Alpine Lake in Marin County, 02.23.13

[Marv]

This time of year we use slow moving soft baits, like Senkos and Roboworms (4 to 8 inches long). In this case we were drop shotting, where you use a slim pencil weight at the end of the line, with the bait tied further up the line about 1 to 3 feet. This allows you to tighten the line and float the bait off the bottom, twitching it in place. Then you lift up the rod tip and twitch it several times, which picks the weight off the bottom and moves it a foot or two. Then you let the weight fall back to the bottom. Then repeat.

There are also some nice Trout in Kent, but they are tough to catch, with the best bite in late fall.

Paul that's called drop shotting, works great on trout as well, just down size the tackle. I see your really learning the good stuff only thing ah lmb does that a trout won't it launch x3 his body length while smashing a topwater lure. Can scare ya when he does it 3' in front you

[RideNfish]

I was waiting for Ride-n-Fish "The Enforcer" to come down heavy with the rule book

Yes, and the term I used, "Doink" is an official Sniffer term only to be usedd moderators.

[Marinpaul]

I was waiting for Ride-n-Fish "The Enforcer" to come down heavy with the rule book

[crazyfisher]

great job marinpaul and alex. Thnx for the report from Kent keep it up.

[RideNfish]

That last one that Jake caught went 3.75 lbs.Paul

Hey doink... In case you didn't notice this is the "trout" board! LOL. J/K

[Marinpaul]

This time of year we use slow moving soft baits, like Senkos and Roboworms (4 to 8 inches long). In this case we were drop shotting, where you use a slim pencil weight at the end of the line, with the bait tied further up the line about 1 to 3 feet. This allows you to tighten the line and float the bait off the bottom, twitching it in place. Then you lift up the rod tip and twitch it several times, which picks the weight off the bottom and moves it a foot or two. Then you let the weight fall back to the bottom. Then repeat.

There are also some nice Trout in Kent, but they are tough to catch, with the best bite in late fall.

[alexdesignz]

Thats great. How do you catch bass?

[Marinpaul]

I think that is a large mouth bass. There are large mouth and small mouth bass in Bon Tempe. I caught a 2.5 lb small mouth in December while tossing a Kastmaster for trout. I thought I had a monster trout until it rolled and the colors didn't seem right!

Here are some large mouth bass from Kent lake caught this Friday with my son in the early evening:







That last one that Jake caught went 3.75 lbs. Pretty good for early March!

Paul

[alexdesignz]

I tried Alpine once but at the furthest point from Bon Tempe. The walls were like 20 feet tall and steep. I found a base of a tree that I got to sit on. It was peaceful as no one person was around there. I am still learning these lakes and trying to figure them out.

On another note, is this a bass? I was fishing Bon Tempe Shady side and there were 1000's of these.

[crazyfisher]

I was looking up Kent Lake since I'm not familiar with it, when I saw these white things in the middle of Alpine Lake. What are they?

https://maps.google.com/?ll=37.95297...00567&t=h&z=18

They placed that a year or two ago. Its to pump water in and out of Alpine to Bon Tempe. I think?

Kent Lake is a great lake as well. We went there a couple of times. The hike into it is pretty brutal but that just mean I'm out of shape, haha. Its mostly concrete road but the incline up is gradual. Parking is limited as well.

Once you get into the lake, fishing spot are limited as the bank are steep but manageable. Just be careful of ticks!!

Like other have said, you won't get a lot of quantity but quality fish are in there.

Good luck if you go