Reservation Number : 38896
Property Name : China Lake
Reservation Date : 03/06/2024 All Day -
Total Fish/Sizes : 17 LMB, cull to 3.5lbs
Lures Used : Spinnerbait, Chatterbait, T-Rig, Swimsuit

Fished China Lake on 3/6.  Arrived at the front gate just after sunrise.  About halfway up the property I took right on a bend that i should’ve gone left.  After that I took a nice tour of the property until I finally figured out my error.  Big thanks to Cole for giving me a call that early assisting as well!

Got on the water by 7:45am, air temp was 51, water temp was 56.  Fished the trees next to the ramp and caught 2 culls on spinnerbait.  Headed to the trees on the south end (left of ramp) with the most productive water being 6 feet or less.  Caught most off posts near trees.  Strikes were almost immediate and they inhaled it most of the time.  Most fish were caught on the 6^th sense whale 4.5” swimbait.  A few others were caught on a chatterbait or spinnerbait.  The fish are definetly starting to stage in transition zones as there wasn’t much deep.  I was planning on fishing until 3:30pm, but I got the dreaded phone call of a sick kiddo at daycare so I had to bolt at 12:15pm.  Ended up with 17 total including 12 culls, so a really productive morning.

I had to get a good laugh as when i was fishing near the bank with trees on the south end, a herd of 50+ cattle comes running into the water pretty close, so blew up that spot.

As I was fishing near the ramp before I left, the cows decided that area looked like a nice spot to settle and helped themselves.  Before I could get the kayak on the trailer, they had surrounded my car and one of them was nice enough to take a crap on one of my tow straps.  I finally had to chase them off, but laughed that these cows have 7,000 acres to roam and yet were somehow interested every area I would fish!