Fishing productivity?/Reds?

Caddis Ninja · Veteran Member

Fishing productivity?/Reds?

Ty · Senior Member

Welcome aboard!

LilWhippersnapper · Senior Member

You won't see any redds until around late december.

-- Edited by LilWhippersnapper on Wednesday 4th of November 2009 03:38:29 PM

windknots · Senior Member

The first thing you'll notice is someone decked out in $2000 worth of gear making sloppy splashy casts to the same spot over and over and over with about 5 more guys lined up and crowded around him waiting their turn to ply their skills.

Once you see the crowd, look a little more closely and you'll notice the markers.

Caddis Ninja · Veteran Member

Unfortunately, I understand. Thanks

DrBombay · Senior Member

windknots wrote:

The first thing you'll notice is someone decked out in $2000 worth of gear making sloppy splashy casts to the same spot over and over and over with about 5 more guys lined up and crowded around him waiting their turn to ply their skills.

Once you see the crowd, look a little more closely and you'll notice the markers.

Very funny....Yet so true !

vince · Senior Member

Yea - windknots - that's hilarious. It had be cracking up.

Vince

Otter · Senior Member

Last year weighted flags were put up to indicate where the spawning areas were. "fly fisherpeople" snagged the flags and threw them off to the side. This year we should mark the redds with bright orange rocks similar to the Yuba. I think we have a man with some paint that can help. Back in the good old days everyone used to avoid the redds, now people are getting spawning fever worse than ever. Patrols and DFG will be on the river this year!!!

iFish · Senior Member

Amen, Otter...

AfricanAngler · Senior Member

Yeah if there are any left to spawn..... spoke to Richard this evening and he saw a spin fisherman walking out of a "special" spot with a 23+ inch fish heading for the dinner table!!!! Which I suppose is legal under current regulations....but he didn't have a fishing license with him??? From what I understand Rich got some pics of the guy and his car. But not much else could be done.

Without cell service down there what is the best way to deal with a possible poaching situation like that on the creek???

Ty · Senior Member

I freakin hate seeing these pics!

Emerger · Senior Member

AfricanAngler wrote:
Without cell service down there what is the best way to deal with a possible poaching situation like that on the creek???

The best thing to do is to drive to the bridge over Lake Solano, there is cell service there, and call DFG's CalTip at 1-888-334-2258.

If you can safely snap a pic, then do so but please do not post them up here on Bono's site. You can send them to me at cscorso@gmail.com and I will forward them on to the appropriate people.

-- Edited by Emerger on Thursday 5th of November 2009 11:16:00 AM

LilWhippersnapper · Senior Member

Otter wrote:

This year we should mark the redds with bright orange rocks similar to the Yuba. I think we have a man with some paint that can help. Back in the good old days everyone used to avoid the redds, now people are getting spawning fever worse than ever. Patrols and DFG will be on the river this year!!!

But then people might think they are fly boxes... Right Richard? lol.

ONEWEIGHT · Senior Member

Richard,

Please be sure to get the info either to Cliff or Cal-tip. This is very important. We need to get the Warden's attention to Putah, and reporting to Cal-tip is a big way of accomplishing this.

Bob

AC22 · Senior Member

Here is a thought.....landmines near reds ????

-- Edited by AC22 on Thursday 5th of November 2009 12:12:00 PM

rgloft · Senior Member

I emailed cliff but am not sure weather or he received it when I hit the send button it said it went out but who knows let me know cliff and I can send it again. thanks richard

Emerger · Senior Member

I haven't received it yet Richard.

rgloft · Senior Member

the first time I sent it I saw that I had used the wrong email address so I re sent it I am surprised it didn't go through Ill try again and to confirm the address it's cscorso@gmail.com right ?

-- Edited by rgloft on Thursday 5th of November 2009 04:06:49 PM

-- Edited by rgloft on Thursday 5th of November 2009 04:07:27 PM

SK60 · Senior Member

Richard is doing the right thing in reporting suspicious activity, however it should not have been pictured in a forum post. Keith took down the post that contained the picture for simple legal reasons: there was no proof of wrongdoing by the young man and the posting of his picture with the personal information visible should only have been sent or reported to authorities. There is a sticky thread at the top of this page for reporting to Cal-Tip. Any pictures or other identifying information should go straight to that report, not out here where it could go viral.

PCT strongly supports surveillance efforts (Oneweight oversees our activities in enforcement) and there will be surveillance of the creek this winter in a number of ways; any illegal activity observed will be documented and reported to authorities. Reports from Forum members are an important part of this effort. If you see snagging or keeping of fish in the coming spawning and 0 bag season please try do the right thing to protect the fish.

The other issue is fishing and trampling the redds during the spawn. PCT is focusing on educating those that don't know what we are talking about and reminding those that do that spawning success is the key to a quality wild trout fishery-lets all forego the five minute adrenaline rush this year and protect the fish.

mx19 · Senior Member

I will put on a redds 101 class again this year.Once the spawn is in full swing i will slap up some more info...

brian clemens · Senior Member

mx19, this time i will be there this yr, just to hang out, meet some new faces, maybe give u a hand if u need it. without having a job, dont have to worry about gettin time off. lol