well, being bored on this beautiful day, i decided to haul my ass over to lake los carneros for some bass catching fun. to tell you the truth i was expecting not to catch anything, but i'd rather not be catching any fish on a lake than on my couch. Well, i started out flipping a brown arkie jig. no luck. i flipped about half the lake (it's a really small lake, so it's perfect for float tubing). as the sun started to go down, i decided, what the hell, and i threw a buzzbait. within ten casts, WHAM fish on! this fish totally unloaded on that buzzbait. big old splash, water everywhere, it was great. it was just a sudden slam, no pussy footin around. so i set on him, and got him to the float tube to discover a solid 3 pounder. that fish would've been 2 pounds anywhere else, but it was so fat and healthy. i threw the buzzbait a little bit more, but no more fish. i think that one fish made it worth it though, there's nothin better than getting totally slammed on by a good sized fish on topwater. the water was stained, about 4 foot visibility, pretty cold, and totally glassy on the surface (which is suprising that the buzzbait worked). oh yeah, and i've had enough of my corsair. it started a new noise today, and now turning the handle is like all jerky and loose, and it hardly ever engages. that things going back to shimano.