Just purchased my first Kayak 2-weeks ago, but I have been Lurking on this forum for the past 6-months. Have read a lot of good posts and have taken a little bit of knowledge from everyone here. With that said, took the kids out fishing Lake Mendocino last night and again today. Trolled live minnows last night with no success . Returned this morning, kids still aboard, and caught a Large mouth in a cove near the dam (using a Creme worm).

Continued trolling live minnows most of the morning, again without success. Put on a Storm swimbait, shad color, and trolled 20' along the buoy line of the dam and finally hooked up my 1st Stripper! Kids and I were both pretty excited. The LMB was about 12" and the Stripper measured in at 26.5". The experience is something i will never forget. I hope my kids feel the same. Once I got home my wife was just happy to see that I finally caught something, justifying the money recently spent . Will post photos when I figure out how.