Del Valle Sat. 2-12

Went out to Del Valle with Joel and Joseph.  Started (7:30am) out kind of slow.  Joel had two trout (normal size for this lake 12 to 13 inches).

I got a nice one right after that. It was 18 inches and fat.  Did not weigh it.

Joel got one more and then left the lake.  I guess around 2pm.  I found a spot of boats and trolled around them.  This was on the south end of the lake.

Had 3 more with in 30 mins (12 to 13 inchers).  Called Joseph over and he got one trout and then a 13" Small Mouth Bass (Nice & sweet meat).  He got one more trout and we called it a day.

Meet another Ken on a yak (sit inside Wilderness Sys. Blue) and Dave (I think?) in a Blue Malibu Extreme.  Both really nice guys.  We (Joel and I) told them about our site. Left the lake at 5pm.

Ken Kickfish

Nice work guys!

What where you guys tossing today?

Shadrap (green) and Rapala (smallest one in a firetiger w/ a few spilt shots).

Other guys were using kastermaster (blue/silver, gold) and green powerbait.

Heard they planted on Thurs. (1000 lbs)

Ken

I saw a beautiful sight....

When I caught the first trout.....a HEUGE LM Bass followed the hooked trout all the way to the yak...as soon as he saw my ugly mug - he took off (seems to be pattern there ). I quickly let the trout swim away to see if I can get the lunker to strike.....no soup for me  

The bass was definitely big enough to swallow the 14 inch trout  

Ken caught the biggest trout of the day and earns the title of "MISTER LUNKER PLUNKER" of the day  

I was that other Ken in the blue sit-it. It was a pleasure to meet you guys.
Boy do you have the set-ups for fishing! And Ken those were cat's that you were reading under us when we first met. I went back Sunday and caught a few on nightcrawlers. I did get a limit of trout with one going 4 pounds but the big ones were up in the narrows. I talked to some guys as I pulled out and they had some good ones to 8 pounds.

 Hope to see ypu out there again sometime and maybe get some set-up pointers from you all, like rodholders etc.
 The other Ken

the other Ken,

Check out the link below for some rigging tips. And Welcome to the "Band of Brothers"  

http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=8

Hi "other Ken",

Good to heard from you.  Now we had 3 Kens on this site.

Maybe we need some Kellys, Kathys, Kimberlys, etc.

Ken

Hey Kickfish, Joseph and Joel,

Thanks for the invatation to the website. I'm just dropping a short line to say thanks and that it was good to meet you all. I'll be checking in every so often to whats happenin. I should have checked the site sooner for tips for Del Valle this time of the year. I paddled around for six hours and had only one hit. I look forward to hooking up with you guys on trip a sometime. Thanks again.

I paddled around for six hours and had only one hit.  I look forward to hooking up with you guys on trip a sometime. Thanks again.

Dave- here's my secret    Use your fish finder and troll along the lip of the shoreline - make sure your on 6 to 10 feet of water. I've had success using a shad rap.  

I've hooked up with small mouth bass, large mouth bass and a catfish as well - with this method. I've seen the boaters troll the lip as well - but the problem is some of them use their main motor instead of a trolling motor Too much noise Some troll to fast as well. IMO - our kayaks have the perfect trolling speed (casual paddling).

Give this a shot and let me know how you do! Good Luck!

i might not be good at that trout fishing then, i know i paddle faster than you! by the way my new seaswirl swamped and almost SANK-defective boat, i saw my attorneys last night, i will be fishing from my kayak this weekend!

i know i paddle faster than you!

Brother  pleeease!!!   ! I'd run circles around your kayak with my souped-up modified bling-bling Prowler  

Chris - too bad about your boat! How about more details on why and how the boat almost sank???