Well… you know all those days where you try your hardest and throw every lure in your tackle box twice and you don`t catch anything…
You wonder why you continue to wake up so early and go fishing…. It`s because of days like I had today. I went fishing with Optimum Pro Staffer and guide, Art Hill, my good friend Anthony and myself. The three of us caught 72 striped bass in 4 hours of fishing.
This was an incredible day to say the least.
I was extremely lucky to be asked to go fishing on this trip because we went to a lake that is not open to for fishing throughout the year.
It is called Lake Matthews in Southern California and it is owned by the Metropolitan Water District and is used strictly for drinking water. The problem is the stripers are so abundant that every year for 2 days they ask about 20 boats to go in and catch the stripers and remove them from the lake.
We did our part and caught fish non stop. After a couple stops we pulled up to a long point and started casting the AA`s & Optimum 4 inch plastic swimbait tails and it was on. The fish were loving the swimbaits and we were loving the fun!
So the next time I go out and don`t have so much luck… I will remember today!

Good Luck & Have Fun Fishing!
Matt Paino

www.optimumbaits.com