Irvine Lake Friday Report

[ol'skool]

Don't bother! Got there at O' Dark thirty and it was packed! Didn't get through the gate until almost 0730. Lots of fish on the finder but no takers all day; me and a buddy trolled everything in the tackle boxes, soaked bait, and pitched everything at them we could. Most of the fish were stacked up between rocky point and red clay cliffs but we trolled everywhere w/o one bite. Not one person we saw or spoke with had pulled in a trout all day. A few catfish were caught and my buddy managed a 2lb bass; I missed being skunked by one goldfish sized bass pitchin a chartreuse and yellow shad rip at the cliffs. The water was toasty warm everywhere in the lake from 70-72 degrees; my guess is that the water temp was way too warm yet. There lots of big marks on the FF so it ought to be great once the water chills but for now...don't waste your time or money.