Endosmay Alliesmay

Hit the lake to find guys already there. They were chasing stripers, I was there for the fish with a red eye!
I got a late start, calm then, then someone flipped a switch and turned the wind machine on before noon. Tucked away to get out of the wind I found fish.
What tenacious fighters these beautifully marked fish are!
I tried the pose. Couldn't find my knife to bite on though.

Right on, Juan.  Some of the coolest lookin' fish for sure...

Beauty!!!

 You may have your own signature pose there....

                                                                             

What tenacious fighters these beautifully marked fish are!

I've only caught a few of those in my life, but your guys' pictures of them have always reminded me of Blue Rockfish - checkered sides, small mouths, squirly attitudes.   

Nice one.

Nice catch!  Thanks for the report and pictures.

Another pretty fish, I'm learning to expect nothing less from you Juan. Very nice.

Love the picture, Juan!!!

Hang em' high. Thats where I've seen that face.

AAAArrrrrrr! Fine fish ya got there mate!!

nice fish and tough guy SNARL!

What lake?

I believe it is Mendocino.

thanks for the report juan. now i am a little curious. was that lake mendo? is that a bass? what bait were you using?   were you trolling? what is "endosmay alliesmay" ?

Kayakjack, that was lake Mendo.
I was using Zoom flukes, a soft plastic bass lure.
Smallmouth bass are in the pics.
Endosmay alliesmay is a sad attempt at pig latin for mendo smallie.