The first trip of the new year and the new millenium. Nice weather for January, and I had a new rod to test out too. It's a Castaway STM7 crankbait rod. The rod has 10 guides and a very soft tip, I really liked the way you could feel the crank thumping along on the bottom. But I digress.<BR>Started fishing at 2:30pm across from whiteoak. There are some submerged trees in this one spot and after working the area for about half an hour with a Norman Deep Little N, I switched to a 5" Cardiff Plastics swimbait on a 1oz head and caught a 2 pounder. Moving down across from the marina I threw some different cranks on my new rod but didn't find anything so as it was getting dark I headed back into the swimming pool cove, made 2 casts and connected with a 4-6 on the deep little N. The fish put up a great fight and (did I mention the rod already?) the rod was awesome! Clicked a couple pictures on the digital camera and put her in the live well in hopes that Dean would still be at the marina when I got in to take a picture. Well I just missed him as he drove up the hill so I released the fish, made a few more casts back in the marina cove and then headed in. Look for a trout plant on Wed or Thurs. If you remember, Craig Jacobsen caught the lake record striper in early January two years ago. They're still in there!<P>Here's the photography from today:<P>2 pounder on the swimbait<BR><img src="http://www.calfishing.com/images/daily_reports/1_04_00_2lb_ondeck.jpg"><P>The 4-6 on the Deep Little N<BR><img src="http://www.calfishing.com/images/daily_reports/1_04_00_4lb6oz_ondeck.jpg"><P>