Good luck on the rockfish, and on your fishmas trip! That's probably good timing anyways, pre-fish before opening and maybe have less people fishing next to you, then hopefully take a few home when it does open. My freezer is empty, I gotta figure my way into a limit of rockfish somehow.

 Well, I was supposed to squeeze in a trip prior to Fishmas just to get away for a week but plans changed So I rescheduled and coordinated with my buddy and we decided to head North on the 22nd and come home on the 27th. Opening day isn't till the 25th so we will fish Lower Owens and Pleasant Valley Reservoir (PVR) in the meantime Looks like I have time to get in some Rockfish action on The Cyclops until then Hope everyone has a good season this year 

Yeah, I don't get people.

Super cool reference video Jeremy and thanks for posting. I'll have to watch this again before potentially tackling my reels.

Had this up for a while and thought I should post it here as well. Also I've gotten like 5 "dislikes" on this video on youtube and I don't know why? Too much heavy breathing? Idk, it exists as a reference and some people are finding it useful.

Forgot to post this here when I originally made it a while ago, but it's become surprisingly popular on YouTube so I thought I would throw it up on the forum as well.

Quick trip, glad you got to check it out

Turd sign was pretty funny

I was going to go next week but had to postpone till April 22nd   Fishmas will be fun

Looks like the snow is melting fast

Those Convict Trout are always there, fun to watch and sometimes they bite   

Now Tom needs to make the Trek, a week is necessary to explore and find fish   

Love the sticker posted also!

I'm in awe... shocked... laughing and bewildered all in one post!  I read this yesterday but unfortunately just getting to a response today.  This new job is brutal and I have been totally unplugging on weekends.

Geology up there is awesome!

Fishing looked "___________"
 
I don't know what was funnier, the picture of Koga or the turd lowering sign!  LOL

Great stuff Jeremy!

My bad, you did.  As Jeffrey Lebowski once said "there's a lot going on in the dooders head".  hahaha

Damn, En Fuego!  I thought all that lived in Lake Elsinore was cats and carp.

Went again to Lake Elsinore for recon on Sunday 3/29. Weather has been in the 90s all week and the water temp supposedly rose 6° to 71°.
Water was calm and the level was up a little from last time.
Grey light didn't show much but as soon as the sun started showing, so did the fish. They were frantically eating along the shoreline. They seemed like they were nibbling around the base of the plants.
I had brought my bow on my back and wanted to use it badly, but I wouldn't have anyplace to dump them.

Saw 100s of fish over the mile or so of shoreline. I could've easily got my 30 fish day. But what to do once I've got them.

I would've looked awfully suspicious taking a trash can full of fish to Big Bear to put in their bin when the water there is still too cold.

I ended up just making some super "airbow" shots and getting doubles and triples. Also got some good video and picture, which i don't do while fishing. So I made the best of the couple hours I had then.

Here's some Carp Candy.






- Keith