Oct 28 2024
Joe V. Smith
Keeper
Reservation Number : 41371
Property Name : China Lake
Reservation Date : 10/27/2024 AM -
Total Fish/Sizes : 46 6" to 2 1/4 lbs
Lures Used : fluke,wacky ,yum dinger & tx rig
Fished by myself in a kayak Sunday morning. The weather was ideal with light winds,cloud cover the entire morning and pleasant temps.Lake conditions are difficult to report as to the the water level was so I looked at the report submitted Oct 22 and will repeat that. Lake down 4 ft and visibility 4 ft. Vegetation was not been an issue in this lake so you can fish anything.My prior trip was July 19 when the lake was still full and when I went back to those same areas they were too shallow to hold anything but smaller fish.
Caught 46 bass with the largest 2 ¼ lbs and 24 removed that were under 14”.I used tx rig,wacky,weightless yum dingers,under spin and tube baits.Did not take any crank baits.The best colors were pump/chart,wat/seed,wat/red and red shad. Everything caught fish except blue fleck wacky.
The dam and the trees produced the best fish but I ran out of time before fishing the trees the way I wanted. Without a depth finder it takes a long time,if ever, to locate non vislble holding areas.
Oct 28 2024
John Freeman
Slot Fish
Member Since :
2020
Number of Posts :
243
China ought to be putting out some bigger fish like Moonshine n Acker. I know they are there. I did manage 1 fish just under 5lb on the 22nd at end of day. It may be the dinkerdoo’s are more aggressive to get to the baits before the better fish. More culling!