11/16

Fished the mainbody today up at the No ski bouys where the fishing seemed to be a little better than by the dam. The fish are really spread out right now and holding tight to structure. The problem is those trees is what thay use for cover so you need to just be outside the tree line to be free of tree limbs getting you. I lost my best excel spoons today 2 in one day, thats fishing in sonoma. I trolled for a good 2 hours before the first fish and it was the best of the day, just shy of 4lbs. the fish was 3lbs 15oz. and it was a little deformed in its spine like it was an injury a long time ago.



I stuck around the bouys and got another one about 2 1/2 lbs at 75 ft. on a cinnimon hand made fly.

I picked up another one about an hour later a plump 2lb 14oz beautiful fish , as well as 2 missed strikes.

Today they liked it faster at 2.2 - 2.5 and the water temps are 59-60 so it's close to turning but not fully yet. There are fish from the surface to 80ft that are active & feeding, but there hard to get to bite and there tough to find so when you see bait it's good to work that area hard and be patient.I have a trip on the 23rd set up, so be updating next week. good luck fishing and remember CATCH & RELEASE WILL ONLY PRESERVE THIS GREAT FISHERY!!!!!


tw

Took a trip up to Berryessa to check out the action at the lake.Got to Capell Cove Launch to find 2 other boats there and thats it, no pressure what so ever. The lake is pretty low now and you have to be carful when launching there is a gravel hump from last years low water bulldozering of the dirt on the ramps and it gonna eat some props in low light conditions if you were not expecting it. stay tight to the dock and you will be OK. Lake temps were 54 degrees solid through out the lake , Started tight on the banks of skiers to intice 1 trout hitting a speed trolled rapala right on the surface and a strike that didn't stick, trout was 15" and clean. Changed gears and drifted minnows in the same spot and just north of the big Island up in some coves were you can see birds just hanging over the bait. Tha action got hot but it wasen't the species I was targeting, Catfish and squawfish ruled the show. 8 catfish to a whopping 15lbs on the dot, and 2 squawfish to 4lbs. and 1 salmon going 9" released. A boat not to far from me was nailing some nice 2lb kings doing the same thing with minnows and jigging some spoons for the same results. I snapped a light weight graphite rod on a nice cat, it was like bringing knife to a gun fight. I had no chance to bring up this one with light tackle so be prepared to hammer  large fish if your targeting them. 40 ft all the way down was most of the action, the trout were on top with the bass and kings down below, drop shot rigs set up with live bait on a drift is deadly if you are in the right zone, you can see the fish on your finder and adjust your depth accordingly and most likely you will hook up with something.

Jan 09 2010 the Spanish Flats country store & deli is putting on a derby for trout and salmon, winner takes all the cash for first place and some for our derby sponsers(GVF) will putting lures for 2nd - 5th prizes for the anglers who place. 5$ per person and species you enter, kids under 16 yrs are free. Marcia Ruiz is our host and I'm her support host with Rich from GVF lures to say a few things about his product-spinners and bugs for trout and kokanee. If you are intrested contact marcia at 707-966-1600 for registration or you can PM me for questions. Lasts monthes derby was a rain out so were hoping for better weather. There will be prizes for kids too so let's get out there and do some fishing at berryessa. There will be a derby each month upto june so keep tuned for the next one as well,.

thanks and happy holidays !!

TW

5-31 monday at Berryessa - It's starting to roll!
Yesterday at 8:09pm       Had the pleasure of taking out Jared Thompson and Alea German  both of Winters for alittle Kokanee & king fishing! We met in a very empty parking lot at 5:30am and we shoved off and away we went headed straight to the south goat island area. about 5:50 we were in the water and Jared was first up on the firing line

We get a fat 15" koke in the box, jared is all fired up high fiving for his first kokanee, then all of the sudden the outside rod erupts with a violent takedown. I jump on it and pass to Alea and she battled and battled back and forth with the line coming in and out  for a good 5 min, we had 3 attempts at this big King running 19-20" easily. Ah Houston we got a problem!! we got a line tangled on the leader of the thrashing fish, which I just passed the other rod over to jared to net this guy and the leader pops!! arrrggggggghhhh! yells Alea, to much pressure on that line got the best of us, That's fishing. We regroup and loop back to that zone, sure enough Alea gets revenge, a new setup is just as deadly to these fiesty kings, she pulls up a fat, solid King right at 17"

From then on it was a kokanee, then a king , a kokanee then a king about every 20-25 min, farming a few. missing the strike( or just more of less the fish was banging on the rod , then gone) Then the clouds starting rolling in and that killed the koke bite, but we were still getting the kings to hit , but sticking them in the box was getting ruff, jared farmed every king he hooked  as Alea showed him how to do it all day long  Weird things were going on today too, I had a koke to hit my setup 20 pulls back right on the surface with the line still in my hand! Fish on, Fish off just like that. Also, I was shocked to see very little as in boaters all together

as we moved over into shallower water the bite, which kinda slowed at the noon hour picked back up, Then Alea bagged an Nice 17" koke with a RGT tipped with Anchovey(weird)
in 76 ft of water(weird), 30 ft down. Finished with a double on a kings, popping one of them and farming the other, They decided 7 fish was enough, even with all the action we got ( which could of filled 3 limits) thats all we could get in the box. So, there pumped on the Memorial day BBQ there having tonight

Queen of the Kings
FarmerJared!!Luckyhisbetterhalfnewhadtohandlearod!![IMG]http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk302/troutwagon22/alea%20and%20jared%20thompson/DSCI2372.jpg
The dynamic duo!!

So, after dropping off the two at cappell cove, there were a few boats clogging up the lane so, I pulled out lunch and headed back out to the honey hole to see if I can get a few for our dinner, and  start up where I left off

A line smoking 16"er
2 mins later after re-deploying


A 3-D shot of the fish!
Then again another fat fish but this time i was not so lucky,
I farmed it trying just a little to hard to net it. Then Silence, all activities came to a crashing halt and that was it! here are some more pics

Freshwater shrimp? This was wrapped up on my line when we brought a fish up, stuck on the tip of the pole. or a Hatching crustation?(weird)

Downrigger shot(note an empty back round)

yet a full lot and parking on the street!

a messed up koke mouth( but still works because he was fat!!)(weird)

So that weird theme stuck aroud all day, but Im not complaining, just thanking that the bite is finally, maybe,hopefully coming on!! Dates availible thru august!! It's Time to get you Kokanee on!!


Da skinny
Depths: 
27 to 37 ft. for the kokes
47 to 55 ft. for the kings

Water depth:
started in 120 ft then finished up in 90-70 ft of water

setbacks:  5ft. short to 30ft back, pending the depth(deeper the shorter)

Kings:
RMT Blue bahama Mama w/ a RMT blue UV haze Squid-tipped with anchovy

RMT Bahama Mama /w a Radical Glow tube 2 1/2" and a custom blue/brass spinner - tipped with anchovy

Vances blue/white UV dodger w/ a RMT Double glow blue spalatter back Squid- tipped with anchovy

Kokes:

Gold dodger and a RMT double glow pick Squid tipped with garlic pro-cure corn

RMT UV pink hyper dodger w/ Uncle Larry's Copper blue& pink spinner tipped with pink garlic corn

Speeds:
1.4-1.7mph for both king and kokes

Surface temps:

start:66

end:69

totals kings 3
total kokes 4
total whiffs - a heck of a lot!


Got more trips coming up so well see you out there soon

july 14th 2010  Lake sonoma report





Lake Sonoma 7/13 2.7 lb steelie
Went to Lake Sonoma to do some scouting for some future trips, I took richie my son for a little 4 hr. ride. We started in the north end of the lake and the bite was slow for a while until we popped a little chunky 15"er(released)

then notheng for two hours , we were coming up on 1pm and then we picked up another dink trout(released)


then a few minutes later after were all set up and got the rod reset, the outside rod erupted with a violent takedown and she was off and running. a good 5 min battle with the beautiful steelie, 20in. and 2.7lb's, released!

The day finished good with 2 more in the 14-15" range(released)



RMT hyperplaid and the silver ice dodgers were working great
with silver 2' apexes

2.0mph

18-44 ft deep

pro-cure threadfin shad gel


trips thru november, go get you steelie on!!!


TW