My GF caught this off the boat near Lake Solano

yubadood415 · Member

My GF caught this off the boat near Lake Solano

lightfoot · Senior Member

nice looking fish but I doubt that is Putah

-- Edited by lightfoot on Friday 31st of March 2017 05:34:13 PM

Rossflyguy · Senior Member

yubadood415 wrote:
Get out there!

Where did you launch a fiberglass drift boat in PC?

Otter · Senior Member

Sweet!! Great job! Yubadoodette.... You could push in a boat in several places along the creek. There are spots where you don't even have to row. You can just fish the back eddies and drink beer while waiting for something to happen... Or whatever strip a bugger. Life jackets are required and you should walk the area to see where you can put in and take out.

Rossflyguy · Senior Member

I know you can push in an inflatable type of boat but dragging a fiberglass boat into PC? I don't know about that. There's a few spots but pulling it out would be a hell of a job.

Berryessie · Senior Member

Solano has a paved boat launch

Rossflyguy · Senior Member

Berryessie wrote:
Solano has a paved boat launch

Yea I know that. The pic has his boat parked on top of a gravel bar. If this is PC it's most likely above the fork. Only place you'd be able to row a fiberglass to.

lightfoot · Senior Member

Does anybody honestly think that somebody launched a driftboat at the lake Solano ramp and rowed it upstream to the far side of the island? The water on that side gets pretty tight and is moving pretty good with the current cfs. Short of being on the actual island, you are not going to see that gravel or it's appearance.

That pic was most likely from the Sac, Feather or perhaps the YUBA.

BTW, your post was a day early.

Rossflyguy · Senior Member

lightfoot wrote:
Does anybody honestly think that somebody launched a driftboat at the lake Solano ramp and rowed it upstream to the far side of the island? The water on that side gets pretty tight and is moving pretty good with the current cfs. Short of being on the actual island, you are not going to see that gravel or it's appearance.

That pic was most likely from the Sac, Feather or perhaps the YUBA.

BTW, your post was a day early.

😂😂😂 I was thinking the EXACT same thing. I just didn't want to be the one to call BS flat out. Looks like the feather to be honest. Nice fish either way.

SK60 · Senior Member

This is a Putah fish caught at access 5 on 22 March. Ian was doing bug surveys for me at 5 that day as well as fishing from his raft. He brought his girlfriend along and she caught the fish on a 3 weight rod. Ian does not BS and is, in fact, PCT's best young volunteer. By the way, someone else has been floating a boat on the creek and catching fish, so its not impossible.

Rossflyguy · Senior Member

SK60 wrote:
This is a Putah fish caught at access 5 on 22 March. Ian was doing bug surveys for me at 5 that day as well as fishing from his raft. He brought his girlfriend along and she caught the fish on a 3 weight rod. Ian does not BS and is, in fact, PCT's best young volunteer. By the way, someone else has been floating a boat on the creek and catching fish, so its not impossible.

A few of us have floated the creek. No one said it was impossible or something new. Just hard to believe in a fiberglass drift boat UNLESS he rowed up to the fork like I said. Again, either way it's a nice fish.

-- Edited by Rossflyguy on Sunday 2nd of April 2017 08:34:52 PM

Otter · Senior Member

So funny. I didn't even talk to Steve and could tell that was a Putah fish. They have a weird color. Rounded tail just coming off the spawn. Steve said it was a raft, but maybe it one of those inflatable drift boats. Doesn't look like a normal drift boat. In any case I found out about 15 years ago that fishing the creek in areas others are not fishing has it benefits.

lightfoot · Senior Member

Well I'll be a monkeys butt. I stand corrected.

Mike42 · Veteran Member

Oh, GF stands for 'girl friend'. All this time I was thinking it meant 'grand father' and that there's still a chance for me yet at the ever challenging Putah Creek. I'm a little disappointed now but thank you for clearing that up for me.