03-16-2003, 12:19 PM
[cool] Hey, JR, have you ever tubed Big Bear Lake? I used to do some serious damage on both trout and largies up there. Lots of docks and shoreline structure...including some reedy areas. The bass don't get molested too much, and most of the trouters are bottle baiters (Power Bait, eggs, etc.). Nice scenery...pine trees, bikinis, and all that.
Hint: be on the water before daybreak, with a flyrod, for some big rainbows cruising the banks. They disappear to the depths with the first boat wakes splashing the shoreline. But, there are often decent bass in fairly shallow water most of the day...on a wide variety of plastics.
That's a lake, like many in heavily populated So. Cal, that has a lot of potential, but you really have to get to know it. It treats pros a lot better than rookies. From Corona, you can go up the back way...through Redlands and not have to deal with the Lake Arrowhead crowd.
In a previous reply to JAM I also suggested Casitas, inland from Ventura. That's a pretty good drive from Corona, but offers a shot at a world class bass in some nice surroundings. Some big trout, crappie and cats too.
And, if you take the inland route to San Diego, it's not a long drive to some fantastic bassin' in several excellent lakes down there.
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Hint: be on the water before daybreak, with a flyrod, for some big rainbows cruising the banks. They disappear to the depths with the first boat wakes splashing the shoreline. But, there are often decent bass in fairly shallow water most of the day...on a wide variety of plastics.
That's a lake, like many in heavily populated So. Cal, that has a lot of potential, but you really have to get to know it. It treats pros a lot better than rookies. From Corona, you can go up the back way...through Redlands and not have to deal with the Lake Arrowhead crowd.
In a previous reply to JAM I also suggested Casitas, inland from Ventura. That's a pretty good drive from Corona, but offers a shot at a world class bass in some nice surroundings. Some big trout, crappie and cats too.
And, if you take the inland route to San Diego, it's not a long drive to some fantastic bassin' in several excellent lakes down there.
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