Irvine Lake: 4/29/11 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

dorado123 · 04-30-2011, 09:04 PM

I decided to go to Irvine Lake and the water was so calm and I was looking for the catfish under some bushes. I finally got my limit of catfish. It is not yellowtail or white seabass, but sometimes it is fun to catch catfish.It has a lot of meat on it and it's similar to fishing Calico Bass in the kelp.

I used leftover makeral for bait.

MuddyMike · 04-30-2011, 10:30 PM

Nice job! For some reason I thought catfish were primarily nocturnal.

I haven't fished a lake yet with my kayak. Do you just leave them on the game clip over the side all day?

dorado123 · 05-01-2011, 09:12 AM

Yes Mike Catfish bite better at night...but they also bite well in the morning nearby tree or bush .....Yeah I leave them on game clip for several hours they're still alive even when I got home

ful-rac · 05-01-2011, 10:20 AM

that's really cool!! looks like back to irvine for me!!! Thanks for the report!

roby · 05-01-2011, 09:00 PM

I would take catfish over trout any day....wtg.

dorado123 · 05-01-2011, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by roby

I would take catfish over trout any day....wtg.

Yeah I agree too....Catfish is way better eating fish than trout

mtnbykr2 · 05-02-2011, 11:43 AM

nice kitties, I haven't fished for cats in the yak I should think about that, nice fish fry comin

carbonbass · 05-02-2011, 10:47 PM

ive had some really big catfish fight HARD. Was soaking bait once and had a 10lber pull my rig into the water before i could blink. The only reason i know how big the fish was, believe it or not we returned to the same spot the next day, a guy was fishing a km and snagged the catfish yes the catfish not the rod! it had line to it, so i pulled the line in and got my pole. Definately a fishing story i will never forget

04-30-2011, 09:04 PM	#1
dorado123 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Garden Grove,CA Posts: 210	Irvine Lake: 4/29/11 I decided to go to Irvine Lake and the water was so calm and I was looking for the catfish under some bushes. I finally got my limit of catfish. It is not yellowtail or white seabass, but sometimes it is fun to catch catfish.It has a lot of meat on it and it's similar to fishing Calico Bass in the kelp. I used leftover makeral for bait. Attached Images Last edited by dorado123; 04-30-2011 at 09:35 PM.

04-30-2011, 10:30 PM	#2
MuddyMike Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Temecula, CA Posts: 111	Nice job! For some reason I thought catfish were primarily nocturnal. I haven't fished a lake yet with my kayak. Do you just leave them on the game clip over the side all day?

05-01-2011, 09:12 AM	#3
dorado123 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Garden Grove,CA Posts: 210	Yes Mike Catfish bite better at night...but they also bite well in the morning nearby tree or bush .....Yeah I leave them on game clip for several hours they're still alive even when I got home

05-01-2011, 10:20 AM	#4
ful-rac Emperor Join Date: May 2009 Location: Buena Park Posts: 3,649	that's really cool!! looks like back to irvine for me!!! Thanks for the report!

05-01-2011, 09:00 PM	#5
roby CEO of Team Roby Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 905	I would take catfish over trout any day....wtg.

05-02-2011, 11:43 AM	#7
mtnbykr2 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: newbury park ca Posts: 2,323	nice kitties, I haven't fished for cats in the yak I should think about that, nice fish fry comin

05-02-2011, 10:47 PM	#8
carbonbass Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 367	ive had some really big catfish fight HARD. Was soaking bait once and had a 10lber pull my rig into the water before i could blink. The only reason i know how big the fish was, believe it or not we returned to the same spot the next day, a guy was fishing a km and snagged the catfish yes the catfish not the rod! it had line to it, so i pulled the line in and got my pole. Definately a fishing story i will never forget