Fishing Eastman Lake With Big Ed, 29 July 2012

Ed of www.bigedfishing.com and LBS Tackle was kind enough to take me out on his nice bass boat out to Eastman Lake in Fresno county, California. Pretty sweet day on the water, some top water action but a majority of the bites came between 5 and 15 feet of water off rocks near drop-offs on brown and purple jigs.

Here are the picks from the day.

Ed with his first photo worthy bass of the day, caught on a Mud Candy LBS Jig

The water level was way down, lots of mud lines flowing off islands that used to be sunken

Ed steering us towards the fish

Love those casts when you know there is a fish next to a rock, it just felt right

My first photo worthy fish of the day a 2.5lb Largemouth 

Ed showing off his fish, both weighed exactly 4 lbs 2oz

Had a great day on the water, only would change two things:
1) I would not have thrown the swim-bait with my Abu Garcia Vendetta, broke the thing in 3 pieces
2) I would have worn sun block, feeling a little hot from the burn right now

Had a great day on the water, with some great company. It was great getting out there and I need to get out there sometime again. It is nice to see a public lake in California with a 22 inch one fish limit, a real chance to grow some monsters, we saw a few but they seemed more interested in stalking our baits than eating them. Hopefully next time.

Check out Ed's Site www.bigedfishing.com 
and his Tackle store LBS Tackle 


Thanks for reading, 
Dan