12-04-2009, 11:32 PM
[cool][#0000ff]First of all, you don't really need your tube. If you fish the big lake you have to walk quite a ways on a sometimes iffy "boardwalk"...across the muck. Better to just walk the shoreline and cast near shore for the bass. You can walk clear around the lake. Any streamer, bugger or leech will get them. Smaller patterns for bluegills and small dark green or black wets or nymphs for all species...including tilapia.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The smaller and shallower ponds, as you enter the area, have more tilapia and smaller fish but are easier to fish and you can fish near your vehicle without worrying about vandalism or breakins. Again, small dark patterns, a few feet deep, will probably work best. Sink tip of slow sink line.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you don't have to worry about your vehicle, with divers and others there to watch your gear, you can go to the far east side of the big lake and follow the canal/outlet for a ways out into the desert. A lot of fish leave the lake and go down there to forage for the water bugs. That is a good place to throw those flies but it is clear shallow water. Just like fishing for spooky browns on a spring creek.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you don't take the tube, at least take some boot foot waders. The banks are steep and deep in some spots but you can get in and wade at other points.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Good luck.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The smaller and shallower ponds, as you enter the area, have more tilapia and smaller fish but are easier to fish and you can fish near your vehicle without worrying about vandalism or breakins. Again, small dark patterns, a few feet deep, will probably work best. Sink tip of slow sink line.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you don't have to worry about your vehicle, with divers and others there to watch your gear, you can go to the far east side of the big lake and follow the canal/outlet for a ways out into the desert. A lot of fish leave the lake and go down there to forage for the water bugs. That is a good place to throw those flies but it is clear shallow water. Just like fishing for spooky browns on a spring creek.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you don't take the tube, at least take some boot foot waders. The banks are steep and deep in some spots but you can get in and wade at other points.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Good luck.[/#0000ff]
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