Mr Schaeffer and Mr Schaeffer joined me for a jaunt out the gate and up the line. We did well pulling up to the dock at 1 PM with limits for 3. Two were close to 15#’s. Farmed a few and shook a couple shakers. We fished straight bait on the wire 35 ft down in 58 feet of water. StinsonBeach-Rocky Point and like that. Watched Pacific Ryder with Crash and Fwapper as crew bag a hog as we were trying to transfer unused bait to them. Whale show as well. Nice day on the briny.
Turhan and I hit up Melones again. We flat out killed. First cast in Carson creek was a double. 3 inch white Zoom flukes were money. I was running 4 lb test on an ultralight rig and alternating with a bobber and jig. Easy 100 fish to the boat. Spots, largemouth, crappie, bluegill, sunfish. We were hoping for trout to round it out so we ran all the way upriver to the logjam. But best fishing was near Parrots Ferry bridge. Found active baitballs at dusk so was a 12 hr day. Fish Fry for the Warriors game tomorrow night!
3 guys , 3 days, 2 boats and hundreds of spotted bass. 167 miles of shoreline to explore. We fished all 3 forks of the lake but North was best if you could hack working windy walls. My first time all the way up the North Fork. Spectacular, makes you wish what it was like before the Dam.
Lake is down by design due to the dam repair, but plenty o water
Lupine show
Mr. T on my spot
Tiny boat
Bro with Spotted piggie
There were hundreds of bass under this logjam in the middle fork. Skipping jigs just under the log boom was money.
North fork tunnel to nowhere
My ride
SLOB….4 lb test on a microlight rod and reel!
A confused salmon went home with Turhan
Spectacular lupine blooms
Thought I saw a cowboy hiding in the tunnel
5 knot current up at the end
There are few lakes as prolific this time of year than Berryessa. Turhan and I did a half day trip and caught 30 crappie, 25 bass comprised of spots, largemouth and smallies, and a bluegill. We were blessed with a Berry Baitball at dusk where they went apeshit on poppers. Truly special day. Thanks T. Off to Oroville for 3 days next week!
Debra and I left home U-haul in tow for the Great North Woods. 5 hrs of atmospheric river downpours later we met up with the recently Nomadic daughter. We spent some quality family time over the weekend humping boxes and furniture from temp location A to the middle of literally nowhere. Met some of the locals who seemed to treat Aubrey as an oddity to be protected LOL. It was sweet. Hit some of the local restaurants and did some 4-wheeling up the flanks of Mt Hough. We got to drive Aub crazy with arranging her furniture but pretty sure it has all been undone. Beautiful area of Norcal.
We got to sit in the Feather River Canyon for an hour surrounded by thousands of bees. The tow truck guys would not get out of their rigs.
Randy and I got to chase a twenty foot diameter baitball for a few hrs in the back of a cove in the narrows. It was quite a sight with Largemouth, Spots and smallmouth herding these shad along a 2 yard stretch of water. Boated 20 plus fish.
Gearhead wierdo heaven it was.
Solo excursion to Berryessa Sunday. 38 degree launch, no wind and lots of cloud action early. Even had a few rain showers which I was not prepared for. Fish were active but still off the bank. I hooked largemouth deep, smallmouth in the trees, spotted bass everywhwere and a pig crappie in submerged brush. I dragged worms and jigs deep most of the day. I failed to convert a lot of senko bites on the C-rig. This lake is about ready to bust wide open!
Debra and I joined Randy and Thelma for a short Sunol hike. Pretty place! Will be popping with wildflowers in a couple of weeks.
Debra was not impressed with the fact that Indian Joe trail has about 10 creek crossings but she toughed it out.
We stumbled across some freekin hippies
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