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Here's the latest at A.B. pond;
Aprox. 10:am or earlier, the pond was re-stocked again just below the bridge at the canal mouth to the pond and furthur downstream from the pond.
The local walkers report aprox. 4 steelhead sized "trout" caught just after stocking between the bridge and pond entrance before 10:30 AM.
I arrived just after 10:30 and a cold westward wind started blowing that put off almost all feeding.
I caught 1 - 10" trout at the canal entrance to the pond on a rooster tail spinner and saw 1 trout about the same size caught on the south shore on bait.
I went over to the north shore with no results and saw no surface action on the pond from 10:30 to 12:00, so I called it a day.:wall:
If anyone else has better luck let me know.ray:
The fishing is always good just after they stock it. I saw a lot of people leave with limits. I lost track of how many I caught and released today with my fly rod and barbless hook. I did keep 5 around 14". I sure hate to see people C&R when they are using power bait or lures with treble hooks. I know the fish generally swim away when released, but they will most likely be dead by tomorrow. I did see several dead before I left. They can't stand that kind of stress. I never even touch the fish I intend to release. At least use single barbless hooks. It will leave a lot more fish for everyone.
I showed up at about 11:30a.m., and left at 6:00pm today. I think the only luck I had with me today was bad luck LOL. I caught a total of 2 fish in that time period. Caught 1 on a Thompson, and the other on a Bud's spinner. I was maybe 100 yards down from Kowloons, on the opposite side from Kowloons. The whole time I was there I tried out Thompsons, Kastmasters, Rooster Tails, Bud's Spinners, Blue Fox's, Pink Power Eggs, chartreuse power bait, Atlas Spawn Sac eggs, and various spoons. I saw people catching em every once in awhile across from Kowloons, but not sure what they were using. I plan on going tomorrow, but I don't know, maybe I'll try at the pond. Over all It was a pretty disappointing day, not sure how 1,900 fish can be planted and I only catch 2 fish
Well, I thought I'd give my report for today. After reading the post by troutdude about moving around, it reminded me that I had bought one of those little fishing storage boxes that has like 8 little double sided compartments. Anyways, I got there around 7:45, and loaded that little box up with the essentials. Stared out by the bridge you drive over to get into the park, using a gold Thompson, caught 1 on my second cast. From there I went over to the pond where the pond spills into the river, and caught nothing but debris, and ended up losing my Thompson. From there I went to where I was yesterday all day and caught 1 more, using a cheap gold spoon I had bought a long time ago. Ended up finding a Panther Martin I had lost yesterday too, so I switched over to that, with no results. I walked up stream about 100 feet (in the direction of Kowloons) and pitched the gold spoon, and bam, had my limit in about 10 minutes. Couldn't believe it! There were about 8 other people in the area I was, but quite aways down from me, and 1 guy on the Kowloon's side. Other than what I caught I only saw 1 other fish caught. On my way out at 10:30, I saw 4 or so more people fishing @ the bridge you drive in at, but not sure how they did. So now I'm on my way to Bi-mart to replace that Thompson I lost, and get another one of those gold spoons.
Was driving into the park on my way home to see how packed it was ( 2:00pm) and there was a kid walking through the parking lot with an absolute monster of a fish. Good color on it and everything, so I've gathered up my stuff & now I'm on my way back out there to see if I can catch one of those big guys.