Mike and I rolled up over the pass on our way to 3 days of fishing Pyramid.

We picked up Chilly B at the Reno airport  and headed straight for the lake. We fished Blockhouse for the morning and then moved up to Pelican. Mikey gets first blood

Me next

Slow but beautiful day

We checked into Grand Sierra  and ate excellent mexican at Bertha Mirandas. Gomez and Henry joined us for dinner.

Friday B got on the board with a crazy red fish.

Weather was still holding

I’m up next

The rocks south of Pelican were kicking out fish steady.

Saturday morning the wind began to blow in earnest but it remained fishable all day. We drove up to Monument to meet Crash.

Robert was on first thing.

Slow fishing Saturday but was fun to watch the cloud show.

Pelican jackassery ensued

Land of a thousand casts

El Nino brewing

We threw Chilly out of the truck as we passed the airport. Barely made it over the pass before stuff happened.

I’m fishing but don’t have much to show for it. New Melones and Don Pedro. Neither lake seems to have turned over.

Debra and I thought with the coming storm it would be a good time to visit the coast.

Coho Central

Continental claw

Shut up and Drive

10 Mile Beach

Water collection

Co-Pilot

Lunar Scape

Algae Bra

Bandedito

6 pointer

Meanwhile out West

Dangling Participles and I decided to abandon the delta in favor of taking my skunk to Melones. We arrived at 8:30 AM  to cloud cover, no wind, and 50 degree temps. Waxing crescent moon, low moving in, what’s not to like. It was a bit of shock too see the lake level despite the constant barrage of doomsday drought reporting.

The Road to Glory Hole

Compare to this pic from the same vantage point 1-18-12

Derp

The launch was at the very end of Glory hole  off the gravel. Not too bad with some 20 or so boats launching that day. We ran first to Carson and found a ton of feeding birds.

We trolled out of there and headed for the 49er bridge.

The pic above tells lies

Pull back a bit and there is still a llot water in this lake.

We tried Coyote and found a lot of bait but not much to show for it. We continued up river towards Parrots Ferry. No fish busting on top at all but the meter was lit up at 60 feet.

Upon reaching Parrots Ferry we were turned away by mud, debris and boulders in the water. Lowest I have seen in in 35 years.

Lots of mining ruins to explore.

We worked Mormon and all the way south. The Dam was bouyed off.

We ended up in Angles Creek arm which looked very fishy. One of our few fish for the day fell for a silver blue Kastmaster.

Clearly the lake has not turned over. Here are a couple of parting shots from the parking lot on the way out

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Jerry and I launched from Lautizens at 6:00 AM just in front of Long. Fog on the deck made for an interesting drive by wire into Sherman.

Jerry stuck a 27 inch 8 lb fish at first light in south central sherman.

He pulled this fish out of the tules in 4 feet of water on a blue/chrome rattle trap after a great fight. Jerry broke his brand new rod reel combo in properly. We worked numerous spots in Sherman and then moved through the maze into Broad slough. Conditions were perfect with a dropping tide and fog on the deck.

In deference to the other participants in the derby I was fishing without hooks. I was sure my partner was going to pick up a second fish to put us in the running. Texts were coming in from the other boats every couple minutes but I did not want to look.

We tried the San Joaquin down to Eddos and all over inside Big Break. Very slow day considering the conditions. We finished the day trolling back to the ramp and were on the trailer at 1:30.

We found our campsite at Sugar Barge which was setup perfect for the after party.

Bernard and Greg brought their fish to the party.

It was great to meet many new friends. Rare Pile sighting on the water
Behind door #1
Door #2 Yes it was a motley crue So good Party on the leveeThanks to Long for setting this up. You guys are lucky I left my mojo at home.

Randy and I launched from Lauritzens a bit before dawn. Sliver moon, no wind, building clouds to the south. We messed around at the bridge for a couple of passes with Duh spooons.

We continued to Sherman working the weedlines for some diapers.

We had plenty of action but not much size. hardware consisted of spooks,  spoons, Lucky Craft Pointers, swimbaits, rattle traps, and  DWB big wood. We ran the maze and turned north following the bank in Broad Slough.  I hit a for sure DD fish that ran directly to the boat then took off in the opposite direction. He ripped off 25 yards of line and popped me off in the weeds.  Randy got swirled on by a PIG 10 feet from the boat but she would not commit. Looked like a porpoise. There were beasts there in 6 feet of water willing to go on top.

15 lb beauty on the DWB Bone 6″ Plenty of takers in the 3-5 lb category.Back inside of Sherman.

There was a ton of terns wheeling and diving in Big Break late afternoon and we put another 10 to hand but all small.

Fun day with my Bro.

Henny and Mike met Debra and I at the Grand Sierra in Reno Friday night for a Halloween getaway. Dinner at Palmers Steakhouse was a hit nicely accopanied  with a bottle of Syrah. After some Gamboling I slipped off to the room for a relatively early night. Mike and I  headed out at 5:30 AM Saturday for the home of the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout, Pyramid lake. Rumors of big winds early had me worried as I had never boated here before. We started trolling near Pelican at first light. Bleeding Frog u20 kwikfish between 40-60 feet. Plenty of marks but slow.

There was some breeze but we decided to run to the Pyramid for a look. 2/3rds of the way the lake became quite sporty but we pressed on.

It was my first trip to the east side and it is certainly  geologically awe inspiring. We beat back to the west side near Warrior and started getting some action.

We trolled many hours for a couple fish and a few lost opportunities as the cloud show unfolded.

Late afternoon the sky went psychedelic for a couple of hours. Amazing color show.

We continued on to Warrior Point

A view of the Needles to the North emerged.

I put down my camera long enough to net Mike’s fish.

Looking east towards the P

The Sky continued to evolve and show off.

The storm was rolling in slowly but we escaped the predicted heavy winds

The Black Helicopter started circling and later we found out someone had a very bad day on the lake.

We put the boat back on the trailer at around 5 and made the drive back to Reno.

Once back in Reno we met the ladies fresh from Spa Day and went downtown for the Halloween Freak Show and were not disappointed. No pics of the revelers.

It was raining HARD coming over Donner Pass Sunday morning. Hope this is a recurring theme.