Headed out to Perris this morning since the conditions looked really good to get a big fish. Evan "dakine" and I fished the dam right away around 630am and didnt get bit, not even a follow. He was throwing a slammer and an osprey and i was throwing a 6 inch big hammer w/ a 1 ounce fish co head in the rainbow trout pattern. We moved to the marina for more of the same, nada then i walked down to powerplant point and got a nice 3plus pounder on the big hammer. I was pretty stoked on that, thats my first swimbait fish from perris.!!! pretty gnarly the thing ate the whole thing like 10 feet from shore, it was pretty cool to see that. We then walked down to Flagpole point for more of nothing. Bailed around 2, the wind started picking up hard around that time. There was a couple of guys out in their boats chucking the big baits, couldnt tell if they were hooking up or not.
good fishing to all.

tsunami

Man Perris is just going to explode one of these days and the fishing will be wide open. I just hope i'm there. I probably won't hit the lake till mid january or february myself, maybe we'll see you down there again. I haven't gone back since that day we met up.

Tight Lines,
Jason Huckeba

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Yeah,that pretty much sums up my 5 trips in the last month.Tuff times but thats paying the dues,tossin the slammer almost the whole time with a dash of the old castaic here and there.Alot of casting practice,mostly after work during the week from about five till closing.On the plant days and all,the one fish i did get was off the damn like half way down on the nine inch slammer.Under five pounds.
Last time got stopped by the park police for my tinted windows,man are those guys bored in the winter or what.They live for the summer crowd so they can act like real cops again.Im already on probation from those dudes getting busted for fishing the berisconi area after park hours.So im going to do more striper fishing this winter.Tight lines and good vibes!!!

whats up woodchucker, ya the fishing has been pretty tough at Perris but it has been improving little by little. Talk about paying your dues, i think we both have but talking to others at the launch dock and Marina and even at tackle shops, the fishing has been picking up especially at the east end of the lake. At least im getting a fish here and there now, not like the total skunk trips ive been getting used to. Where do you usually fish the dam woodchucker? All my quality fish seem to come around the bouy line, where do you have luck? JBYRD i do have a feeling that the fishing is gonna just blow up soon. Hope to see you out there when i does. Reading your posts though you seem to have your hands full with the trout fishing so there no lack of excitment on your end. Good fishing guys take care.

Tsunami

whats up woodchucker, ya the fishing has been pretty tough at Perris but it has been improving little by little. Talk about paying your dues, i think we both have but talking to others at the launch dock and Marina and even at tackle shops, the fishing has been picking up especially at the east end of the lake. At least im getting a fish here and there now, not like the total skunk trips ive been getting used to. Where do you usually fish the dam woodchucker? All my quality fish seem to come around the bouy line, where do you have luck? JBYRD i do have a feeling that the fishing is gonna just blow up soon. Hope to see you out there when i does. Reading your posts though you seem to have your hands full with the trout fishing so there no lack of excitment on your end. Good fishing guys take care.

Tsunami

whats up woodchucker, ya the fishing has been pretty tough at Perris but it has been improving little by little. Talk about paying your dues, i think we both have but talking to others at the launch dock and Marina and even at tackle shops, the fishing has been picking up especially at the east end of the lake. At least im getting a fish here and there now, not like the total skunk trips ive been getting used to. Where do you usually fish the dam woodchucker? All my quality fish seem to come around the bouy line, where do you have luck? JBYRD i do have a feeling that the fishing is gonna just blow up soon. Hope to see you out there when i does. Reading your posts though you seem to have your hands full with the trout fishing so there no lack of excitment on your end. Good fishing guys take care.

Tsunami

Yo yo yo,that one fish came about half way down the damn,but have had all my big fish near the bouy line.Last year.Seeing phishhunters phat striper is giving me major striper fever,me and PHISHnuts are bailin out and going to Cottonwood over the weekend,so maybe we can put the ms on the map up there too!!Perris is a sleeper,for now once they start poppin i will be back on line.Later bros,tight lines and good vibes.Keep at it guys,turn up the first ten this season outa there.Viva la slammer!

Ya,Perris can be a pesky little lake,big fish but alot of pressure.Wish i could get a guided trip by someone who throws the big baits and knows what there doing.WoodchuckerTours,Inc. has let me down the last few times ;-).

We'll see what happens this weekend with the linesides and then back to the hunt for the big green backs!!

Hey there PhishnutS save it for the lake chump,we will see how much smack is flowin when your snappin picks of me and my fiddy.And Perris showed us some love before, from now on im gonna start chargein for my guide services i know its hit and miss sometime but comeon im no Mike Long,even though we should have gotten more action than we did its all in the good name of fishing,brosky.Cottonwood will be interesting to say the least,just dont forget your reels this time!Better get raedy foo,the time to charge hard has come once again!LETS DO THIS!!!!!!Tight lines and good times.

Good luck down there fellas. MS has told me many times that the time around Christmas is usually a really good time for the big stripers. Hope you wack a big on on the 12" Slammer. Keep your spools full and check your knots }(

Thanks Rob...and unfortunately he's not kidding about forgetting my reels.I think i've done that twice now and left my box of plugs once also.I have to make myself a checklist now ;-)

I've got a dig camera now so hopefully get to break it in...if i don't forget it!!

I think Perris is starting to pop now. I heard a rumor of a 15 and a couple 10+ fish coming out of there in the last week or so. All on the new Sidewinder swimbait. Show those fish something they havent seen yet, and its amazing how they will eat it instead of just following it. I'm going out there on Sun. to throw the big baits all day so I'll let you Perris junkies know how it is. Got my hands on some interesting new swimbaits that I know they havent seen yet so hopefully it will trick a few the first time they see them.

Will post results later
Cam

Hey socal, ive hearded about that new bait the sidewinder. Doesnt the the guy who makes the mission swimbait make that bait also? Its interesting looking, kinda has like jointed cuts on it. Pretty cool for a soft bait. For now im gonna stick to the basic 3 the slammer, the big hammer and the osprey. LETS DO THIS FELLAS!!! good fishing to all.

Tsunami.

Yeah, its made by the same guy that makes the Mission fish. This bait is one to add to the arsenal for sure. It has action like no other lure. Basically, on the soft plastic trout baits, the action is in the tail and thats it. With the Sidewinder, the action starts at the head and the whole body follows. Some killer colors too.

We fished Perris on Sun. and I got a nice 4 lber in the east end, but that was the extent of our fish catching for the day. We did move some big fish with the 10 1/2" Sidewinder, but I think the storm clearing out kept them from commiting. Looked to me like there was still some bait in the trees and the fish moved in when the sun and wind came up. Also moved some good fish off the usual main points.

All that lake needs, I think, is the right conditions weather wise and its going to explode. No doubt, their in there!!!!

Good luck out there
Cam