really commit to throwing it, but when they are on it, you can catch some quality fish and really load the boat fishing a frog over the grass in Pyramid during the summer.”
JIGS AND
Wynn and O’Dell win the Angler’s Marine Tournament on Pyramid
DROPSHOTS
When the bass are not
great to practice frog fishing and punching deep grass responding to power fishing, it is time to break out a
pockets that line the lake.”
standard dropshot bait or a jig.
Lain goes for baits such as a Missile Baits D-Bomb
For these presentations, Wynn opts for a
or a Baby D-Bomb for punching in the summer months ½-ounce brown and purple jig with a cinnamon
“The crawdads in the lake have a purple tint to
purple Missile Baits Twin Turbo trailer to catch both
them; so I like to punch with colors such as Candy
largemouth and smallmouth bass.
Grass or Love Bug,” said Lane. “I rig up a Daiwa Steez
“I use my Navionics app on my phone to target
8’ punch rod with Daiwa braid and I usually catch
cuts and bluff walls around the lake,” said Wynn. “The
seven to 10 fish punching the grass.”
jig bite is always on at Pyramid Lake and you can really
Lain’s punch set up includes a 1- or 1.5-ounce
throw the jig all day long and catch fish.”
tungsten weight, depending on the thickness of the
Wynn’s jig set up consists of the same rod that he
grass, tied to a 5/0 Gamakatsu Heavy Cover Flippin’
uses for the A-Rig. He uses a 7’1’’ Phenix Recon Elite
Hook via a Snell knot. He states that a high speed reel paired with 12-pound Sunline FC Sniper. He uses a
such as a 7.9 Daiwa SV103 Casting Reel rigged with
6.3:1 Daiwa Tatula SV TWS Casting Reel to make long
70-pound Daiwa braided line is a must to set the hook casts with the jig.
and winch the bass out of the thick grass.
His first retrieve is to hop the jig back to the boat
“I like to target cuts between points or grass that
to target the aggressive fish. If that doesn’t yield a
is matted near some type of overhanging cover, such bite, he employs a drag and dead stick approach to
as boat docks or trees,” said Lain. “There are a lot of
convince inactive fish that his jig is an easy meal.
places to punch matted grass on the lake during the
Being so close to LA, large crowds can flock to
summer, but the most exciting way to catch bass
the lake during the summer, causing lake officials to
at Pyramid is when they come through the grass to
close the lake; so plan to arrive early. Pyramid offers
smash a frog.”
anglers a great opportunity to take the
Lain’s frog gear consists
family or a kid fishing.
of a Daiwa Steez SVF AGS
The summer months are fairly easy to
7’4” Extra-Heavy Frog rod
catch bass and other species of fish that
paired with a Daiwa Steez
live in the lake.
high-speed reel. He favors
Camping is allowed at the Los Alamos
a Spro Dean Rojas Bronzeye
campground just north of the lake. Rates
Frog 65 in colors such as
are approximately $25 per night. There
Baby Duck, Green Tree or a
are 93 family sites, including RV back-
shad pattern such as Nasty
in sites, places for tents, and several
Shad. Lain fishes his frogs
very popular pull-through sites as
on 50-pound Daiwa Samurai
well. Reservation are on a first come
braided line.
first serve basis. To reserve a site for
“The frog is a situational
camping call 877-444-6777.
bait,” said Lain. “You have to
Tony Lain with a Pyramid bass
Tight lines!
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