Big Bear Lake Fishing report and tournament 2008

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Last week has been a real turn of events. Fishing has been great the the last week It's almost like the end of summer when it gets hard to catch anything. But wait take my word for it I've seen this many times, you can easily use just about anything for trout and get limits. This is not new, this is what we call the lake turning over. Just means smarter fishing. Use the #18 treble, fish deep, be patient, 3 foot leader or longer, bend your treble hook out to protrude from the bait, use rainbow glitter, stay toward the West end of the lake and the North Shore. If you are going to troll use the triangle with a rainbow Rappala cd5 or Kastmaster silver. You might even try a Ford Fender or Dave Davies flasher rig. All of them work ok.

Please do not use inflated floating worms. That only catches the things you are not fishing for and rarely trout! I don't care who says it works. Besides in Wintertime it is hard to find little jackets for the worms. That was promoted back in late summer of 1995 when the fishing is typically slow and worm sales were down. It worked somewhat because it was a new method to fish.

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Looks like the MWD took my advice and inspect at the launching ramps for the Quagga mussel infest. This mussel in quantity eats up the food chain for the sport fishing. However that only covers two public boat ramps. Let's hope the other marinas take up the slack. I know John has done that at Fawnskin Harbor.

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It's Spring going into summer now. Summer tactics apply. (Shore trout)18 treble and 3lb leader. (Trolling trout) Kastmaster or Rappala.

(bass shore or still boat) Grub Texas rig.

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I remember when PowerBait first came out. I was still using English muffin, Velveeta and garlic salt. It was bright Yellow. Then more colors and my partner at the time combined all the colors. Big Bear Sporting Goods would tell the sales rep who in turn told the manufacture. Suddenly Rainbow was born. Then we tried glitter from her crafts and walla ! Rainbow glitter was born. I have custom bait that works even better. (I share that in Fishing Newsletter).

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MAY TROUT CLASSIC** MAY 17 & 18----Fishing Assoc. of Big Bear Lake 909-585-4007 (good fishing but dwindling as a tournament)

They do stock trout but not even close to the October Troutfest. Limited to 300 contestants. Fishing is usually great for weeks after.

5th ANNUAL CARP ROUNDUP**JUNE 7 & 8----Big Bear Municipal Water Dist. 909-866-5796 Fun I guess for carp fishermen but very unproductive to rid the lake of carp. At least it keeps some killed carp from being left on the shore!

OCTOBER TROUTFEST**OCTOBER 4 & 5----Western Outdoor News 949-366-0030 This tournament has grown to a major event. They stock the lake with an abundance of good size trout and even some real large Alpin trout. Locals enjoy the fishing with large trout for weeks after the event.

I'm usually disqualified from fishing the tournaments because I'm usually involved with the plants.

Kastmaster: silver when clear, bronze when cloudy (Both are doing well every year)

Rainbow Rappala countdown CD5 I believe or CD7 (jointed works great! ) I find any type of rainbow or standard minnow look works great.

I'm playing with different lures this year and some are great. I will tell fishing Newsletter subscribers first.

The Helgy has had some action in 2007 & 8 However that just means use an assortment of spoons. I always have multiple spoons when trolling. I would imagine the white would work good but haven't tried them myself. The Kastmaster has always worked for me. Even with mono line.

Salmon Peach PowerBait (Hot I have had emails saying this is working 4 to 1 over Rainbow )

(Don't just use a worm as this is not selective enough and you will catch everything from carp to blue gill)

3 to 31/2 grub smoke silver or DK brown, Texas or Carolina rig (Fishing Notes shows rigs)

Weed-less Spider jig with grub trailer, blk or dk brown or dk brown plastic worm.

Bass are barely active. (even though they can be caught in Winter they are extremely difficult to agitate to bite.)

White or Chartreuse/white spinner bait. (usually warmer water). They are usually dormant until Spring or 40 degree water which

Remember Big Bear Lake has Northern Large Mouth Bass and 50% of an adult bass and super trout (10lbs +) diet in Spring is crayfish. So a grub looks like a sculpin (Texas rig preferred) and a jig looks like a crayfish. Also bass love the mouth of tributaries in the Spring! Docks and weed cover when it's hotter temps. Popper action then. Got a boat? In April, try a jig off the observatory peninsula on the west side! You can only access there by boat. Giant bass there.

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If they feel a threat to the nest the males will appear to eat their young but spit them out when it is safe. Carp even eat bass eggs not the hatched young.

The Fish and Game have sneaky boats plus they come up as fishermen decoys! Remember you need a license if 16 or older. You can pick one up at Big Bear Sporting Goods, Marinas, any tackle shop down the hill, or K-Mart.

Juniper point is producing but try to stay from Grout Bay to the dam on both sides. North Shore has been great all Winter. I caught 3 over 10lbs this January.

If you can't catch fish in Big Bear Lake maybe you ought to take up Bowling!

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Remember we are trying not to ever get the Quagga mussels introduced into our lake! Be sure everything is dry and clean on your trailer and boat before launching. We have had some close calls but John at Fawnskin Harbor gets a lot of credit for stopping an infected boat! Now that the MWD inspects boats and trailers it is helping but they only monitor two ramps.

Maybe they will take my second recommendation and stock some more Sun fish that eat these larvae.

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