WHOA. I just came across this video, almost 6.5 years after it was published. My father, brother and I spent many hours/days on Irvine Lake. I'm 73 years old now and I have pics of my family spending the day at Irvine Park. I must have been 2-3 years old in the earliest pics. Somewhere to the left of where we used to rent a boat for the day, maybe 150 yards out, I dropped a brand new Garcia 6' rod with a brand new Mitchell 300 reel. I still feel the pain when I think about it. I saw where someone wrote, RIP Irvine Lake. What's up with that? Is the lake no longer there? I've got many memories of going through the city of Orange and driving up that twisting road to either the lake or the park. Thanks for letting me stroll down memory lane. Stan
Obviously an older video with some great information... just wish they would open Irvine Lake again. When it was being managed right many years ago, and they were putting steel head and calavares trout in the lake - it was the best lake around in the lower elevations of Orange County. I sure miss it - BIG fish continuously caught there! I hope they get things worked out and reopen again. Loved Woody's Cove.
These methods (Drop Shotting, Split Shotting and Mini-Jigs) are best in the winter months and the colder and cleaner the water the better. Water temp now (December) is still around 60 and these methods are producing. Temps will get down into the 40's later in the winter. This video was shot in January. But these methods are very good at Irvine Lake all winter and into the spring. Until the water starts to warm.
"balanced outfit" meaning the line weight, rod rating, and reel are all in a range where they work well together. For example, you wouldn't want 50 lb. test line on an ultra-light rod.
Just when the fishing got good at 4 pm, they kicked you off the lake. Love Utah where you dont have to pay to fish. And no one is telling you it's time to quit fishing.😊
Yes, fishing from the bank or pier in lakes drop shot is very effective. One thing to look out for is is if there is excessive weeds or algae on the bottom, the rig will get covered and not be as effective. Drop shot fishing is especially excellent for when the fish are deep, really puts you in the zone
Ethan young loves trout yea I caught a 20inch brown today with a 6.6ft ultra light on 2lb mono worked great and was my first real time trying this tech.
Not the best idea. The purpose of dropshotting is to sink a bait in front of a trout/bass without horizontal moment. It gives the bait the appearance of having died and sunk in a natural occurrence. For creeks keep your hook at the end of your line and put splitshot (with or without a bobber) 3-4" above.
Yeah, it's deadly for Browns. Last Fall, I slayed browns with a similar rig. If the stream is very narrow, ease the weight in as gently as you can. If the current is really fast, it doesn't really matter as much.
I'm not really a fan of this type of retrieval. To me, the point of a dropshot is to vertically jig where you couldn't otherwise. To work the bait, I leave a small amount of slack, raise the rod tip until the line is taught, then let it sink, making sure not to move the weight. Detecting bites with this method is easier. You'll either feel an abnormal amount of resistance, the line will tighten, or the line will swim away. That being said, I'm just an average angler and this is just my preference.
