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Messages - MistralWind

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General Talk / Re: Our Shrine....The Berry....in low water (great views!)
« on: December 23, 2014, 12:02:26 AM »
Hey Jim/all,

Surprised how many kayaks made it into this video.

I miss the folks at the Turtle Rock and that great Italian restaurant at Spanish Flat.

Time for me to get back over and give it a go for those deep crappies!

I believe The Berry has come up 7-8 feet since the bottom earlier this month.   


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General Talk / Our Shrine....The Berry....in low water (great views!)
« on: December 20, 2014, 01:36:16 PM »
Check out this great film of The Berry filmed this month. Stumbled onto it reading the Lake Berryessa News.



 

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Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Re: Black Butte Lake
« on: December 04, 2014, 10:42:52 PM »
Black Butte is at 21% of capacity now (with decent inflows in progress). Sounds bad, but actually the current level is 103% of average storage for this time of year and the lake now holds nearly twice the water it did last year on this date.

Here's a link: Stony Creek/Black Butte Res.

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/reservoirs/RES
 
Good luck fishing! Should be some color in the water at least near the creek inflow bays/arms.




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Hobie Kayaks / Re: Sailing the 2015 Hobie Revolution 16?
« on: October 15, 2014, 08:49:33 PM »
I agree with Lucky13. Using the full size AI sail on an Adventure without amas would likely end very badly.

The only way you could do it would be to get in a full-body harness lashed to the pole and swing your body way out to the side.

Sounds like fun actually (until you change your tack)  :smt005





 

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The Shimano TR200G and TR100G are excellent reels for the price. Light in the hand, comfortable size and perfect for salmon, striper, Cal halibut and light rockfish. They can be a little light for bigger rockfish/lingcod, especially larger lings with their power dives into the rocks.

A great all-around light saltwater reel.

I use a Shimano Triton 8' extra heavy rod (15-30 lb) for the 200G and a Triton 8' heavy (12-25 lb) down rigger rod for the 100G.



 

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Hobie Kayaks / Re: New AI General Availability
« on: August 17, 2014, 11:23:09 AM »
Hard to find (for me) even specs on that new 2015 AI. What's the ballpark price 4K?

More freeboard. Longer amas. Higher weight capacity. More sail surface. Any more advantages? Bow runs higher? Would be nice to see/read an early review. Looks like I would need new cradles for my AI trailer if I bought one.

Here's a few pictures...

http://glenmoresailboats.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/A-Whole-New-Hobie-Adventure-Island.pdf






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All-around need to catch fish to survive or eat bugs - Little Cleo

Must have for trout trips - Kastmaster

Salt water can't do without - Hopkins Lure (especially East Coast)

With all that, I still catch most of my fish on Shad Raps. Money.


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General Fishing Tips / Re: Any info on fishing Minnesota?
« on: July 21, 2014, 01:48:06 PM »
Just buy your lures in Minny. Shad Raps, lots of jig heads/twister tails (green/orange/brown/pink/white) for snaggy Mississippi River etc. Little Cleos (silver/blue) work great on the Old Man River for everything.

3 rods 6.5-7 footer (beefy) w/12 or 14 lb test) for northerns/catfish. Buy some thin 1 ft steel leaders if you don't want to lose fish/lures for the pike. 6.5 ft rod 8 lb test (for walleye/smallmouth) and a 5-6 ft rod w/4-6 lb test for crappie/sunnies/perch/smallies.   

Here's a video of smallmouth in downtown Minneapolis. You'll have a field day if you go. The big smallies seem to hang more in the deeper slack water areas and like the lure slower. Current breaks are guaranteed fish. This spot he's fishing would probably be worth hanging around until early evening for crappies (slow drag a crappie jig 4-5 ft below a bobber). They get pretty good size too. The channel cats aren't afraid of smacking lures there.  The water goes up and down about 2-3 feet because of a shipping lock/barge traffic near there. Keep your gear high on the bank. 

For lakes- key on low light or cloudy weather this time of year or work the deeper weed edges mid day. Don't be afraid of the weeds - that's where the fun is!

Good luck.




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General Fishing Tips / Re: Any info on fishing Minnesota?
« on: July 21, 2014, 08:29:00 AM »
You are right about the upper Mississippi River being smallmouth heaven. Shad Raps, spinners and jigs etc.

I haven't fished Clearwater (Annandale) but Diamond near Atwater is good (nice sunfish). Mille Lacs would be great for evenings tossing Shad Raps for walleye and smallmouth (south side). Waconia is an old favorite for multi-species. Minnetonka is fantastic. It has everything. Green (west of you) is good for walleye and smallmouth.

You might get great fishing right off your dock in the evening. Walleyes etc. come in close sometimes. Hang a big jumbo leech below a bobber. Have another pole for tossing crappie jigs or top water for bass in the pads.

I used to catch 50 to 100 smallmouth a day on the Mississippi River when I was a kid in Minneapolis. Big ones were 3 to 5 lbs. Average was 1 to 2 lbs. We even caught them fishing with corn for bait. Lots of 2 to 7 lb. channels too. And crappie and sauger and walleye and white bass and sheephead and northerns and tons of carp... It's still good fishing.

You can check the Minnesota DNR lake finder for each lake you want to fish. Great on-line resource.

You might not come back after fishing there  :smt005

Oh, and if you get a chance, get up to Superior for the lake trout fishing.     

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General Talk / Re: Metal detecting today
« on: March 02, 2014, 05:14:00 AM »
reelfish,

Underwater and beach stuff can be handled by Tesoro Sand Shark (PI) or Tiger Shark (VLF). They're both good units. I'm not a coin/ring/water hunter, so my knowledge pretty much ends there. I have a friend with a Tiger Shark and that unit can also do some reasonably capable gold prospecting on land as well.

The other companies (Whites etc.) have water units as well.

And many dry-land type detectors can get the lower part (coil) wet without a problem for at least fringe water type work.
I think I would lean toward a sealed water-proof unit in case you fell in the stream or surf though. 


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General Talk / Re: What's Your Heritage? ... Where Ya From?
« on: February 25, 2014, 05:39:13 PM »
Mostly Swedish with a little French and Irish thrown in.

When I visit Sweden I go to a town named Tranas on beautiful Lake Sommen. They are more American than we are! Really unexpected to find this time/place warp in a far-off country.



   

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Not much of a basser anymore, but my old favorite was always a Mann's Jelly Worm.

It's been so long since most folks have used them that bass today can't remember that far back  :smt005

I liked blueberry for clearer/deeper water and bluebird skies and purple (grape), black or lime green for the more stained water.

Here's an old (true) story. Can't remember if I told it or not  :smt044  I went fishing in Virginia back when I was in high school and took a friend who knew absolutely nothing about fishing. We were shore fishing stumps. I tied on a big jelly worm to his rig and told him to just throw it out there. He did. Couple minutes went by and he says he's snagged on a stump. I looked over and told him to pull on it. Nothing. Finally, I tell him to wrap the heavy line around his hand and slowly pull until the line breaks. I'm fishing away and not paying much attention to him. I then hear him say "it's moving". I look over and a monster bass comes up to the surface and swings that big worm back and forth as his giant head shakes. I'm not talking 8 or 10 lbs. I'm talking closer to 15. Had an eye ball that looked almost the size of a cue ball. It was the bass of a lifetime 25 feet away from us. Snapped his line in a tug-a-war on the powerful head shakes and disappeared back into the swamp.

Here's a Jelly Worm video.   









     

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General Fishing Tips / Re: Clear lake
« on: February 23, 2014, 08:02:39 PM »
I was at Redbud yesterday afternoon in the town of Clearlake. It took like 3 passes through town on the main drag to find the place. Finally pulled into a bait shop and they told me it was just behind them (turn in toward lake next to the Thai restaurant).

That is one impressive launch complex. I didn't bring my yak rig, so I did some fishing off the TALL dock. It's like fishing off an ocean dock now because of the low water conditions. Local woman angler was catching smaller bass on her grey/silver wacky-rigged plastic worm. I was catching a skunk while deep bobber fishing for crappie/sunfish.

From what I could see, the few bass boats were working main lake points and deeper offshore areas.



 

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General Talk / Re: Help for the noobs
« on: February 12, 2014, 12:17:09 AM »
Those CCK seminars are very good for learning and you get to meet some great people to share info/tips. Nearly all are willing to help in anyway they can.

Is the west Delta your primary home water? What part of it are you fishing? Are you looking for bass tips?  What types of lures/presentations are you using now? Could salinity levels with the changing tides be affecting your success? What species are you targeting most?

I agree with most of the posts about simple time on the water being the best guide. Success does breed more success though and any tips along the way certainly help. You might want to focus on your preferred species of choice first. Don't get scattered and frustrated (easier said than done). I think it's better to be a specialist in one type of fish than someone who just fishes for what might come along and bite. And MOST IMPORTANT....make sure you are fishing quality water for what you want to catch.
If other people are killing it where you are currently fishing then pay attention and learn their techniques. If on the other hand, you are fishing an area that is a lonely, windswept outpost with no real fish attractions.....

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Fish Talk / Re: Spotted Bass Proposition
« on: February 11, 2014, 03:49:41 PM »
I learned something new today.   

"Spotted bass are notoriously good-eating fish, due to their clear-water habitat, offshore existence, and muscle-bound frame"

I'll have to keep some for dinner the next time I get into them. Filet them up.

http://www.in-fisherman.com/2011/06/02/spotted-bass/









 

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