Those that attended this month's derby at Lake Perris all met at the dam area, dropped off gear, parked their cars back in the lot and raced back to set up.  Still dark when everyone was setting up their gear with fish jumping both close and far.  I get lucky as while I'm setting up my 2nd setup to cast, the 1st setup already in the water takes off literally minutes after being cast.  After a very nice fight on 15lb P-Line CXX a 25.14lber comes to net.  Good first fish and it looks like it's going to be a really good day.  Hours go by and nothing even though carp are jumping both close, far and very far out.  Looked like the usual curse with our derbies - early morning bite - but at 10:23 Evan (EJB) gets a screaming run!  He's using a medium setup and the fish came in rather quickly so it can't be THAT big.  WRONG!  This bad girl weighed in at 28.02lbs!  At about this time everyone started passing Evan the JP money. Oh, and congrats Evan on your new official PB, nicely done!
It gets quiet again so everyone is mingling, talking tactics, talking crap - usual derby stuff when Evan get's another run.  This one was taking line like it wasn't hooked!  Nice.  This girl comes to net to weigh in at 11.12lbs.  Not what we were expecting but still a nice carp.  Again, carp are still jumping but further out, beyond casting distance when out of nowhere, the Austrian, Tom, hooks up!  About time if you ask me...  After a nice battle Tom brings to net a 19.09lber just before noon.  Great job Tom!  The afternoon came and the bite died.  Unfortunately the wind kicked up from every direction, thick cumulus clouds kept us warm and cold, occasional very short showers kept us wet and dry and of course, the always ignorant basser.  But we were fortunate this time to run into one that was considerate and left quickly after throwing a top water jerk bait or a low diving crank bait (in other words, did not catch any of our lines), cranked the moter and SLOWLY left the swim.  Don't know about the rest of you but this was a first for me.  Then the derby was over.  Results are the following:

1st Place - Evan (EJB) - 28.02, 11.12 - Two fish total of 39.14lbs!
2nd Place - Dave (uh_huh) - 25.14lbs
3rd Place - Tom (Austrian) - 19.09lbs

4th Place:  Jered, Vedat, Joe, Marne and of course TroutDOG Brian!

It was good to see all that attended this month's derby at Yorba.  Although the rain wasn't present to help the usually thin Winter bite, several of the guys were able to hook into some really nice, urban lake carp!

Congrats to Marne for his first SCCC derby win!!!  Marne is someone that is always trying new things: homemade baits, rigs, etc.  This time he put everything together for the win...and to top it off, he left at 10am to attend family business!

The results:

Marne (long short): 16.05 and 14.12 for a total of 30.01

Tom (Austrian):  24.13 and winner of the bigfish jackpot!

Jered:  18.02

Evan:  17.12

Dave, Brian, and Sco:  Ever present, but never catching, lol!

Kids (Caitlin, Brandon, and Johnny Rocky):  Winners everytime!

Woke up this morning expecting downpour and as usual, the teleprompter readers that are called "weather men" were wrong.  Cool with me but put the rain gear on anyway and headed to the lake.  We were originally all going to meet at the East Shore but because the meat eaters basically raped that area, we met at the Swim Beach. Brian (Carpdog) says that he's just landed a 14.06lber.  Cool, but I replied by telling him I just landed a 27.03lber!  What he said after that I will not post!An hour passes by and I get hit again.  After a great fight a 23.05lber came to net (a couple of times).  Don't have a pic but hopefully Vedat will post.  This one fought harder than the bigger one.  It's been too long since I heard the drag run for a while!
Everything got quiet for a while and around 1pm, the rain predictions came true.  There were moments when the rain and wind made it "funny."  As the rain was coming down Vedat got a run and landed a nice 17.03lber. All I remember is praying that the rain would stop at the end of the derby just so we could pack up and walk to our cars.  Well one of the Gods heard and listened because once the derby was over, so did the rain! 

Anyway, final results:

1st Place:  Uh_Huh - 2 fish, 27.03, 23.05 - Total weight - 50.08lbs
2nd Place:  Vedat - 1 fish - 17.03lbs
3rd Place:  Brian - 1 fish - 14.06lbs
4th Place:  Tom (Austrian), Adrian (ADM), Jon & Heather (Mr. & Mrs. FishstoriesJR), Jered, Evan (EJB) & Sco.

As always it was great seeing everyone that was retarded enough to come out in these conditions just to fish for some little carp!  Can't wait to do it again!