Irvine Lake - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

landwhale · 03-29-2011, 10:25 AM

Fished Irvine Lake with Charles,

one fish for me. It’s been a few years since I fished the lake and have never in my life seen it so full. There is very little shallow water with most of the lake 12 or more ft. deep. Trolled for trout started in the bank areas and my one fish came as we crossed over towards Trout Island. It hit an old chartreuse crawdad crank that always has worked for me at Irvine (of course the hooks were dipped in Uni Butter). The fish was 1 ½ to 2 lbs. and fought hard on the 2lb test, got it up to the kayak and though 2lb no net saved my lucky crawdady and said goodbye trouty.
SAVED THE LUKY LURE AND IT REWARDED ME

We could see fish jumping and rolling and spent a lot of time throwing rooster tails, Thomas bouyants, cast masters you name it. Late in our stay we fished some reed areas that had some nice drop offs (think bass) saw a fish roll that was no trout. Next time I am going to spend some more time fishing the reeds. The joke of the day was IS IT TIME TO GET OUT THE POWER BAIT!ffice

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RedSledTeam · 03-29-2011, 10:43 AM

Love that hat!!! Where can I get one?

mtnbykr2 · 03-29-2011, 11:57 AM

Nice pics and post LW,
we need to do another Cabrillo trip...I am in SD this weekend with JIm
Sammons doin the Tidelands Park thing maybe he will teach me some good stuff, way to go get the trout...I need to try Irvine out sometime

inshorefisher · 03-29-2011, 12:57 PM

awesome!!! nice meeting you sunday morning. i didn't catch anything in HH but it was fun.

Amish Ed · 03-29-2011, 04:45 PM

Good to see you getting out there Steve. Lets go fish sometime soon.

roby · 03-29-2011, 08:41 PM

Thanks for the report.....I bought some Unibutter from you at FHS. Thanks for all the tips.

mtnbykr2 · 03-29-2011, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by roby

Thanks for the report.....I bought some Unibutter from you at FHS. Thanks for all the tips.

I'm sorry I missed LW there...it was a good show...

fknricter · 03-30-2011, 09:01 AM

glad you got out steve! thnx for the report

Ed · 03-30-2011, 02:12 PM

There must be halibut at Irvine now.

GBF · 03-30-2011, 06:51 PM

Way to go big guy!!

GBF

03-29-2011, 10:25 AM	#1
landwhale Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Seal Beach Posts: 506	Irvine Lake Fished Irvine Lake with Charles, one fish for me. It’s been a few years since I fished the lake and have never in my life seen it so full. There is very little shallow water with most of the lake 12 or more ft. deep. Trolled for trout started in the bank areas and my one fish came as we crossed over towards Trout Island. It hit an old chartreuse crawdad crank that always has worked for me at Irvine (of course the hooks were dipped in Uni Butter). The fish was 1 ½ to 2 lbs. and fought hard on the 2lb test, got it up to the kayak and though 2lb no net saved my lucky crawdady and said goodbye trouty. SAVED THE LUKY LURE AND IT REWARDED ME We could see fish jumping and rolling and spent a lot of time throwing rooster tails, Thomas bouyants, cast masters you name it. Late in our stay we fished some reed areas that had some nice drop offs (think bass) saw a fish roll that was no trout. Next time I am going to spend some more time fishing the reeds. The joke of the day was IS IT TIME TO GET OUT THE POWER BAIT!fficeffice" />>> __________________

03-29-2011, 04:45 PM	#5
Amish Ed Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 1,906	Good to see you getting out there Steve. Lets go fish sometime soon. __________________ Amish Ed You can't catch it again if it's dead!

03-30-2011, 02:12 PM	#9
Ed Fringe Head Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Drippin Chicken Water Ranch Posts: 140	There must be halibut at Irvine now. __________________ "If cabbage was good for you, rabbits would be big as bears" (Adi) Last edited by Ed; 03-31-2011 at 07:50 AM.

03-30-2011, 06:51 PM	#10
GBF Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Huntington Beach CA Posts: 323	Way to go big guy!! GBF __________________ "Just keep going out....it's better than staying Home"

03-29-2011, 10:43 AM	#2
RedSledTeam Daddeo Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: OC Posts: 660	Love that hat!!! Where can I get one?

03-29-2011, 11:57 AM	#3
mtnbykr2 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: newbury park ca Posts: 2,323	Nice pics and post LW, we need to do another Cabrillo trip...I am in SD this weekend with JIm Sammons doin the Tidelands Park thing maybe he will teach me some good stuff, way to go get the trout...I need to try Irvine out sometime

03-29-2011, 12:57 PM	#4
inshorefisher Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: westminster, ca Posts: 86	awesome!!! nice meeting you sunday morning. i didn't catch anything in HH but it was fun.

03-29-2011, 08:41 PM	#6
roby CEO of Team Roby Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 905	Thanks for the report.....I bought some Unibutter from you at FHS. Thanks for all the tips.

03-30-2011, 09:01 AM	#8
fknricter Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: redlands, ca Posts: 118	glad you got out steve! thnx for the report