The smile says it all for Mike McKenzie...Well, we just completed a wonderful day two here at Anglers Inn at Lake Mateos. With our first light start on the water, we were greeted with the most gorgeous sunrise and morning mist on the lake... what an amazing place! To add, we all rang in the new day of fishing with incredible topwater blow-ups from brutish Mateos Largemouth Bass!
One highlight for the day is the "dos dobles" (two doubles) that Shiz and I had in the afternoon. These were not "dink" doubles, but powerful green-sides that pounded Shiz's red-white pencil popper and my Leo Gutterres "El Salto Special" (silver slider pattern). It was most comical... Shiz would get a hammered by a big bass - Fish ON!... and almost immediately, my fly, behind his, would get pounded too. It was awesome!
Other highlights for the day were the many "grande" (HUGE) topwater blow-ups that left each of us wondering (with rattled nerves),... "Hmmmm, how big was it?" Bob and Jim recounted a topwater grab that moved "half of the lake". Also, I witnessed Shiz getting "power-flushed" by some mystery bass too. You know that a bass was big when, after missing the hookset, you look back at your guide he looks at you with wide eyes and says "grande" or "papa". In this topwater game, you don't always close the deal when fishing on top,... HOWEVER, the visual and audible footprint that a monster bass leaves when eating topwater flies goes straight into an angler's mental story book for the rest of his life.
The final highlight for the day is from Mike and Alan. They landed a remarkable 67 Largemouth today!!!,... and all but a few were landed on topwater flies! Mike's top fly was the Umpqua Chewy Popper in white, while Alan's top fly was a green popper.
Well, thanks again for following our on-location post here at Anlgers Inn - Lake Mateos. We have two more days of battling the brutish Largemouth... more highlights and pics to come. Until the next report, Fish On!
One highlight for the day is the "dos dobles" (two doubles) that Shiz and I had in the afternoon. These were not "dink" doubles, but powerful green-sides that pounded Shiz's red-white pencil popper and my Leo Gutterres "El Salto Special" (silver slider pattern). It was most comical... Shiz would get a hammered by a big bass - Fish ON!... and almost immediately, my fly, behind his, would get pounded too. It was awesome!
Other highlights for the day were the many "grande" (HUGE) topwater blow-ups that left each of us wondering (with rattled nerves),... "Hmmmm, how big was it?" Bob and Jim recounted a topwater grab that moved "half of the lake". Also, I witnessed Shiz getting "power-flushed" by some mystery bass too. You know that a bass was big when, after missing the hookset, you look back at your guide he looks at you with wide eyes and says "grande" or "papa". In this topwater game, you don't always close the deal when fishing on top,... HOWEVER, the visual and audible footprint that a monster bass leaves when eating topwater flies goes straight into an angler's mental story book for the rest of his life.
The final highlight for the day is from Mike and Alan. They landed a remarkable 67 Largemouth today!!!,... and all but a few were landed on topwater flies! Mike's top fly was the Umpqua Chewy Popper in white, while Alan's top fly was a green popper.
Well, thanks again for following our on-location post here at Anlgers Inn - Lake Mateos. We have two more days of battling the brutish Largemouth... more highlights and pics to come. Until the next report, Fish On!
Happy faces and even happier bellies... the meals are an absolute delight!
(Anglers [left to right] - Bob, Jim, Alan, Keith, Mike, Shiz, and Bill)
(Anglers [left to right] - Bob, Jim, Alan, Keith, Mike, Shiz, and Bill)
One of two doubles for Shiz and I...
A dawn greeting by Mr. Largemouth...
Mike with 1 of 67 landed on his boat today...
Shiz and I with our second "doble"...
BigMouth, BucketMouth, or Largemouth...
