Where I’ve been and what I’ve done
Here is the good, the bad and the ugly of my fishing adventures. My exploits from the waters of Northern California, Florida Keys and any where else I can get out.
Rollins Lake – 1/29/12
I had the SUP out trolling for trout on Rollins Lake in Grass Valley yesterday. It was amazing for a late January day in Norcal. Mid to high 60′s; mostly sunny and a light wind. Shorts weather. Here is my course on the lake. Sorry there are no fish pictures – because I got skunked. Been a long time since I had the old 0. Mileage was right at 5 with average speed about 1.4 MPH. I was out for about 4 hours. Water temp on the surface was 48 degrees. The water clarity was bad – maybe 5′ – maybe...
read moreEnglebright Lake – 1/5/12
Hoochies were hot on Englebright Lake Took the afternoon and paddled Englebright lake. Took my SUP out. Sick – shorts and flip flops in January. Temps was probably close to 70 with a light breeze. I just got these Hoochies from Crystal Basin Tackle after getting a tip from someone last week. Here is the track I followed from my Garmin GPS. I averaged about 2mph and got the fish about 1.7 mph. It showed as a 3.85 mile paddle in 2:38. The result was 2 planter size trout. The hoochies are shown by the fish they caught. There...
read moreEnglebright Lake – 1/1/2012
A New Years Day SUP fishing trip to Englebright. Great day with light wind and temps in the 60′. I ditched the waders and wore shorts, booties and a T shirt. Got 1 fish on a jet diver with a needlefish about 4′ behind. The Jet Diver was at 30′ and hooked up on the point next to the dam. I trolled for about 2 1/2 hours, focusing on the coves across from the boat ramp. Here is a link to the product manual. http://www.luhrjensen.com/downloads/tech-sheets/531JetDiver.pdf I ran them straight out of the box, but am...
read moreLower Yuba River – 12/25/11
The lower Yuba was busy on Christmas. I had a couple of hours in the afternoon to fish so I hit the Parks Bar bridge and walked upstream about a half mile. The water level was extremely low. Reports had indicated that the bite was off due to the low water and the constant adjustments to the level. I talked to several other anglers and they had no success today. I started out with an egg along with a nymph dropper and finished with a rubber legged stonefly nymph. Had no luck with either although I did hear later that the rubber leg...
read moreEnglebright Lake – 12/24/11
I fished Englebright Christmas Eve with my daughter. Beautiful day with the temps in the high 50′s and little breeze. Fishing was a little slower than last week. The only difference that I can think of was the lack of chop on the water. We started slow, with only one bite in the first hour. As it got a little later, we had some success where the sun was off the water. We got the fist fish on a gold phoebe lure and the second on a rainbow rapalla. Most of the time was spent trolling the rows of the houseboats. We spent about...
read moreBack to Englebright – 12/20/11
I read in Dennis Pierce’s Outdoor column in The Union that the best bet for lake trout was Englebright. He steered me there last week and it payed off both times.I had about 2 hours to fish, so I trolled the houseboats. I hooked, caught or landed about 12 fish. All were small planters, but still fun. The top water hits were mostly on a gold Phoebe lure. I used a 2 oz inline weight to get deeper and fished a silver Kastmaster about 4′ behind it. That was productive as well. It was challenging to reel them in,...
read moreEnglebright Lake – 12/14/2011
I fished Englebright Lake yesterday after reading that it was planted recently. Got a good tip that the fish were located around the houseboats. I trolled through a line of the houseboats and marked a ton of fish. Of course I moved on to see what else was around. I hooked a 12″ rainbow on a Phoebe Lure off a point. I trolled back across the dam and back to the house boats. I hooked another 12″ rainbow on the same lure as soon as I got into the first row. Got another big hit that I lost right after that. The moral of...
read moreRollins Lake – December 9, 2012
I had the paddle board out on Rollins Lake today. First time here. The lake is about 50′ low. Pretty cool to see where Greenhorn creek enters – or used to. Got a nice rainbow and lost another. Got the one on a silver flasher with a silver Kastmaster about 16″ behind it. I was the only one on the lake, probably because the lake is so low that the ramps end at the water line and the docks are way above. It was about 60 in the sun with a slight breeze. You can see how low the lake is on the right – probably...
read moreTournament Winning Dolphin (Mahi Mahi)
We caught this 43# Dolphin on 12# test off Marathon in the Florida Keys in June 2011. We trolled in the cow and tossed a ballyhoe to the bull on a light rod.
read moreSan Fransisco Halibut
I caught this halibut trolling for Salmon a few years ago off Stinson Beach north of the Golden Gate Bridge
read moreFeather River Rapid
We took a drift boat down the Feather River in Northern Ca. We were after Salmon, but no luck there. We did run this rapid though – Check out the video
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Costa Rica Sailfish
We caught this sailfish off Los cabos in Costa Rica in March 2009. Trolling teasers and then dropping ballyhoo back after siting the fish is common there. We used circle hooks to facilitate release.
read moreTrout from Lower Scotts Flat Lake
Caught on trolled Wolly Bugger from my sup. Lower Scotts Flat lake is a small lake below the dam of Scotts Flattlake in Nevada County, Ca. It is a great spot for kayaks and paddleboards as there are no motors.
read moreCosta Rica Dolphin
These Dolphin were following the boat on the way out in Costa Rica. Check out the video
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