Noobie Fishing Update.
Went out to Santa Margarita Lake on Friday. The water was really low, and we shore fished not too far away from the marina. No luck, just caught a lot of muck (I'm a poet I know). Probably should have rented a boat. Oh well!
My wife and I went fishing today at Oceano Lagoon (a small little 5 acre pond basically).
The water was really low there as well, but at around 5:00pm I caught my first Monster Bass using a blue fox vibrax spinner (gold/gold) with the ultralight setup.
At about 5:15 my wife caught her first crappie using an identical rig!
A few things I learned....
It is much easier to cast just flicking your wrist. Before I was casting like an idiot who wanted to throw out his back.
When using the spinners, I was reeling in a little faster than I thought I should have when I caught my little bass. I didn't realize how fast fish can move when they are looking for a meal.
I must have been using the spinner lures improperly before by reeling in too slowly. It just wasn't tricking the fish into thinking it was alive before I guess?
