Thursday, October 22, 2009

Freshwater Picks of the week

JIM MATTHEWS' PICKS OF THE WEEK

     1. Diamond Valley's largemouth bass bite remains excellent. You can catch them on just about any presentation anywhere on the lake. Lots of smaller fish, but just enough fish to six pounds to keep things interesting. Add in a shot at a striper to 23 pounds, and you have the No. 1 pick of the week. For the latest update, call the marina at 951-926-7201 (www.dvmarina.com) or Last Chance Bait and Tackle at 951-658-7410 (www.lastchancebaitandtackle.com).
     2. Castaic Lake's striped and largemouth bass action is excellent, and some quality stripers are showing in the mix with fish at 12 and 17 pounds this week. The bite is best on live shad or shad-like baits and some of the action is topwater. Follow the boils in the morning and you'll be into fish. For an update on the bite check with the marina at 661-775-6232 or go to www.CastaicLake.com.
     3. This is staying in the top picks one more week, but you should clip this out and save it. This bite will last right through the end of the trout season in the Eastern Sierra. Kirman Lake near Bridgeport continues to crank out the trophy brookies and cutthroats. The action is wide open in the main cove on the lake for fly anglers with fish to 26 inches reported this week. In case you didn't know, Kirman is a spring-fed lake and rich with aquatic crustaceans and insects, and a 25-inch fish will weigh in the six to eight-pound range. For an update on the bite and directions how to hike into the lake, call Ken's Sporting Goods 760-932-7707.

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