bait dunkers

Tug · Veteran Member

bait dunkers

keith bigelow · Webmaster

Glad to hear they turned and ran !!

BTW�� You don't need to be a Forum member to Report Suspicious Activity on Putah Creek

Here's the direct web link��

http://www.putahcreekflyfishing.com/reportsuspiciousactivity.html

-- Edited by kbigelow at 13:34, 2008-02-18

shon42073 · Senior Member

This weekends nice weather has brought out alot of people camping at the campground near the bridge and people are bait fishing up there.

SK60 · Senior Member

Saw a suspicious pair (spinning rods leaning up against the truck with a big pencil weight hanging from one) parked at #5, so I stopped and politely told them it was barbless artificial now. One said he knew it and was going to use an "egg pattern". I told him that was good because DFG was patrolling the area heavily and left. Had they been on the creek using bait, I would have reported it.

FR0G · Veteran Member

Thats too bad people don't know how to follow the rules.

shon42073 · Senior Member

Frog, The problem is that people do not know the rules.

ez · Senior Member

�� ok heres my opinon....SOME PEOPLE JUST DONT GIVE A S---... THAT IT THATS ALL....

FR0G · Veteran Member

thecaptain wrote:

Frog, The problem is that people do not know the rules.

�Oh, well most bait dunkers are jerks to me, so it seems like they know they are breakin the rules.

JT · Senior Member

This time of year you will see lots of people trying to fish with bait. Many of them don't know the regs. There are others, however, that just don't care.� I try to be friendly to them and calmly let them know that they are breaking the law.

101fish · Senior Member

I took my dad out Sunday morning to the creek. My dad is not a fly fisherman, so it was an odd pair, but we pinched the barb on is lure and released all fish caught, which was only a couple. Saw an osprey and some bait dunkers; one awesome fisher and some not-so-legal ones. Part of the point is that spin-fishing is still legal, and some people will get offended if you tell them what they are doing is illegal if it is only throwing hardware, so be careful. JT is right, be polite and don't get into a massive confrontation over it. You are not there to enforce the law and being a vigilante has risks. Enjoy the creek.

Tug · Veteran Member

I have nothing against spin fisherman.� I think its where most of us started anyway.� When someone knowingly violates the law is where I have a problem.
And, of course, they killed a big putah rainbow in the process.� Most of us practice catch and release and don't have a need to show off our skill by bringing home a "mess of fish".� A great photo is so much better.

mx19 · Senior Member

I use to fish with spin tackle along time ago...I still have a box full of it..I carry a few spinners in my vest and when I see a guy fishing with bait I pull out one of the spnning lures and give it to him .I also inform him of the regs...It is a great way to approch someone and let them know the rule of the creek ...most guys will switch out there bait set up and give the shiny tackle a try...A little bit of honey goes along way....
mx19

shon42073 · Senior Member

Mx19 you are a geniuse biggrin

. Thats the best way to approach a bait dunker I have ever heard. I have boxes just stuffed with spinning and casting gear of every possible type. I'll even toss in a snap swivel for em, Those spinners wreak havoc with line twist. Hey Frog, Didnt i see you float tubing and bait fishing a few months ago up by the campground ?