Personal Narrative: Winter Carp Fishing In California

Winter Carp Fishing in California

Winter in California

Well the summer has officially left us here on the West Coast of the USA and the winter is drawing in. The temperatures have dropped…but the palm trees still have their leaves …;-)

It's probably my favorite time of the year out in California as the air is fresh and the sky is clear and somewhere there is a lump of a carp worth catching. I haven't had that much time as of late to wet a line out here as I've been traveling across the country to various places with Wayne and Dave of ACS ( www.americancarpsociety.com ) and what with the preparation for the 2005 WCC on the St. Lawrence, its left me little time for the local spots….Perris being one of my favorites for a big hit in the ‘Winter'

Slightly less though nothing significant…there are large shoals of carp and when they move in will hoover up a great deal of bait between them.

Perris has some excellent facilities and does allow night fishing (with some restrictions) so it's an ideal place for the traveling angler to visit from overseas…it has some lovely carp in it and a Perris mid thirty will pull your arm off !

The potential for some very big fish in this water has not yet been explored fully to my knowledge… I believe there are some monsters towards the damn end where the depths reach 100+feet but most of the anglers tend to fish close to the carp park etc….Never could understand that ! ;-).

There are a few other venues here that are definitely worth looking into such as Santee Lakes in San Diego so if any carp.com readers are ever out this way be sure to drop me an e-mail and I'd be more than happy to let you know of the different venues and facilities available for carp anglers in Southern CA..…It is obviously quite a popular holiday destination what with Disneyland and Hollywood etc and a few people have visited and wet a line whilst over here in the

The winter time will also see a much more bearable noon day temperature unlike the height of the summer where the temperature's can soar into the 90's, and though the action can be spectacular at that time of year there are more problems with boat traffic and such.

California is truly an untapped paradise for carp anglers and I think that there could be some very big fish out from over here in the next few years.

Anyways, I hope that you guys are out there catching a few in various places around the world…Have a great holiday season and be safe by the