Most epic striped bass fishing ever! ( Pyramid lake, CA )

This video is one of my personal favorite video that I have ever recorded of my life! Chasing after boils and catching one of my favorite species and it is STRIPED BASS! Enjoy this epic video!
Rod/Reel
- G loomis MH topwater series rod/ Shimano chronarch 8:1 gear ratio
- Daiwa tatula rod MH / Shimano Metanium 6:2:1 gear ratio
Lure
- Luckycraft Sammy 105
- 1/2 oz Kastmaster
Line
Topwater: 40lb power pro braid
Kastmaster: 12lb Seaguar invizx flourocarbon

[@larrysaavedra3418]

Outstanding day !! Haven’t got anything over 15lbs at that lake . Best ones to eat are 3 to 5 pounds.. no joke fishing in that heat . Great job brother 🤙

[@Daiwa_Is_King]

A simple leader on that braid will give you way less headaches. Tight lines 👍

[@marlen2478]

Makes me miss fishing 😭 great content man keep it up!!

[@MrRoundel]

Wow, great day on the lake! 40 years ago I had a buddy tell me that he was up there at Pyramid once and saw that crazy striper boiling action. I was never sure he wasn't embellishing it a bit because it sounded so WFO. You have just proved to me that my buddy wasn't exaggerating. Good on ya.

[@pegasus6724]

This is one of my favourite fishing videos , such a nice place to fish , and so active , happy hunting

[@roypublic3269]

"Give Me a Fish" moment. Epic.

[@sonny5158]

Fun day on the water. Nothing beats that top water bite!

[@TODDWOODS]

Great video. Looks like a ton of fun. And good eats.

[@plastic9000]

Meanwhile me as a shore fisherman: "guess the fish aren't biting today..."

[@DEX-un7tx]

It’s funny you say that because I walk down from that visitors center all the time to enjoy these boils. 😂

[@Fishhuntliveoutdoors]

This is a great video! Thanks for sharing. Brings back memories of how my striper addiction started.

[@romeoalphafoxtrot9517]

Great video! It's so much fun being in the middle of a wide open striper bite where they are crashing on bait! You got a bunch of nice ones that day! I have been on those wide open bites at Lake Mead. I had good luck throwing a 5/8 oz Prizm Krocadile and a 3/4 oz chrome Rattletrap. Definate find a plug they like, and troll the area.

[@koifish9742]

Thanks for the video. My friend got limit this morning for 2 people. Tomorrow is gonna be crazy crowded. 😂😂😂

[@TheWorstCAFisherman]

I think you gotta add that extra flash to make it stand out from all the shad

[@cny4609]

Haven’t been to that lake in a long time… use to catch some huge stripers from there… great video

[@maryfitilchyan4511]

Looks like a great time!!

[@Kjkimfishing]

It was soo much fun Mary! Probably the best striped bass fishing I ever had so far 😊

[@itsmountainmike]

Nice going 👌 great video big fish dinner 🍽

[@Luciddreammer16]

Man this looks awesome, I’ve been trying to find someone in the area that knows what there doing and has the right stuff let me know ,great video🎉

[@Daiwa_Is_King]

Where I’m at in Nevada fishing Lake Mead there is no limit on stripers under 20” and you can keep 20 over 20”. That is how bad the stripers have taken over. I see people literally taking home hundreds at a time…

[@isurfinsb]

Absolutely whacked em!!! So fun Kevin!

[@Kjkimfishing]

@@isurfinsb it was too much fun Mel!

[@Kjkimfishing]

🔥

[@Dahoodcontent328]

Nice catch, lots of boils

[@mattthorp9943]

If National Geographic had an episode on striper with all those epic boils! Love it! Was this last week?

[@Kjkimfishing]

Yes this was last week 😊

[@mattthorp9943]

@@Kjkimfishing sweet! I've been trying to plan a trip since I do the shore attack since the boats don't have the silent stalker mode. Lol. Tight lines, and keep up the great content. 🎣🤙

[@billysarabia5055]

Omg this guy ,,,he is just so happy ….that is genuine happiness there people …I love it …this video is a good start to my day … I’d love to know this cat ,,,he’s just cool as a fan…oh and them boils usually happen at night time… so if your seeing this in the day chances are,,, there are way to many stripper’s in this lake …. Here he goes again,,, it’s just so funny ,,having the time of his life … that’s great…

[@billysarabia5055]

And listen to him ,,, he knows his shit too… great video my dude … you got it bro,,,subscribed and liked …👍😎👊🏼

[@isurfinsb]

1 handed net deployment! 🔥

[@Kjkimfishing]

@@isurfinsb YESSIR! 🔥

[@erickr447]

Muy buena pesca amigo lástima que no pude estar ahí 😢

[@Kjkimfishing]

Get out there soon! They are biting!

[@Skank_Hunt42]

So you kept a fouled hook fish? I'm forwarding this video to California fish and game

[@MaydaTachejian]

Can we talk about how cute Kevin is though for a second? 😍

[@mikeluna5789]

This video single handedly blew the bite up

[@jaymoneyfishing]

Sick video🔥🔥🔥

[@michaelsoriano3266]

Try a small spoon. When they’re focused on small bait fish that small spoon can imitate that well. You can cast it in the school when they’re boiling and jig on them out deep as well.

[@Kjkimfishing]

@@michaelsoriano3266 hell yea, I’ll give that a try! Thanks for sharing 🙏

[@quidproquo3933]

been sitting on them frenzies and catchin and releasin on pretty much every cast for decades . Catch ‘em till exhausted if want to

[@KidBako]

What a great time, thank you for sharing. How recent was this?

[@Kjkimfishing]

@@KidBako thanks man! 🙏 this was last Tuesday

[@KidBako]

@@Kjkimfishing Just subscribed!

[@Kjkimfishing]

@@KidBako thank you 🙏

[@fishing_life_ca]

I would recommend you Columbia's Men’s Silver Ridge™ Utility Convertible Pants :). Thx for the sharing your trips. I love watching it, especially looking at the places where I fish too. 👍🏻

[@Kjkimfishing]

@@fishing_life_ca hahaha, for me I hate wearing pants lol. I recommend putting sunblock on my legs and wear shorts. And no problem! More videos coming up soon 🤙

[@fishing_life_ca]

@@Kjkimfishing I feel you and I was the at the same statement but when it got to hot I tried those ones and I'm happy with them. Very light and it drys extremely fast. Not pushing you for sure, just my experience.

[@Kjkimfishing]

@@fishing_life_ca Na, you’re not pushing me at all 😊. I know you are trying help me of getting a dark tan lol 😂. Thanks for the recommendation 👍.

[@fishing_life_ca]

Was fishing there on Saturday- the same experience! So much fun but because of this recording there were many boats hunting and not all the boaters are really respectful to each other which is boring me.

[@Fishhuntliveoutdoors]

An s-waiver 168 or a suspending jerk bait will do major damage when they short strike and won’t commit to the topwater. Also try waxing the last two feet of your braid to minimize the tangles on the topwater

[@Kjkimfishing]

@@Fishhuntliveoutdoors this is awesome information! Thanks for sharing this to me. I’ll definitely go give a shot when I go back out there 👍

[@Fishhuntliveoutdoors]

@@Kjkimfishing your welcome, I learned it from a legend (Bobby Barrack). It works with small baits and even big topwaters and swimbaits

[@Daiwa_Is_King]

@@Fishhuntliveoutdoors😂😂 or you can just tie a leader not that hard

[@p3teytran]

Bro, your video motivated me to take my boat out to pyramid. Ended up staying there from 7-6 pm and couldn't even locate a boil that would stay up longer than 10 seconds, and they were all small groups. It was rough man and I think I was around the same area too. Is that often the case for you? The drive there for me is so brutal just to get skunked 😅

[@Kjkimfishing]

@@p3teytran Damn sorry man 😅. Keep going and never stop!

[@jamesedk]

줄무늬 배스 낚시는 믿을 수 없을 정도로 재미있어 보인다. 나는 그것들 중 하나와 싸우고 싶어

[@Kjkimfishing]

@@jamesedk 감사합니다!

[@longthao2810]

This is what I want in life ! Been a while since I fish a frenzy !

[@Kjkimfishing]

It will happen to you! Get out there man! 🤙

[@SupraStringing11b]

I’ve been hitting pyramid the last few weeks fishing striper boils. I’m curious what you think of the Sammy 105 vs the 100. I’ve been throwing the 13 fishing dual pitch pencil, and the ima little stick.

[@tojoin7793]

Again a great video!! Was this on the yellowbar arm?

[@Kjkimfishing]

@@tojoin7793 yep 👍

[@MONEYHUNGRYRECORDING]

YOU A BAD BOY NICE VIDEO

[@Danger__157]

Nice

[@amoshilel123]

well done

[@Jessejames007-p5s]

Seemed like a pretty Regular Day of Striped Bass Fishing if you ask me 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@p3teytran]

Man what a day bro! What lure was hitting the best for you? Maybe you could write a description of your lures and stuff you use with affiliate links

[@Kjkimfishing]

Oo yea I should, thanks for the recommendation. ill put that on the info right now. I was using a sammy 100 and a 1/2 oz silver kastmaster.

[@betuel75]

Lets go. Well, get going...

[@layeetskeeters9244]

thats a bigg ass boil holy

[@clayreynolds5502]

Look for the shad and boilers Zara spooks and crome jigs I've caught 30 pounders there years ago

[@tvue7893]

Striped bass boiling is fun to catch

[@maxcoatlhunter4322]

Man I got to buy me a fishing boat!

[@Kjkimfishing]

You should!

[@robertorios2829]

When you going again man?How much to tag along for a day

[@f2foutdoors]

Does striped bass taste good? Never had it. I’ve tried white bass a couple times and do not like it. I stick to perch, walleye, crappie and bluegill. Would def try striped bass for sure.

[@Kjkimfishing]

You should man

[@nightflash262]

I'm late but I went like 2 days ago and saw some boils but it was nothing like this. This exact cove has zero boils, fpund them on the other cove tho but boils were decent and didn't last long. Managed to get 4 and my bro got 5. Biggest was 29" tho.

[@brianbaker5647]

So most places in California striper limit is two. So what is the limit in that lake ?

[@warren6172]

Limit is 10, no size limit. I wish they would lift the limit completely for a few years. It would help the lake out so much.

[@cavesuki8510]

@@warren6172 how would that help the lake?

[@Daiwa_Is_King]

@@cavesuki8510 there invasive it’s literally destroying the other populations of fish

[@1mw4tch1ng]

what is the limit for striper in Pyramid lake?

[@RICKENBOCKEN]

looks like he got to many

[@llee888]

Ten

[@secretbassrigs]

​@@RICKENBOCKEN 地沟油让你嫉妒。

[@mikeluna5789]

​@@RICKENBOCKEN looks like you don't know what your talking about

[@billysarabia5055]

Are the fish breeding or feeding??? I just love seeing this cat fish…

[@HarryBogharyan]

Hey boss I really love the video.. Can u please tell me what kind of boat you have ?

[@Kjkimfishing]

It’s a 1983 sear gamefisher

[@Kjkimfishing]

It’s more of a skiff boat

[@CaliCuT593]

What size cast master were you using?

[@markweber4854]

Are you allowed to keep snagged fish in that lake?

[@edward5710]

Crazy! They re-opened the lake?

[@Kjkimfishing]

Yep, they have re open after the fires

[@MrEyethautunew]

This happens to me every morning. The fish at my lake are exploding every where on micro baits. It's so frustrating not being able to get them to bite.

[@Kjkimfishing]

Exactly, they are very finicky. You have to find the right boil on the stripers that are actively feeding out of the water.

[@MrEyethautunew]

@@Kjkimfishing Turned out to be an awesome trip. I have to return real soon

[@double45band]

you should have stayed out of the boil fish into it

[@thomasburke5444]

Use zoom super flukes and the 4 " superfluke junior

[@nicetubtilerefinishing769]

Hog fest day! What’s the daily limit? For us here on the ocean surf it’s two per day.

[@boogies_universe]

What’s the name of the clear lure/swim bait that you use?

[@Kjkimfishing]

Clear lake Murray color

[@billysarabia5055]

This cat is having the time of his life,,, you can feel the happiness…that is so good to see and yet you have these jackasses that want nothing more than to throw dirt on this cat ,,,, with criticism…

[@user-cd9gk7lj9p]

how much you pay the rez to fish there?

[@clayreynolds5502]

Also white lead heads white feathers

[@0u812icubi]

USE A BIG SILVER SLAB 2 OUNCE ❤❤or Rattle Trap Shad lure's...?? AWESOME. YEAH BROTHER, I LOVE TO CATCH AND RELEASE. OPEN FACE REEL WORKS BEST. OR AMBASSADEUR REELS BAIT CAST. THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO. TAKE CARE ❤❤ PS Where is your life vest ❤❤??

[@llee888]

A snagged fish is illegal to keep. (4:05)

[@llee888]

However, to his defense, no size limit and limit is 10 for striped bass in Southern District which includes LA County, which Pyramid Lake located.

[@glenkisela8550]

I know here in California the limit is two stripers per day

[@mikeluna5789]

Wrong

[@user-cu8kl2dr1f]

Try a Kastmaster spoon or Little Cleo spoon or a Blue Fox Classic Vibrax spinner. Stripers aren't "so hard to catch."

[@jimmeekim501]

Try using kietech swim baits.. They slurp them up all day

[@Kjkimfishing]

@@jimmeekim501 nice! I’ll give that a try. Thanks for sharing 🙏

[@xxkillertitan1144]

so what, you love striper fishing yet your keeping all of them? try catching and releasing, it’s just as fun

[@MoeElias]

Regulations for striped bass, is only two per person 18 inches or longer

[@mikeluna5789]

Wrong

[@macattack9184]

Nope not in LA

[@YajYia90]

Throw a rebel T10 jumpin minnow topwater

[@wickedlocz]

What’s the striper limit at that lake?

[@YajYia90]

10 no size limit

[@glenkisela8550]

Pyramid Lake striper limit is two per person per day he is fishing illegally

[@shouavue6833]

Actually its 10 stripers no sized limit, this is Pyramid Lake by Los Angeles, CA

[@US30-KING]

bro shut up

[@johndoody7526]

Slow down that plug

[@Kjkimfishing]

Defiinitely I should lol. I was just having too much fun reeling the lure fast to get more of aggressive strike.

[@Jifnei]

Good catch but isn’t it kinda fugged to hook up on a boil and then ride your boat right through it when the other guys right next to you wanna hook up too? Looks like you know what you’re doing but maybe you just need to work on your ethics a little more especially with you snagging fish

[@Mokotarish]

How do stripers get to Pyramid Lake???

[@Kjkimfishing]

Castaic and pyramid lake are connected from the California aqueduct. The california aqueduct connects from California delta to our reservoirs. These Stripers are saltwater species that were able to survive in freshwater and had the capability travel through the California aqueduct to our waters.

[@Mokotarish]

@@Kjkimfishing cool to know, thanks for the information

[@guyquinton2413]

You are chomping way too hard .... breathe 😅

[@CaptianJackDev]

you got the wrong baits and colors

[@Daiwa_Is_King]

What would you use capatain jackass 😂

[@pepperjewels7346]

Question what's the limit u can take home?

[@Kjkimfishing]

It’s 10 fish limit. No size limit

[@perhaps394]

Stop saying lets go and calm down. I had to stop watching

[@izaya2095]

Isnt it 2 per person in California bo matter where yall at

[@savanngim4826]

Some places are 10

[@JohnDoe-pt5cr]

Hogan Lake in N Cal is 10 any size.

[@mikeluna5789]

Wrong

[@isaiahmontenegro8735]

That’s for ocean bro

[@secretbassrigs]

I recommend people stay away from Pyramid. Castaic is much closer, easier to get to, less wear and tear on your vehicle, just as good, with local amenities and offerings, but most of all safer in many ways. Theres no local sheriff. Nearest is in Kern County.

[@tompayne2261]

No lice ???

[@Kjkimfishing]

@@tompayne2261 lice?

[@douaxiong922]

​@@Kjkimfishinghe is refering to recreational boaters they are called sea lice cuz they be all over the lake like lice

[@koifish9742]

lol.

[@secretbassrigs]

​@@Kjkimfishing it's true they're called "lake lice". The jet skiers and wake boaters are all over that lake on the weekends during the summer. Can't tell the difference between a holiday or just an average weekend. Pyramid is preferred over Castaic because they have access to the entire lake. And no speed limits. Good day. You were definitely there during the week.

[@secretbassrigs]

​​​@@douaxiong922 Castaic is really good for striper too and closer to civilization. But it limited for jet ski access, that's why Pyramid gets a lot of lake lice in comparison on the weekends. Pyramid also has the worst management with felons for employees. Things are always getting broken into and stolen.

[@AlmightyX19]

Reel slower better action.

[@Kjkimfishing]

Defiinitely I should lol. I was just having too much fun reeling the lure fast to get more of aggressive strike.

[@glenkisela8550]

This video should be reported to fish and game in California because two stripers is a limit

[@fishing_guy]

most lake in southern cali is 10 per person no size limit, central and northern are usually 2 per person

[@mikeluna5789]

Learn the regs!

[@toddg.2638]

Nice catch, but would recommend catch and release. As a fisherman, you should treat fish with some respect and preserve the resource rather than deplete it. Harvesting only enough for a meal rather than hoard them for bragging rights.

[@marlen2478]

What do you think he’s doing with the other fish, throwing them directly in the trash? Do you not own a freezer? Did you know where the money from his fishing license goes (hint it goes to the preservation of the natural resources you see). Also do you go to the grocery store for one meal at a time? Do you walk everywhere or do you pollute the air by using a car? Are you commenting on this video using a phone that has cobalt in it that was mined using child labor? Chill out.

[@pepperjewels7346]

​@marlen2478 what's the limit? I thought it was 2 over 18 inches? He has more than 2

[@robertreyburn7662]

Limit is 10 I believe

[@ryanj.7523]

You should speak to a wildlife resource officer some time ask why limits are set. Much like bag limits in hunting it’s to allow healthy fish to grow. Catch and release was started by organizations who worried about over fishing. Having little understanding of the consequences.

[@yajmeneu]

​@@pepperjewels7346 it's Pyramid Lake. 10 fish and no size limit. He's actually doing the lake a favor by taking out the invasive fish.

[@douglaswyman1788]

Spaz

[@secretbassrigs]

地沟油让你嫉妒。

[@Joe-pc1ju]

[@conservativerealist]

There's an abundance of stripers in cal. And nevada.stripers are non native to western u.s. anyways..so why not take your limit home.