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I think I'm gonna hit Pyramid on Saturday at the Marina, possibly Warrior Point.
Looks to be calm and sunny with temps in the 50s to 60s.
Some FnS people are going to be there.
Some large fish have been caught with several 20 pounders.

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General Fishing Tips / Hobie drive fail
« on: September 27, 2024, 09:07:20 AM »
While fishing TC this week I noticed my 180 drive felt pretty stiff and tight. I had adjusted the slack previously in my garage but thought I had left enough play in the cables. So I’m wondering if the temperature difference going from warm garage to cool water made it tighten. Anyway towards the end of my trip it got real crunchy and resistant. So i think the plastic bearings are shot. I’m not sure I want to delve into bearing replacement or just swap out the $370 drive spline.
Do you think the over-tightening caused the bearing failure or do you think the tight feeling was a symptom, not a cause?

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It looks like the last good conditions for Sonoma RF are on Tuesday, so I’m blocking out some time off work. I’m thinking TC since it’s been awhile but FR is my usual go-to so I’m fine with either. Company welcome.

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General Talk / “Say ‘Hello’ to Steely Dan”
« on: August 22, 2024, 09:05:46 AM »
This gives that infamous line from Naked Lunch all new meaning.

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The lake is still 5 feet from full in mid July. Surface temperature is pretty warm at 80° or more. Launched at 6:30 and had two bass and two trout by 9 AM. After two bass and one trout, I switched to Kokanee and thought I had the biggest Kokanee ever, but it turned out to be a 23 inch trout. it felt like a Kokanee. After 2 more hours of trying for Kokes with no bites, I called it a day.

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General Fishing Tips / Petrale Sole
« on: July 09, 2024, 04:11:19 PM »
I’m pretty sure I caught a couple Petrale Sole in Mendo last trip. DFW flatfish identification site didn't even list them, so I was unsure. I caught them on large frozen sardines trying for halibut in about 120’ of water. I released them but should have kept at least one- you can fillet them like halibut to get small clean fillets. I imagine they must be like sand dabs without dealing with the bones. I think bouncing smaller anchovies would probably be the way to go to target them specifically. The larger 19” one fought like a shaker halibut. These seem like a worthy fish to target.

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I had some chores to do up at Donner summit so took the long way up and stopped at Bullards Bar. Unfortunately I got a late start and started at 10:20, surrounded by lake lice. I got 1 11.5” Koke after 20 minutes, then nothing. Off the water at noon.
Got the chores done. Ate the Kokanee and headed over to Stampede for a couple hour evening session.  Picked up a nice 14”er soon off the launch and then a couple 12”-13”ers and tossed back a 9”. Marked lots of fish and had short strikes and fish came off, etc. - standard Koke fishing. Lost one really nice one heading back to the launch.
Debated Donner vs Stampede for a quick morning session and decided I was undergunned if I was hoping for a big mackinaw.
At stampede I picked up 3 10” fish and decided to “secure the win” by retaining 2, which was a mistake because I found the 12”-13” fish after that near the dam. Got 7 total with 4 decent ones, retained 5. Tried for trout but no bites. Off the water by 10am.
It’s really difficult to keep Mabel from licking the fish, since that is what she has learned on the ocean, but I don’t want her to get Salmon Poisoning Disease.

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AOTY / We should separate crappies from other sunfish
« on: June 20, 2024, 08:54:02 AM »
Looking at the species archive I noticed that crappies totally dominate the panfish category to the point of elimination of other species for contention. Maybe Sac Perch could be lumped with them but I think sunfish should be separate with more points per inch while crappies could get fewer points per inch. It’s too easy to get a 150 pt fish with crappies. A 12” crappie is an average or small one while a 12” bluegill is huge and noteworthy.
This is something that should be considered for next year.

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Met Paul and Scott at the lot this am. Met Nowhere Man heading out of the harbor. Winds were calm with a good sized swell. Bait was not cooperating and it took awhile to get a couple mackerel. No action for quite awhile as I bounced around East and then past the red buoy up to lighthouse reef. Wind came up a bit after 10 am but mostly on the outside. At one point traded a 10oz weight for a 13” Greenling - not a fair trade. Had a few other bites and scratched baits but no halibut, no lings, no rockfish ( didn’t really try for RF). Off the water around 12:30. Bite was just not there today.
When I got back my new fish cleaning table had arrived from Basspro. I’ll have to wait to put it to use. Maybe jinxed myself ordering it.

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General Fishing Tips / Delta Tide Video
« on: January 12, 2024, 08:50:22 AM »


Alan Fong does a video on tides that is helpful.

I feel vindicated that he explains that the tide charts are often off. When I used to do a lot of poke poling on the coast they seemed spot on but I’ve found the change to often be delayed quite a bit in the bay and delta beyond what the charts say.

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Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Berryessa 1/7 report
« on: January 10, 2024, 12:50:48 PM »
I decided to try  Berryessa for some trout, maybe salmon, maybe bass, maybe the huge bluegill that were reported at 50’.
Launched at Markley. The bait balls were mostly 40’ to 100’ deep. I dragged a spee D  shiner on a DR at about 50’ and a streamer with a wiggle disk on a sinking line on a fly rod. I may not have had enough speed @ 1.8 - 2.4 mph.
I picked up one decent 17” bass fairly early but moved on looking for trout. Didn’t get any other bites. Tried a frog flatfish which works at Pyramid but no hits.
One guy was getting some big bass according to the radio.
On the return I dropped a worm down for bluegill but couldn’t find any.
Pretty nice weather and no skunk.

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General Talk / Fish results spreadsheet for 2023 vs 2022
« on: January 01, 2024, 04:19:12 PM »
I got in over 50 days of fishing again in 2023. No fish over 30" for me this year, compared to last year where I got 5 (3 lings, 2 halis) .
I did get a new pb trout at 28" from Pyramid.
I saw fewer skunks - mostly due to salmon season closure, but partly due to improvement in skills/timing.
I think I got more variety this year, with crappie, catfish and lake trout added to my kayak fishing list.

I'm not sure how 2024 will go. I might need to focus more on work, since it definitely took a hit last year.
But at this point in my life, I am willing to trade some income for days off. So I'm still hoping to get close to 50 days in again.

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Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Fort Ross visit 11/25
« on: November 25, 2023, 11:08:01 PM »
Was missing the Fort so worked up a family road trip with breakfast and some shopping in Occidental and a visit to Fort Ross. They checked out the museum and fort while Mabel and I worked our way down to the point and tried a little fishing. The long period swell created some good sized shore break and we had to stay alert and time our exit route.
It turns out I didn’t have any sliding bobbers and didn’t want to bring bait, so just cast a small metal jig under a large bobber for zero fish in about 30 minutes of actual fishing.
They repaired the road down to the drop off but I didn’t check on the path to the beach launch.

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General Fishing Tips / Tide Predictions
« on: November 02, 2023, 09:18:37 AM »
Does anyone know why there seems to be a huge discrepancy between NOAA tide predictions and Navionics? In the past it seems like NOAA was pretty close for Alameda but way off for Benicia. For Saturday at Golden Gate NOAA shows a tide changes around 7am and noon, but Navionics current indicator shoes changes closer to 8am and 2pm.

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Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Live report Benicia
« on: September 04, 2023, 08:42:54 AM »

Finding schoolies Small stripers. Three in the boat already.

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