The road to yorty is pretty beat up. Single lane lots of big potholes. On a weekend I would mostly avoid the main body, it gets really busy. On a weekday I would do the main body since there are less boats.

Sam and I had so much fun! We’re already looking forward to next year!

We packed up the rig on Thursday morning and hit the road around noon. Easy drive up to the lake. We relaxed Thursday. Fished a little Friday. Fished Saturday. Fished a little Sunday and hit the road home around noon.

Great company, great food, great fun! 

Some highlights were everyone coming through when Sams downrigger weight and release went to the bottom of the lake. Julian, Troy, and Brian all came through to get us back up and running! Me falling out of my kayak and into into the lake while trying to help out a dead motorboat. Sam getting a hook past the barb directly into her thumb, but having some medical staff in the group resolved it quickly without drama (thanks Brie!). A great potluck with everyone. Brian being kind enough to Ken me try out his PA14 (tempting boat for sure!). A out of bald eagles beating up an osprey to steal his fish. The monster carp that were trained to be hand fed at the marina, and the big trout lurking a few feet below hoping for scraps. The goddamn hill that gets me every time ugh!

It was a great weekend. Weather was great. Fishing was great. Company was great. Thanks Kevin and Brian and everyone else that made it possible!

And bug spray!!

Wow the lake is full!

I took the stealth for an afternoon paddle at yorty creek. I even brought a fishing pole with me. The wind was ripping pretty well, which made fishing a little difficult. Steady 15mph with gusts to 30. I still averaged 4mph into the wind though!

The water was very high, most of the day use area was flooded. Water was pretty clear with temps in the low 60’s.

I was throwing small swimbaits at flooded trees and bushes. There were fish in all of them. Nothing big but a mix of lmb, smb, and crappie.

Now is really the time to be hitting those local lakes. They are full of water and the fish are biting!

A few weeks ago I was out on Clear Lake looking for crappie. All we found was crappy weather, and the fish weren’t really biting.

Today I decided to try to make up the bad weather trip. Well guess what? I got rained on  It was a little cold, a little windy, and a little rainy. You don’t always get to pick the best days to fish, and the fish are already wet so they don’t mind the rain.

I started off throwing a 2 inch keitech 1/16 head on a light powered rod 10lb braid to 6lb flouro. I didn’t put that combo down all morning.

I got into the crappie pretty quickly and had a nice 14.75 AOTY upgrade pretty quickly. I sorted through a lot of other crappie, finally landing a great 15 incher!

I also landed a few bass, but nothing to get too excited about.

I even got a big ol catfish throwing the crappie lure around. 31.25 inch which was a really nice AOTY upgrade!

The fish are there. Sort of all over the place relating to structure. They were biting from about a foot of water all the way out to 15 feet of water. No real pattern to it.

Awesome to see!

Phew, down to the wire on Easter!! But a random catfish while bass fishing saved the day.

Throwing a 3 inch purple/black swimbait on a brush covered 10 ft flat on the local lake.

Buzzer beater!!!

Also caught some largemouth, smallmouth, and a crappie! 4 species in 1 day. Plus a bonus carp.

Keep grinding AOTY all, spring is here and the bite is heating up!!