Lake Almanor 12/19

Not sure if this look is good for me though ?

Almanor's top anglers sport the golden locks and a straw hat.

-Allen

 waiting for it.........

How's that?   

-Allen

 

I was driving and pulling up my topic and thought it was an ad, not my Avatar. 

You know what pic im talking about Cabron.

Shut it Dustin.

I prefer the other picture!

-Allen

Water was 40* today and yesterday. Slow bite on Almanor, but I was probably in the wrong spot as usual. At least I caught some of both varieties. I never read past reports from Chris before I go. I always forget. I marked a lot of fish but not much commitment. The ramp at Plumas Pines is snowy so I just parked up the hill in a rv spot and slid my kayak to and from my car. The North Campground ramp was accessible right now. Icy though. Don't try to launch a PB on either ramp is my opinion. No Ice on the lakes yet. Launched at 21* and got up to 41*. Bring hand warmers and gloves.

Butt was good to me today! Best Trout fishing I have had in years anywhere. Nothing under 16" landed today. About 20 landed and 12 or so lost before I saw them. Fast or slow presentation did not matter. Really weird they were all over the water column this time of year later in the day. It did take a while to find them at first hiding on the bottom. Once I started distinguishing them from the bottom I would drop down and they would rocket up to my bait.  The best was one crazy trout jumped in my tankwell behind my crate and then flopped out the other side. Jigs, worms, and other items worked. Hard part is figuring out how to see them laying on the bottom.

 thanks for the reply Rob. I was looking into butt Lake as well.  catching and releasing 20-plus fish sounds like a great day to me.

I’d love to move to Almanor lake front! 😻

A couple chilly pics.

How to get to the water.
Calm days mostly.
Couple of the fish.

Nice, Rob!  Question:  Did you ride your yak down that hill?  C'Mon tell the truth!

Bushy.

Nice, Rob!  Question:  Did you ride your yak down that hill?  C'Mon tell the truth!

Bushy.

Not this time.

I did let it go all by itself though and caught up later.

 It’s starting to sound like something that could evolve into an Olympic event

It’s starting to sound like something that could evolve into an Olympic event

Yeah like where they ski, and then shoot?  We could yaksled, then fish!

It’s starting to sound like something that could evolve into an Olympic event

We could call it bobsledding.

Or maybe "Robsledding".  Bushysledding just doesn't have the right sound to make it memorable.

Or maybe "Robsledding".  Bushysledding just doesn't have the right sound to make it memorable.

Robsledding!!

Nice looking fish, going to try it again on Feb.

That looks like it could be fun and treacherous. hope I get a chance to make it out there. Pops is thinking about waiting till the weather gets better. So I am trying to figure out plan B.