Summertime Bass Fishing with Jigs and Crankbaits

[@GalaxyRods]

This place fishes just like Colorado reservoirs. Good job dude!!!

[@johnclemans7802]

I been fishing there since the 1980's. Have a vacation home in Trinity Center too. Rapala Fat Raps, brown jigs, pumpkin seed and Junebug colored worms and Senkos. Cedar Stock area produces some nice bass.

[@Longboard-Dude]

Mr. Damian . . . What a great day of bass fishing . . . gotta love it when the bite is on 👍! Enjoyed the vid very much 🤙.

[@dthao92]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@johnhill2298]

What an awesome day on the water!🤙

[@ctgilcrest]

Trinity fishes well on account of light pressure. The fish don't get pounded like our home lakes. The river has huge Smallies, and Jan/Feb/Mar great steelhead fishing.

[@dthao92]

I didnt know that. Now will have to try the river sometime for bass when im up there. Would make it seem to travel up there during those times due to the rain and snow though

[@hmoobdub5196]

LA jigs on 🔥

[@TheDarkHorse949]

Damien can you show us how you line your reels and what type of line in each rod set up? Obviously braid for punch and frog but do you use flouro or.. see what I’m asking. What is your process? I purchased 5 Daiwa/ Abu reels and rods to rig up for my kayak so that I do not have to change line to throw a certain lure etc and now I want to line the reels.

[@doualor4574]

Mostly dobyns and shimano reels. I can tell u that!

[@TheDarkHorse949]

@@doualor4574 I’m discussing pline on the reels. I fish Daiwa reels with one exception of the winch by Abu. I use Dobyns exclusively for rods.

[@dthao92]

I use majority Shimano for my reels but all my reaction stuff like cranking, I prefer Abu garcia. All my reels i run a Mono backing and from that its straight flouro for all my baitcasting rods other than my frog/punch rods. For my spinning i'll run braid to flouro. Majority of my reels are Pline tactical in 12lb-15lb test. You can pretty much cover all the tecniques with those lines.

[@maxbarner4769]

I fish this lake a lot and normally have 20 lbs+. I would recommend using a baby bass whopper plopper in the morning which I caught a 6.52 last week on. And during mid day use a fat TRD green pumpkin or a watermelon red dropshot.

[@maxbarner4769]

Just a recommendation though

[@dthao92]

Thanks! will have to try that next time im up there. Going to try to make a trip up there in the fall. Hoping the swimbait bite will be on by then

[@Boren2Fish]

What is your cranking setup/specs?

[@veritas2145]

@@Ethyn-fw5knlol

[@Boren2Fish]

@@Ethyn-fw5kn zebco, got it!

[@ctgilcrest]

Crazy Shasta filled up, but the big rains missed the Trinity.

[@db9818]

Much smaller watershed

[@tonyh.9957]

When Shasta hit 100% Trinity was at 30% due to massive release!!!!

[@db9818]

@@tonyh.9957 they did a big release around March to do repairs, the only releases now are for power.

[@allgood1593]

Could you put what baits you use in the description? Thanks.

[@dthao92]

Yes, thank you

[@doualor4574]

Melones or McClure? Looked like a great day on the water.

[@MrGogogordo]

Trinity

[@spencerhansen8956]

Is that popper beat up from catching fish or is that the pattern on the bait?

[@dthao92]

It's beaten up from catching fish. It's suppose to be all black

[@venkust]

Where can we buy some of those jigs?

[@dthao92]

I dont know if he sells them online. let me ask and i'll try to get back to you

[@venkust]

@@dthao92 ok

[@fishdisc7022]

Now I know I'm not crazy. Had a spinnerbait stuck in a bush at New Hogan and then it started moving. My PB catfish that was to big for my net.

[@dthao92]

Ive had some really big bass in the past just grab the bait out of the snag a lot of times.

[@soosilly79]

I cant really follow whats happening on account of your random bail clicking, very cool i guess

[@dthao92]

I dont like using my drag. I like to manually give line to fish when i feel like he needs it or if i get the feeling he's gonna make a hard run. That's why you will hear me click the bail when im going to flip a fish into the boat or when i stop reeling i will click the bail just in case the fish makes a hard run.