
	This old momma hog went 12.4 lbs and was caught about 2 hours after the one above. She came as a total surprise, hammering my Castaic trout no more than 6 feet from the rod tip ! Not sure if she was hollow bellied because she was spawned out, or on an old age decline. A nice catch in any case.


	This is my smallest ever "double digit bass" :-) She slammed the trout lure like a big girl, but pulled the scale down to 10.0 lbs..... exactly :-) I hooked a bass about 20 minutes later which made this one look dinky...... at least 13 lbs..... but it came unbuttoned :-( I'll get her the next time :-)


	Finally caught a double digit bass from San Pablo Dam Res. This trophy bass went 12.4 lbs and railed a Castaic trout only a few feet from the boat ! I never let her get her head turned around though, and so the fight only lasted about 20 seconds.


	This fat, healthy bass weighed 10.2 lbs, and was caught on a Castaic trout at San Pablo Dam Res. I would bet this fish was only about 6 years old.


	I caught this 10.5 lb'er on the same trip as the fish above ! It also ate the Castaic trout. Although these fish were close in weight, I would guess this fish was much older...... Maybe say, 10 to 12 years.

My new PB of 14 lbs 6.4 oz......... but I don't think it will be my biggest for very long :-)

As soon as I got on the water, I could feel the barometer plunging....... a new moon the night before...... trout were planted the day before...... How could I miss ? I just knew I was going to catch a hog, and 30 minutes later, I was holding this beautiful momma at the end of my arm ! What an unimaginable adrenaline rush !!! She bit a 9" Castaic trout off the end of a main lake point which drops abruptly into 80 feet of water.

Now if I could just figure out what photo to use...... What do you think ???


	Persistence was the key with this 10.9 lb hog that I caught from San Pablo Dam Res. I had thrown the trout lure for 9 hours without putting a fish in the boat, when this fish finally railed my trout !


	I fished for this big green girl for 2 days on and off, until I finally snuck up on her at just the right time, and was able to feed her a 9" Castaic trout :-) I had been guessing her at 12 to 13 lbs while in the water..... She ended up going 12.5 lbs. Not a bad guess, huh ? :-)


	Amazingly, this 13.2 lb sow was one of the "smallest" bass among her three girlfriends ! The biggest was a 15 to 16, which also hit my trout lure, but did not hook up. This was my first double digit bass on a "sinking" trout lure.


	At 11.1 lbs, this was my 20th double digit bass this year, but the victory was bitter-sweet, as about 4 hours later, I hooked a 15 to 16 lb'er which after a crashing hit and drag burning run, came unbuttoned :-(