Spent two nights at Union last week and another at Spicer fishing for hours.  Weather was fantastic for camping, but not so much for fishing.  Not a cloud in the sky and water temp was warm.  Paddled into a sweet spot in Union Reservoir Wednesday and didn't see a fish until late Thursday afternoon.... even then it didn't take my bait.  Early Friday morning I moved to Spicer and trolled back about four miles to a campsite.  Spent the whole day tossing lures and various power bait...etc.  I saw one fish jump the whole time.  Poor ospreys couldn't even find a fish to nab from the water.  It was pretty warm and sunny so the trout must have all been super deep.  I don't think anyone caught fish.  In fact on my way out Saturday morning I was shocked with how few boats were trolling. 

Bummed I didn't catch a fish in those four days.  But the camping was fantastic and the views amazing. 

I have bad luck with California fishing.  I was in Michigan the previous week and hooked a tagged Walleye ($100 fish!) on my buddy's boat.  And I had some fun with large mouths and some big blue gills another day.  Very nice vacation.  Next year I'll try to hit up Spicer much earlier.  That's one hell of a deep reservoir btw!  I think my depth finder marked 200ft!

Would love to hear a report for Lava Springs.

I'm looking for recommendations for a good place to spend 3-4 days kayak fishing.  I'm particularly interested in the Sierras or Shasta area.  Thinking of doing Spicer but wondering what else I might get into.  The more secluded the better.  I'm going into recluse mode. 

"According to the International Shark Attack File , housed at the University of Florida: The Hammerhead shark has been attributed with a total of 33 recorded attacks since 1580 with no deaths. A Hammerhead Shark grows to around 20 ft. full grown and is the most manueverable of all sharks; attacks have been blamed on adolescent Hammerheads seeking a mate and accidently trying to "nail" a human. The Great Hammerhead is the most dangerous to man." - pulled from wiki answers

Despite not being much of a threat, I'd still pee myself if a hammerhead was trying to rape my kayak!

Thanks for all the tips everyone.  Now I can at least feel productive on the water trying new methods.  My girlfriend has been giving me a hard time about using live bait so I'd like to at least tell her I'm going to try some artificial options.

Is there a rule of thumb for how much line to let out when drifting?  Like do you want to have the bait dragging at a certain pitch?  I'm probably over thinking it but thought I'd ask!

There was a guy on a green hobie (I think) with a face mask (wasn't that windy yet) fishing the deep water off the rockwall.  Should have stopped to chat but I don't approach ninjas.  He went in half hour before I did.  There was a couple heading out with fly rods when I got to the dock.

The wind sucks at the rockwall.  I think there are limited times where the conditions are good enough there to catch fish.  I thought I'd have good luck with such an early morning high tide.  Maybe the wind and incoming tide was drifting me too fast.  Are there any fans of the drift anchors out there? 

Went out to the rockwall for the early morning high tide on Sunday.  Hit the water at about 5:30.  I went out to that hole straight out from the flagpole that some others were recommending.  Drifted shiner perch on a halibut rig with 3oz weight but no hits.  Caught a little sand shark and nothing else.  Maybe I'm in the wrong place, using the wrong bait/rig, drifting too fast/not fast enough?  Would love some advice on how to hook into halibut or striper out here.  Fished that deep hole in front of the wall a week ago and didn't get anything.  I've gotten some good advice from folks around the docks but nothing has produced any hits.  What depths do these fish typically hold?  I've been told 6-8 ft for stripers and 8-12 for halibut.  For some reason I thought I'd heard 30ft+ for halibut.  I drifted a good range of depths from 6-40ft.  I know there's no silver bullet and I can accept the fact that is' fishing and not catching.  But there must be something I could do better to hook some fish.  Below is my track (love the Navionics app on my iPhone!) and a few photos.  Really pretty sunrise, one pissed off little sand shark, and a sea lion regulating it's body temp.  I didn't know that was what it was doing at the time.  I thought the critter was dying and was glad to see him swim off when he noticed me.