One that didn't get away!

On Saturday, 4th of July weekend, I was able to take Justin to a private lake owned by the Irvine Co. called Rattlesnake Reservoir. An old-friend Ken Murata who is a member at the lake HOOKED US UP. We've fished for bass at other S. Cal lakes but this was Justin's first real crack at catching some really nice fish. Did not disappoint. Here are a few pictures.

Justin's first fish of the afternoon caught on a drop-shot worm. Way to go.

Even the old-man got into the action catching this nice one with a spinnerbait.

Another quality bass taken late in the day on a spinnerbait. The action really started heating up late in the afternoon, about 1 1/2 hours before sunset. We pretty much fished one spot during this time and landed 15 to 20 bass on it. Ken who always entertains while fishing, was no different this time, donating about 5 spinnerbaits to the bottom of the lake all to Justin's amusement.

We were heading in at the end of the day, 8:20, or so when Justin hooked into this 6.10 lbs. monster. He was trolling his spinnerbait when all the sudden his rod doubled-over and the fish started pulling line. We all thought it was the normal ho-hum 3 pounder, but much to our surprise when the fish came up to the side of the boat we realized it was not. Ended up being almost 7lbs. and was the absolute best way to end the day. In all we caught and released 25 to 30 fish. To see his excitement and smiles is priceless. Way to go Justin. Big thanks to Ken for getting us out and making it all possible.