And now for some trout............

I haven't posted in awhile because we have been pounding the bluegill ponds and I wanted to wait to post again until we had caught some trout.

Monday we went to a lake in the sierras to try and catch some brown trout. I went with John, Bob, Randy and my Cuz Andy. I caught 20 browns, Andy caught 7, Randy caught 4 and John and Bob had a few hits but couldn't trick them to the net. The fish were holding off shore on rock piles, weed patches and ledges. We caught them all on sinking lines. Water temp was low fifties and now I realize it is time to finally replace my leaky waders.

      

Another relaxing day in the tube.

Fished with local fly tying and artist legend Bob Williams on Tuesday. We fished a small farm pond in Placerville. We didn't catch as many fish this week, but they were a little larger than last week. We caught about three dozen bass and bluegill apiece. The bluegill were all about six inches and bigger. The bass ranged from about 12 inches up to about 17 inches. The bite started out a little slow, but picked up after an hour or so. The water tempature started out at 61 degrees (at 9:30 am) and rose to about 63 degrees or so in the afternoon. I started with purple wiggle tails, and Bob started with something similar to a rubber legged sheeps creek in yellow. In the afternoon we switched to top water and caught a bunch on foam spiders. It was a very relaxing and fun day.

  

First 100 fish day of the year

Fished with Randy on Tuesday at a small farm pond up in Placerville. We had our first 100 fish day of the year. We caught lots of small bass and bluegill. Randy stopped counting at 65 and I  never kept track. I didn't catch as many as Randy, but I wasn't far behind him . The Bass averaged around 12 inches and the bluegill averaged around 6 inches. I caught most of my fish on Purple wiggle tail nymphs and sheep creek specials. Randy caught most of his fish on his hellcraw and a special sheep creek contraption he came up with the night before. Water was colder than last week at around 61 degrees. We could not get any top water fish at all. We both used type 3 lines. I can't wait to come back to this little pond when the dragon flies are out and the bass are eating on top. (We have a secret weapon for them). When it is warmer you can watch the bass jump up and grab the dragon flies in mid air.

private pond

Fished the same private pond again this time with Mike and my couzin Andy. They each caught about 20 largemouth and about a dozen bluegill. The water was 67 degrees and it was a  very pleasant day. I had some car trouble in the morning and wasnt up to there speed. I only caught about a dozen small bass. I did get lots of topwater fish. My new Mango chernoble ant worked great.  We finished the day off at Apple Bees for some ice cold beers and snacks.

private pond

Discouraged by the crowds at Cameron Park Lake , we thought we would head to a private pond for some peace and quite. Fished with just Randy for about two hours today and it was very peacefull. Randy caught 4 Lmb and a couple of bluegill on his Hell Craw.I caught a couple of small Lmb and a bluegill that went 10-11" on my three weight. I used the Brown Blaze Tail bugger. I used intermediate line and Randy chose type three. Water was 66 degrees and I cant wait to come back to this pretty little pond.