G2 Fishing Guide Service
Fish Lake Havasu with G2 Guide Service
G2 Fishing Guide Service offers private fishing charters on beautiful Lake Havasu. Whether you prefer a full-day or half-day charter, Capt. Glen will take you to the best fishing spots and help you reel in the catch of your life! My services cater to groups of 1 to 5 people, making it the perfect outing for families, friends, or corporate outings.
Rescheduling & Cancellations
Rescheduling
Hey let's face it, the best laid plans don't always work out. There are lots of reasons why you might need to reschedule. If you do, please contact me as soon as possible so we can get you booked on another date. As long as the date is open, I will get you set up. Sorry but you cannot do this on-line yourself after you book and pay the deposit.
One other scenario that happens occasionally is a reschedule due to bad weather on the morning of (mostly severe wind or lighting storms). I will not take you out in conditions I do not feel are safe. If this occurs we can either reschedule or cancel your trip and I will gladly refund your deposit. But rain or the forecast of rain IS NOT a good reason to reschedule. Those rainy, overcast days are the best fishing days! But if you do need to reschedule please contact me by phone at 949 829-7084 or use the messaging page below.
Cancellation
Again, life happens. If you need to cancel contact me as soon as possible. And again, rain or a forecast of rain is not a reason to cancel (unless accompanied by severe lightening). Get a rain suit and buck up sport! If indeed you do need to cancel your trip you must cancel no less than 24 hours prior to the start of your trip (the morning prior). Changes less than 24 hours will be reschedule only. No-shows on the day of will forfeit their deposit.
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The G2 'Secret Weapon'
The Secret Weapon Story, Rigging and Application
Hey Team Havasu! As promised this is part one of three describing everything about the one and ONLY G2 'Secret Weapon'. In this part let me bore you a little with the story of where this came from and a little bit about how its made.
As you can see in the photo, this is essentially a Little George. Three years ago I was out on our lake in November in the typical jig spoon/swimbait/seagull striper bite. Everyone around me seemed to be jigging the same small chrome spoons. I started digging around in my spoon box and found some Little Georges that I swear I've had for 50 years! Never used them but still had them. I dropped one down and started hooking up pretty well. Went home that night and decided I could make the bait look more like a shad by ditching the clevis and the Colorado blade and replace it with a swivel and a willow leaf blade. When that blade spins it has much more of a shad profile than that Colorado blade. I spent that entire winter perfecting the bait to work properly with the modifications I made. Specifically, the proper hook size, wire shaft length, etc so that the blade does not foul in the hook when you yo-yo the bait.
I cast these baits from lead in a mold (obviously!). They are powder painted which is baked on. I glue all those eyes on with my two little hands! That short shank #8 Mustad KVD treble is super sharp and is that size to prevent fouling. Trust me, if a #2 hook would work there would be one on there! The willow leaf blade is a #3.5 (1.5 inches long). I've tried lots of hook and blade combinations and this set up on the 5/8 body works the best.
As far as the color. Truthfully, I don't believe it makes a damn bit of difference! They are all white now because you cant go wrong with white on Havasu but the fish are after than willow leaf blade. The prototypes were airbrushed in various colors to look as shad-like as possible. And they worked. But on 1 batch I got lazy and fished them with just the white powder coat base coat and they worked just as good. The Little George by Mann's Bait Company is still around and they only make them in black or white. Back in the day they came in all kinds of colors. Maybe Mann's already figure out that color really is not that critical on this bait.
Folks, I'm not ever going to get rich making and selling these things. They work and after I was convinced that the alterations I made were going to work I offered them up to you guys. Frankly, I get a kick out of knowing that people all over the country are catching fish on baits I made. And thanks to everyone who buys them! Hang on, I've got more in the works.
In part II I will talk about how I rig this bait such as line size, rod action, snap swivel or not, etc.
Part II
Here I will try to steer you in the right direction with respect to mostly the correct rod action and line combination to make this bait work the best. This will apply whether you fish with baitcasters or spinning gear.
I like a 7 or 7 1/2ft rod in Medium Heavy with a fast action. If you have no idea what 'fast action' means simply put, most of the flex or bend in the rod when under load will be in the 25% of the rod nearest the tip. As you move closer to the butt of the rod the blank stiffens to the point where there is no flex. The fast tip will create sensitivity in the rod that will help you get maximum feel for the blade. Remember, this bait is all about that blade. It's got to be spinning for the bait to work and the better you can feel it spin the better it is, right? I think so! The stiffer butt section will give the rod the backbone to deal with the better grade fish. This type of rod is going to be graphite but does not necessarily translate to 'expensive'. Lots of cheap graphite rods out there! I would not use a glass rod with a slower action as you will lose feel for the blade spinning and the rod loses the backbone to fight bigger fish. A rod like this will have a more parabolic bend from tip to butt. Don't get me wrong. A rod like this has a place but this ain't it!
I like to use braid for my line with a leader for the last 15-20ft. The braid will add to the feel of the blade spinning and the leader will give you some shock absorption. Splice the lines together with a uni-to-uni knot. Lots of how-to videos. Super easy to tie. I'm sure some of you long range offshore anglers have some bad-ass splice knots but for the rest of us beginners the uni-to-uni works pretty well. On my spinning rods I use 20lb braid and my baitcasters 30 or 40. Use a 12lb leader if you use mono and use 15lb if you use floro. I would never use lighter line. It's a reaction bite so the fish eating this are NOT line shy. So, why not use heavier line? I think this line size works best in yo-yo mode. Heavier line while in yo-yo mode sometimes impedes the action on the drop (don't worry, I'll explain that stuff in Part III). This line combo and a half way decent drag system on your reel and you should be able to tackle some respectable Lake Havasu stripers!
I tie the line directly to the bait because I have found using a snap swivel causes the bait to get hung up (on itself) more often when in yo-yo mode and again on the drop.
I've not mentioned any sort of reel because it doesn't matter as long as the reel has a decent drag. My 'boat' spinning reels cost $45 new and the drags work pretty darn good. Again, if you don't know what I'm talking about here, a smooth drag will pull evenly at any tension level. If, as you tighten the drag on your reel, the pull becomes uneven I'd consider investing in a new reel. Just sayin'.
Part III
Here I will lay out when and where to use this bad boy.
First and foremost this is a reaction bait. It works best when fish are active and feeding on baitfish (which on Havasu means shad). If you live in another part of the country your baitfish may be different and you may not be using the Secret Weapon to catch stripers but if your chosen quarry chases baitfish and is actively doing that then this bait will likely catch 'em.
Here on Lake Havasu the fall striper bite typically means schools of stripers chasing schools of shad. In some areas of the lake that is starting to happen right now but will really kick in to high gear when the water temps drop in to the 70's. When you start hearing people talk about fishing under the sea gulls you definitely want to have a Secret Weapon tied on! Let's talk about that very thing for a minute. When the stripers are chasing shad schools and they push the shad to the surface you will likely see 2 things; boils on the surface and seagulls hovering above and crashing the surface. Many people will throw a topwater lure or a swimbait. This is where I throw the Secret Weapon. Cast it out to the activity zone and as soon as it hits the water start reeling it in just fast enough to make that blade spin. Remember, IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT BLADE! Oh, and hang on! The bites are vicious! Eventually, the baitfish and stripers will head back down into deeper water. Ok, then drop that Secret Weapon straight down and start yo-yoing the lure the same way you would a jigging spoon. Make sure you can feel that blade turning on the up-stroke and on the drop make sure it's a controlled drop. Don't just drop the rod tip down but rather lower it down so you are controlling the drop (this will help prevent the lure from getting fouled on your line).
In the absence of seagulls I fish this bait in deeper water (15-60ft) any time I see stripers on my electronics in the upper part of the water column. Yesterday we were in 30ft and there were stripers from 5ft all the way to the bottom. This is an ideal situation for this bait. Start a cast and retrieve approach retrieving as soon as the lure hits the water. After a few casts, let it sink for a count of 2 seconds, then 3 seconds, etc. You can cover the entire water column (in 30ft) this way. In deeper areas of the lake cover the top part of the water column this way and the lower part with the yo-yo approach.
I've got an area in the north basin where shad migrate into a marina and the bass and stripers follow the shad in to the marina. The shad sits under a dock in 4ft of water. I cast the Secret Weapon up to these docks and retrieve as soon as the bait hits the water. It's deadly!
There are times when stripers are actively chasing shad and the Secret Weapon will not work so well. In the winter, especially at the south end of the Havasu there is so much shad in the water that the stripers become very picky. Typically there is a morning 'seagull' flurry and the lures work great in the feeding frenzy but after the fish go back down there are better ways to catch fish. Not to say the Secret Weapon will not work but at this time of year (winter bite) after the morning feeding frezny ends then live shad is your best bet. But watch you electronics! If you see a group of fish swim by in the top part of the water column, chuck that Secret Weapon out there, let it sink down to where they are and retrieve if back.
I don't typically troll but if you're a troller, put this on some lead core and troll away!
This bait is not magic. No bait is. But if you fish this thing in the conditions I describe you WILL get bit! For me the real beauty in this bait is that I don't need 2 rods on the deck with a swimbait and a jigging spoon. The Secret Weapon covers both bases very effectively.
How to Order the Secret Weapon
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