes and the conditions turned UGLY , wind, whitecaps , rain, got a call from wife with a message from Campground Security GET your trailer out , Before dirt road road becomes unuseable its mostly clay and when wet turns to snot.

So i put it into high gear and high paddled it back:paddleersmilie: , just in time too it was raining pretty good put kayak in trailer and just got backed out with trailer in slippery goo Just made it.

So if you get a chance give the Vine a try you got 5 Months left :) Limits were Easy I used CD5 Rapalas in Firetiger , Owner Mira shad in hot pink Thomas Bouyants, anything in hot colors worked , i trolled 2 rods , 1 flatlined and 1 weighted both worked equally well, speed was between 1.5 and 2.0 and it was Very easy to go too fast with my Trident so my HDS 5 combo showing speed on the sonar screen really helped, BTW the lake is chock full of fish all over west arm the sonar had big arches, should be a good season :reel: Man i cant wait till next trip.

Bob.......................

Sweet thanks for the report! :luxhello: Im going to be camping out there often this winter and will alsso be out there for three days too in a couple of weeks. I cant wait its going to be soo much fun! Good job on the limits, i love that place!

Tony.

thanks for the report Bob, sounds like
you had a blast. It's been years since
I've fish the Vine. But your report has
inspired me!

Nice work Bob!:luxhello: Wish I could have made the run with you guys. Next time!

Irvine Fri?
 

If the rains didn't completely destroy the water.......






Anyone up for Irvine on Friday?

I can do it next friday if you want to hold off a week. maybe we could plan for then and get a group together.

any pics. cant wait to get out. always did good on the float tube.

Did you take any pictures Bob? Nice story and thanks for the report.

Sorry no pics this time , brought camera but tore trailer apart and couldnt find it, still havent found it, hmmmmmmmmmm must be getting old.:(

O well wanted a Go Pro anyways, this might be the time :D

Bob........