Got out to the creek for a few hours yesterday, hooked two, one nice out of the water leap, landed none. The creek is pretty darn difficult to fish right now. Saw the inflatable Kayaks caught up in debris above 3. Also spent hours drying out my Iphone, it was real easy to get up to my armpits in water that typically is up to my knees.
Ziploc bag your phone-you are very lucky that it works (mine didn't when I slipped in knee deep water)! I hope you filled out a survey because there are only 3-4 being completed each month-DFG needs the data badly as their main indication of how the fishery is doing. RE: lost fish, most guides follow the rodeo rule: at least 9 seconds attached is a successful ride (catch). Hopefully, the kayaks can be removed during the annual creek clean up in September.