First CA trout

After striking out again last week at Jennings (campground lake access), I decided to fish santee today. Fished 2-7. Brought a couple bass rods too. Walked the shoreline, gameplan was power bait on the trout rod, dropshot senko on a light spinning rod and a t-rig senko on a heavy casting rod.
Hooked a pretty decent bass on the dropshot, he pulled drag pretty good on 6#, but shook the hook near shore. Got a good look, solid fish. Havent fished for largemouth in a lonnnnnnng time.
No bites for several hours, and then finally stuck my first california trout. Fun fight on 2#. Fun times, glad to check that one off as the season is winding down. I'm enjoying this lake fishing, nice to get away from the mobs or morons on the coast and hang with some ducks haha. Might have to go after largemouth when the trout dry up.

 

Well, I havent experienced that so far but then again I've been fishing at my convenience; weekdays in the afternoon, several days or a week after the stocks. Probably a different story on the morning after a stock.
I get my shoulder-to-shoulder action on the sport boats, and I'm only willing to deal with that for the grade of fish and the power they have. I dont care enough about a trout limit to deal with the crowds. I'm dabbling with freshwater for a change of pace, not really expecting or looking for big numbers at this point.

 

All you gotta do is go on a day you're unlikely to catch one hahaha