Has anybody fished the cottonwood lakes (1-5) for Golden Trout? I was thinking about going for the golden with a friend this summer and that area looks pretty cool. If so, just curious on peoples thoughts about it. -- Edited by MotoGP at 18:42, 2007-01-05
Damn,
I added about 30K miles on the old SUV last year in search of good trout waters. From Mt.Whitneys Cottonwood Lakes to the Upper Sac and back. There wasn't a side water, riffle, or pond I didn't hit...hard.
I am happy to report that ol' Putah has them all beat and my CPF (cost per fish) has gon...
I have seen quite few people standing in or walking across spawning beds in the past couple of weeks. When I've informed them what they were doing, most people have moved off of them with no problems. A couple of people are prideful and try to argue. I don't think they l...
Here are some pics from Almanor. I had a great time but only got to break out my fly rod for one day; I found out that there is a stream still open to fishing (thanks to my 06/07 reg book) on the other side of the lake, but for the most part it was my spinner. It was worth it though, the fish were huge...
fished putah creek on 12/30 for the second time(i think access 4). Didn't catch any thing, but saw alot of fish.A 4lber got about 5 feet of air trying to eat something. Saw some trout that looked awfully beat up, with big white spots on them, almost salmon looking. What are the spots from?
Hi folks, I've been enjoying my role as the "uncle that takes the kids fishing" and as the kids are getting a little bit older (8-10) I think it's about time to take them on a camping trip some where. Right now they're still bait fishing but it's pretty reasonable to expect these guys...
My father and I started fishing by the lower camp ground, below the bridge, around 9:00am. A river otter started cruising the area and eating crayfish on the rocks....and scaring fish.
While the otter was munching away, a small bob cat jumped out of the woods to take the food away from the otte...
I fished the creek on Tuesday. It was a really nice day with crowds at a minimum. There was a decent hatch of BWOs in the early afternoon. It was neat to see some of the monster fish actually rise to these tiny insects. I hooked some really nice fish but none in the net.&nb...
Decided to pickup a sink tip line today and was wondering if theres anything i should expect as i have never tried this before, i plan on swinging some larger flies such as wooly buggers and maybe some steelhead flies. I do find that when i am fishing deep with shot on a floating line i tend to have some trou...
Took a canoe trip with my two boys down a stretch of creek from Diversion dam downstream to the town of Winters.The float takes about 3 hours if you dont stop and fish much,and is really something special.We saw lots of wildlife including a whole bunch of Mountain lion tracks.I did fish a little and land...
Can anybody recommend any good streams that are open to fishing that are within a 2 hour or so drive of Sac.? I like Putah, but that can get kind of old sometimes. Any help is much appreciated. Oh and Happy holidays/ Merry Christmas (Gotta be politically correct!)
Matt
Hello all,
I figured I would post today's report since I had some spare time. The weather was overcast, no rain and spots of sunshine here and there. I got on the water a couple hours later than I wanted (around 10a), so I started at #4 and fished the ox-bow abit upstream...
I've been hearing quite a bit about beads as egg imitations for about a year now. Has anyone had any experience with them? When using beads, the conventional technique is to put the bead on the tippet an inch or so above a hook. What type/size hooks are normal for this type of setup?&...
howdy,
today there were overcast skies w/ patches of sun, no rain. Fish were every were at the bridge, no shortage. Hooked 3 landed 0. The flies the trout were going for were WD-40, Zebra nymph, and the other pattern they were goin for were eggs.
Saw a bunch of folks steppin all over a redd, told em to w...
I'm headed up to the Nimbus dam in the morning for a last run poke at the salmon. There should be a few fresh fish with the recent full moon. I'll report back.....
Well I played hookie from work and spent a couple of hours on the creek this morning.
With all the rain we had Thursday it didn't seem to have any inpact on the water levels or clarity but it might have hampered my fish catching abilities...yeah yeah thats my excuse.
Lots of Hooded and Common Mer...
A friend and myself after a fishing day decided to go look below the deversioin dam and see if there were any salmon hold'n up (because of all the hear say) and sure enough there was atlest 10 to 15 huge salmon splashing around, and they were probily in the 25 to 30+ " range. It was just a awso...
hoping to make it up to putah tommorrow, weather permitting. and was curious if anyone's been out the last few days and hows the water clarity, since this is my first winter on the creek was actually curious to know if putah gets blown out easily, it dosent look like a creek that would. hopfully th...
I fished on Wednesday in the bridge area and had a wonderful time. It was heavy overcast and lots of bugs were out, and the fish were eating. I used a caddis pattern as an indicator with a small nymph (brassie, midge, bwo, etc.) about 18" under it with a tiny split, and fished faster water.&n...
Was considering fishing Putah on Monday but wasn't sure how the rain would impact fishing. So far the flows haven't changed much. Would be very interested in opinions of those with more experience fishing the creek after storms such as this. Appreciate any comments.
If any of you-all are interested,a very good non-profit org by the name of Putah Creek Council does alot of very good things for the lower Putah creek,meaning from Diversion dam,downstream to the delta.They sometimes are involved in projects in the inter dam area meaning the areas that we all typica...
Thanks for the advice on fishing Putah Creek. We did a lot of exploring and found some pretty good water. My buddy and I fished areas 1, 2 and 3 yesterday for about six hours. We caught three on red WD-40s and zebra midges (size 18). Two were 12-inchers and one was a nice 19-inch...
I had a pretty good day at the creek this morning, above access #2. Only fished for about 3 hours but I landed 3, and lost 2. I was happy that I finally found a spot where I didn't see any redds. So I knew i was in for some good fishing. Here is a pic of the 17 " bow I caught right when I was lea...
Took the canoe out today today with the roommate...puttered around the top of solano for a net total of one strike. Then moved up below the dam. Saw some fisherman fishing above the resort there, seemed to be doing ok when we went by. When we made it up to the pond the move was worth it....
Planning to fish the lower yuba this weekend, was considering the american as well but i think the yuba will be a little less crowded. I have never fished this river before, i have never fished this water and need some info, as i will be heading up there with no more then a map and whatever info. i can gather...
