Whiskeytown 1/19 & 1/20 2013

Whiskeytown Lake
1/19/13: I made a quick decision Friday night to go out on Whiskeytown for Saturday with my nephew Joel. He just moved up this way and is getting into fishing. We paddled around for a bit before finding a quick bite around 12:30 to 2:00 in a south side cove. I landed two and Joel got a few strikes but no fish. By three it was hard to find any bite. About 3:15 I landed a fattie by the swim beach. Three fish. Beautiful day! Felt great just to get out in water in the winter.
1/20/13: I could not resist to head back out on Sunday for a solo journey. This time I paddled all the way to the powerhouse and then back around Oak Bottoms. I did not get one bite.? Again a beautiful day and a long paddle. Once again... felt great to be out!

Check out the fattie. 17 1/2 RT ..almost looks like a chinook with the small hook jaw and color compared to the smaller skinnier 15 1/2 bright one. All were good in the jambalaya!

Not bad at all Dave, that 17 is a great looking fish. I fished Shasta, it sucked with not a bite and tons of wind. Oh well.

Way to get out on the water and get your nephew on it too, Dave!  Nice trout! 

...my nephew Joel. He just moved up this way and is getting into fishing.

In other words, YEEHAW!  Let's go fishing!     You've definitely got a bad case of the Madness, David.  Well done! 

Nice catches.  Thanks for the report and pictures Dave.

Check out the fattie. 17 1/2 RT ..almost looks like a chinook with the small hook jaw and color compared to the smaller skinnier 15 1/2 bright one. All were good in the jambalaya!

Hey Dave, just saw this post, I believe that 17 1/2" is a chinook, did it have black gums ?, I caught one last year there. DFG has been stocking them to thin the Kokes out in order to increase there size.
Either way nice fish 

Check out the fattie. 17 1/2 RT ..almost looks like a chinook with the small hook jaw and color compared to the smaller skinnier 15 1/2 bright one. All were good in the jambalaya!

Hey Dave, just saw this post, I believe that 17 1/2" is a chinook, did it have black gums ?, I caught one last year there. DFG has been stocking them to thin the Kokes out in order to increase there size.
Either way nice fish 

Hey Tim, It did look more like a small chinook. Kind of out of place so I really did not give it much thought. I was just thinking it had more spawning type looks of a male rainbow . Bet you are right.