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Orange  County's Irvine Lake bass lake,  full of brush and shallow water  for spinnerbaits, and topwater  lures and Senkos.   In the Spring, Bass find their way to nests, while others are just moving in and  investigating the newly flooded terrain.  Although you can’t predetermine  which pattern will be the most effective,  you can certainly figure you won‘t have  to fish very deep. Much of the flooded  brush is in less than 8 feet of water,  which means you need to fish baits  designed for shallow water.  First on your list should be a spinners.
On the west side of Trout Point try a  chartreuse and white tandem with gold  and silver blades  retrieve it with a moderate wind, broken up  with a stop to let the bait descend a foot  or so before resuming the wind. What  you are looking to do is find out just how active the fish may be.
If the bass strike  while the bait falls, you know you need  to slow down. If they swirl on the lure as  you’re getting ready to pull the bait out  of the water and make another cast, pick  up your retrieve speed.  Trailers, either chanteuse or white,  usually make a difference in flooded  green brush, perhaps because they give  the fish more to look at while their  vision is impaired by the extra growth in  the water.
Curltails are probably just  fine, but splittail eel types were getting  lots of bites in late April.  When the fish are not chasing, or when  the sunlight seems to have forced them  deeper into the cover, you might try a  Senko. This cigar-shaped piece of plastic is popular— even more so than a Slug-Go -  for spring fishing. Made by  Yamamoto, the soft plastic stogie is so  salt impregnated, it will sink even with  out a hook in it. The 5-inch model in salt  and pepper or ice blue with metal flake  should be your choice.
You rig this on a  3/0 or 4/0 wide gap hook, Texas style,  with just a bit of the hook point exposed  on the back of the bait. Go with 10- to  12-pound test line.  Merely toss this fat worm into gaps in  the brush or openings near the bank and  let it sink to the bottom. In just a few  counts it will be down where you let it  sit; you should then barely move the rod  tip so the bait slithers off or tumbles  from a bush top. If you don’t feel the  strike — and many of you won’t —  you‘ll know the fish is there because it  will engulf the bait and swim off rapidly. When you set the hook, the fish is  usually drilled right through the lip. It’s  not as effective in deeper water, merely  because you have to wait for the lure to  get down.
Also, only on rare occasions  will you catch more than one fish on a  bait as dissolving salt and voracious hits  render used baits unusable.  TOPWATER, THE X FACTOR: The  average Irvine largemouth is something  under 3 pounds, even though the lake  has given up several 13- to 14-pound  fish over the last 12 months. And yet,  among Southland bass, none seem more  willing to hit a topwater.  The warming water not only speeds up  the metabolism of the bass, it also push-  is the body clocks of the threadfin shad  which typically spawn in early summer.  Within the next four weeks, there will be  loads of small fish — shad and bass fry  — in the the shallow flooded areas, and  those add up to excellent surface fishing.  Several baits should be in your box.  Standard, of course, is a Pop R or one of  its more subtle imports such as an Lovino.
9When there is obvious surface  action, these are great baits as they call  fish up out of the flooded jungle.  The TD Pencil, however, has been a  big hit over the last  two years.
Speed limit — many fishermen overlook  the lake because they can‘t fire up their   200 horse engines. They miss out on  some very good action when they do. Try a Boy Howdy, when  dressed with a tail  feather, it first darts,  then settles back into  the water, and finally,  the feather opens up.  That combination of  motion makes it seem  like its operating independently, and it’s a  killer when the water  is calm and you’re  fishing close to the  shoreline.
 For a riffled surface,  either a prop bait such  as a Devils Horse or  Zara Spook can  be productive. You might  scale down to a Super  Spook Jr. since there  are not a lot of big fish  to pull from the rank  and file.  In any event, the first  couple of hours each  morning can be as  exciting here as any of  the waters with the better reputations. 
OTHER THOUGHTS:  While Irvine opens at 6  a.m. like most permit  lakes, it closes early,  usually at 4 p.m. And,  because there is no  fishing license  required, the permit  fees are higher than  many other waters  because the operation  purchases its own fish  — especially trout and  catfish.  While the costs are  higher than some state-  and city-run reservoirs,  it‘s been a boon to  Orange County fisher-  men because they  don't have the long  travel associated with  going to Castaic,  Casitas or the San  Diego lakes. 
The lake also fishes  bigger than it is  because of the 5 m.p.h.   speed limit — many fishermen overlook  the lake because they can‘t fire up their  200 horse engines. They miss out on  some very good action when they do.              .
 Take the Chapman Avenue exit east  off the 55 Freeway to the lake entrance.  Open season: Year-round. Bass fishing should  dominate until trout plants begin in early November.  Special regulations: All bass fishing is catch-and  release, though you may bring a fish in live to weigh  it. No fishing license is required.  Fees Info: Lake office (714-649-9111)

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