Fished Putah with Shon42073......it was slooooooowww today. Started out promising with 2 hook ups on solid fish within the first half hour, thought the rest of the day would go like that but boy were we wrong. That was it all day, not even another bite. Very few fishermen on the creek today so that was nice. Didn't see very many fish either like you usually do in winter. We watched one group of fish that were actively spawning, a few of them I guessed were very close to 30 inches if not bigger. It was cool to watch because when the hen would lay sideways, wiggle and drop eggs, several smaller fish would dart out from over hanging brush and feast on the eggs until the male would chase them away. They did that repeatedly.
Today was my first outing of the winter but from what I saw today and from the reports I have read, Putah has not been fishing like it normally does. Does anyone think it has something to do with the higher flows longer into winter?
I agree that there seems to be less fish this fall . The up and down flows may have something to do with it. I've been on the creek at least once a week this last month and it is not the same as previous years. I have a photo of a redd completly out of the water. Even when it was covered I didn't see any fish holding near by. This was between #2 and #3.
i was out there as well on the 28th. brought the ex with me. lets put it this way, she wants to go even more now. it was a big 0 for me, (i was paying attention more to her than to me) but i got her hooked up on 4 fish, and all where nice fish between the 18-22" range. the 22"er took her for a loop. she said she never felt anything so powerful ever, she loved it. the only thing that sucked is that she lost all 4, just due to wanting to start reeling right away. she is used to spin casting, she kept thinking the drag will work even with your hand on the handle of the reel. so the fish would take off but the drag wouldnt move. it was great though, she out fished me and every other person that tried to fish near her. i almost had to say something to one guy, he watched her hook up once and moved literally the next run above her. (had her fishing right under the bridge next to the first pillar on the parking lot side, this guy comes in literally right above her), but she wouldnt let me say anything, guess she thought i would start something. anyways her face would light up for just a moment when the fish was on, then when it popped off she would have a face of disappointment. but still great day, made her see why i love it so much. now she wants to get the right equipment so she isnt cold. a bunch of fly guys racking the redds, (she wanted to fish the big fish but told her y she couldnt) i wanted to say something to them as well, but she said i couldnt. was afraid i would start something with them.
well even though i didnt hook up to one fish, it was great to see her happy face hooking into fish on a fly rod. and then at the end of the day, she telling me she wants more. thinking of taking her out for some steelhead, oh yes, then she will never want to stop.
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i hit the creek up with a friend yesterday too. I did a little better than you guys. We landed a 23, 25 and 12 incher. I thought it was a pretty good day seeing as the 25 was my putah creek best.
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as of right now she is. she wanted to go, how could i say no. her wanting to go again is making me think other wise. finally got her to like something that i love so much. only time will tell about ex or not.
-- Edited by brian clemens at 16:25, 2008-12-29
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