Report Suspicious Activity on Putah Creek

keith bigelow · Webmaster

Report Suspicious Activity on Putah Creek

brian clemens · Senior Member

THIS IS GREAT I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO COME ALONG, WHO BROUGHT UP THIS IDEA.

I AM SO HAPPY, ONE STEP CLOSER TO MAKING PUTAH A BETTER PLACE

bono · Master Fly Fishing Guide

This is an idea the new non-profit for Putah group came up with,more good stuff right around the corner!Happy new Year. Bono

yukon mike · Senior Member

On the creek at access #5 I found some folks who showed up with spin rods, coolers, etc.
When I inquired about what I was seeing, I learned they had no licenses, no idea about
a fishing season when it was ok to use marshmellows and velveta cheese for bait. I was given
a lot of grief in return. They were reported to the ranger at Lake Solano, and to the rangers
credit, were excited about the prospect of visiting poachers at the creek. I hope all went well.
However, if anyone sees this car at the creek, make sure they pick up all their beer cans
and trash. If it is before April 14th, report them again for using bait and taking fish out
of season. Maybe sometime they will get the idea.

shon42073 · Senior Member

Way to go Mike.

JT · Senior Member

Yukon Mike,

Good job!� With digital cameras, we should all be able to take pictures of the culprits.� That gets rid of the�"your word against theirs" crap.� I just wanted to clarify the open�trout season (all gear, including bait and barbed hooks).� Regular trout season opens the last Saturday in April.� This year that is the 26th of April, not the 14th.

-- Edited by JT at 12:51, 2008-03-21

Xnjb707X · Senior Member

The only thing that sucks is that lake solano is open all year, and people could still be like " i didn't know this wasnt part of lake solano" and crap like that. Thats one thing that needs to change regardless, is to make lake solano closed durring the off season, so it will maybe help with the non knowledgable fishermen. I just see too many people bait fishing putah durring the off season, and more than half of them dont even give a f#$@. This is where we need help from DFG, but i know they are "under staffed" and all that, I've tried calling caltip, and sending in pics, but it doesnt seem to work. I dunno ... I hope that maybe this message�board will make a dent in some of the ignorant fishermen that feel the need to abuse putah. grats on that! Lets keep trying!

- Nic

yukon mike · Senior Member

The problem sometimes is that the cell phone doesn't have much of a signal on the creek,
but the camera phone was a great invention. It works great because most of us always has one on us. The other thing was I just dropped by the ranger station and the rangers were there, and it was
on the way home. I didn't know about Lake Solano not being closed in the off season.

Mike

bono · Master Fly Fishing Guide

Mike you da man!!!I think its hilarious that you took a picture of those retards,yes they are retards for acting like they dont know the rules and regulations!Anyway great job, this is what Putah needs more of......By the way you should of asked them to at least smile!On another note the closure of lake Solano will never happen,this I guarantee.

yukon mike · Senior Member

I think that's fine as far as the lake goes. If someone is found on the creek fishing with bait
in the off season and they don't feel like going to the lake, what's their excuse? If I tell them of
a perfectly viable option which is right down the road, they have no one to blame if
they get nailed for poaching. I really don't want people getting pissed off at us for being
overly protectionist about the creek, but when I see folks hauling out fish and leaving loads of trash
for myself and friends to take the time out of our day on the creek to pick up and carry out,
I get upset.

Mike

P.S.
Death to spincasting except in some kind of dire emergency.

LilWhippersnapper · Senior Member

yukon mike wrote:

P.S.
Death to spincasting except in some kind of dire emergency and bass fishing.

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rgloft · Senior Member

This is the first time Iv'e brought this up. But last month as I was walking out to my car there was a group of ,three or four guys and one girl anyway they were sitting in the back of there truck so I walked over to talk and they asked if i caught anything and said they didn't eather but the sad part they were useing a long alluminum spear shame on me for not saying something or getting there licence plate # My phone has no signel up next time I will at least get the the plate # and post it . any advice on the best way to handel this type of situation. spifically do I say something like Im reporting you and your lic #.

-- Edited by rgloft on Wednesday 26th of August 2009 07:42:27 PM

LilWhippersnapper · Senior Member

rgloft wrote:

This is the first time Iv'e brought this up. But last month as I was walking out to my car there was a group of ,three or four guys and one girl anyway they were sitting in the back of there truck so I walked over to talk and they asked if i caught anything and said they didn't eather but the sad part they were useing a long alluminum spear shame on me for not saying something or getting there licence plate # My phone has no signel up next time I will at least get the the plate # and post it . any advice on the best way to handel this type of situation. spifically do I say something like Im reporting you and your lic #.

-- Edited by rgloft on Wednesday 26th of August 2009 07:42:27 PM

I would let them know that what they're doing is illegal. Make it sound like you're doing them a favor. If they give you a hard time then call the cal tip hotline. I think the number is on the back of your license.

Rossflyguy · Senior Member

It's not ok they do this in lake solano either since that's also zero limit. Where do you think the big fish go to in the summer?

You can tell they aren't ones to read regulations. There's nothing wrong with conventional gear as long as you play by the rules. More people that fish PC and Solano legally the more people will take care of this place.