Its all good I know you were just venting and frustrated no worries here

Hey Sinjin, nice fish.  Hopefully you and Tom don't fair so well on Friday  

Well, actually I hope you guys do stick a toad.  I just hope that I get one an ounce larger  

Good job man!

This thread is pretty d**n old but wanted to reply to this reply of yours. Isn't it funny how things worked out. You wanted us to go 1/2 at the FOCL event back in September and that is exactly what happened.  ;D

We made a crucial error. We didn't have a close enough estimate of our limit in the live well. Actually, we were off by 4 pounds! Had we known we had over 17#s, we would have targeted another 4-5# fish with the techniques that caught us the bulk of the fish and possibly have culled our smallest fish which went 2#.

Instead, we though we needed a 7-8# kicker and spent the last hour throwing big baits and it didn't pay off.

I am glad you guys won that night. Coming in second at my first tournament with a new partner wasn't too shabby.

Taking 1st the very next tournament was an awesome feeling!

It all starts again next month. Are you fishing the FOCL this year? I plan to fish the Piru as well as the DVL series as well this year.

See you out there.

very nice bro!!!! ;D

It all starts again next month. Are you fishing the FOCL this year? I plan to fish the Piru as well as the DVL series as well this year.

See you out there.

I'll be at the FOCL, don't know about Piru.  Want to but Josh and I will have to see how money is.  DVL would be great but Josh's boat has a two stroke.  Will you be fishing those with Tom?  Good luck out there.

It all starts again next month. Are you fishing the FOCL this year? I plan to fish the Piru as well as the DVL series as well this year.

See you out there.

I'll be at the FOCL, don't know about Piru.  Want to but Josh and I will have to see how money is.  DVL would be great but Josh's boat has a two stroke.  Will you be fishing those with Tom?  Good luck out there.

I am not 100% certain if I am going to be fishing with Tom for the FOCL. I want to fish with someone who is certain he is going to make all the tournaments for the year. As for Piru or DVL, I will be fishing with someone else.

Tom is busy with his new kid and time off is usually a problem.

Inspiring. Awesome, SK.

Catches like that elevate the sport, (LOVED the **release** picture.) draw interest to the parks and waterways, which we all benefit from. Attracting people to bass fishing makes people more conscious of conservation, revealing the waters to be living ecosystems, not just lifeless racetracks for personal watercraft or something to sit next to while working on the tan.

Checked in this morning, and I can confirm that bass are indeed not on the endangered species list. Congratulations on such a fine fish! If I had caught it, (and I plan to.) I probably would have taken out a full-page ad in the Wall-Street Journal, called Rapala about an endorsement deal, and started wearing tournament jerseys to church.

Taking my son out to the upper lake this morning in our little 10' suitcase boat.

Again, congrats on being a great example of responsible angling, and, frankly, astonishing restraint. -- JP

GIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o

I do not agree completely the littering part yes I understand Posting it in 15 forums Yes abit much but getting mad because a lot of people are going to fish the lagoon and ruin your spot..... give me a break I live in the same area and know why the LMB are so big in that Lagoon.The reason why though is because someone told me about it so i could go there and catch fish and have FUN!!!!!!!! I welcome anyone who wants to fish in the waters we have here thats the beauty of fishing is passing it on to a family member or friend as long as its good clean fun why not. Being Selfish like that is just flat bad sportsman ship. the poor guy was probably extremly excited and bored at work..lol

Like i said this goes alot deeper than i want to get into, castaic is not "my spot" i have never even fished the lake in my life, claiming bad sportsmanship is not so bright on your part because this particular situation has nothing to do with sportsmanship, more to do exploiting fishing spots on the internet for praises, selfishness is not an issue here at all on my part, its the protection of fisheries from those that do not care to c.p.r, clean up trash, obey d.f.g laws and fish ilegally, the consequence of this usually turns out bad for the smart angler, and yes i belive strongley that there are idiot fisherman and smart anglers, so the poor guy at work maybe should find a better job that sittting over his p.c in sloth mode being a comment hore and bringing the crowds to other's spots do you have any idead how many member f.f.n has?? and half of them are just lurkers. I dont think you see the whole picture and your lack of knowledge in this partictular situation just makes you look a bit foolish. Do you research buddy.

I have fished the main lake at Castaic almost every weekend for years. The lower lake is never "Presurred" The most boats i have every seen out there at once was 9!!!! CALM DOWN! It is still full of great fish.