Sometimes you need a little less gun... Compadre gold.

[Hoshnasi]

This weekend was my annual birthday campout where I drag as many as will let me out on a campout. This year was the biggest yet at 21 people, at beautiful Lake Cachuma 15 miles away from Solvang California.

On a whim, with the little remaining space in the SUV I packed my Compadre and my "Go-Bag" which is just my minimum detecting gear. Had I had more space, I would have taken a larger detector.

Right by our camp was a tot lot. So after getting skunked at fishing at the lake I decided to try my luck at the dirt fishing.


It's a small 10k ID chain. Not sure if it's solid but it has decent heft.

Happy Birthday to me!

 

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[jackc]

Very Nice Find! Congrats!

 

[cudamark]

Good find! It's a pretty good campground and lake. I've "fished" it many times.

 

[Hoshnasi]

Good find! It's a pretty good campground and lake. I've "fished" it many times.

I only hit up one of the playgrounds (by the yurts), but it felt like pretty un-fished grounds. I pulled alot of clad out of there.

I should have just spent my time detecting then going after the trout!

 

[simbad42]

the way to play the game up there is bait fish for the trout and detect around while you fish.

 

[Hoshnasi]

the way to play the game up there is bait fish for the trout and detect around while you fish.

You're right about that! The water line is about thirty feet below what it was last year too!

 

[cudamark]

Yeah, the low rainfall lately has all the lakes down. You'll find plenty of lead sinkers when it's like that. It's been a few years since I've been up there detecting. Looks like I'll have to remedy that! Lots of history there with the Butterfield stage route running through that area.