I was lucky enough to spend the last 5 days with my wife and daughter at a private lake for 4th of July weekend and my wifes bday. Spent most our time at the lake swimming and hanging out and doing some fishing.
The first 3 days I think I had 1 nibble..I was trying spinnerbaits, jerkbaits and swimbaits but nothing seemed to work..on Sunday it was my wifes bday and she wanted to do a little fishing in the evening so I switched over to some soft plastic worms I picked up from bass pro as a final attempt..lo and behold they start trying to take my bait! I was trying to set the hook too early and my bait would come flying out..so I held back and watched them take off before setting the hook and landed my first ever bass!
Ended up catching 5 bass in under 2 hrs and my wife ended up catching one of her own as well! The sun started to set and the mosquitos came out so we called it a night. My daughter wasn't too happy about the fact that we had to throw them back..she was set on eating fish that night..I had to explain to her about catch and release and she felt that it was a waste of time and bait lol
We also got the chance to see a hen and her 2 poults walking around outside our window earlier in the day.
Overall it was an awesome trip. Even took my girls for a drive into Julian for some lunch and pie of course!
The first 3 days I think I had 1 nibble..I was trying spinnerbaits, jerkbaits and swimbaits but nothing seemed to work..on Sunday it was my wifes bday and she wanted to do a little fishing in the evening so I switched over to some soft plastic worms I picked up from bass pro as a final attempt..lo and behold they start trying to take my bait! I was trying to set the hook too early and my bait would come flying out..so I held back and watched them take off before setting the hook and landed my first ever bass!
Ended up catching 5 bass in under 2 hrs and my wife ended up catching one of her own as well! The sun started to set and the mosquitos came out so we called it a night. My daughter wasn't too happy about the fact that we had to throw them back..she was set on eating fish that night..I had to explain to her about catch and release and she felt that it was a waste of time and bait lol
We also got the chance to see a hen and her 2 poults walking around outside our window earlier in the day.
Overall it was an awesome trip. Even took my girls for a drive into Julian for some lunch and pie of course!
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