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GRAND RE- OPENING
San Vicente re-opened the week of September 22 nd ; however a dispute between contractors and the cables that hold the courtesy dock in place, kept the original opening day a guess to many anglers.
The few anglers who were lucky enough to fish the lake during the first week were not disappointed. Many anglers were greeted with 100 - 200 fish days.
I caught up with Rick and Kyle Grover of Angler’s Marine in Anaheim, Calif. to get a full report about the hype surrounding the opening of the lake.
The Grovers fished the lake on September 22 nd and again on September 26 th . According to Rick, the lake allows for 140 launches, which includes both fishing and general boating. Amenities included a seven lane launch ramp, new docks, a weigh station for tournaments, restrooms, and a brand new concession stand stocked with food and bait.
In addition to great fishing, many visitors
come for
Carl Lim on Vincente
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The Grovers with Art Bailey
the water skiing. In fact, a large part of the lake is sectioned off for water skiing on Thursday through Sunday, with Mondays being devoted entirely to fishing. Anglers fishing the lake on one of the sanctioned waterski days may be prevented from fishing in the waterski areas.
100 BASS DAYS
“The fishing was better than anything that I have ever seen,” Rick said. “I have fished El Salto and other Mexican lakes and San Vicente was better than all
of those places. The fishing was
easy.”
The overcast conditions on
the Grovers’ first visit to the lake
resulted in a decent shallow water
bite on reaction baits such as small
swimbaits and spinnerbaits. As
the day progressed, the Grovers
started targeting bass in 20- to
40-feet of water with crawdad
colored Phenix jigs and blue vein
8- to 10-inch Texas-rigged straight
tail worms.
“The deeper fish were very
healthy and the shallow fish had big
heads and skinny bodies,” said Rick.
“The first day we caught about 110