Lake Chabot

My partner and I hit the lake at about 6:45 this morning with little to nothing most of the morning. We set up for crappie  circled the island then headed into the cove with no bites, other than a very small large mouth. We were using what was shown to me by the Lexington yakers who showed me a sit up that I used today with my lite tackle,2lb test,mister twister 1" chartreuse with a 1/32 oz. lead head.No crappie or blues but a few released undersized large mouths and these two larger pan fish....One was 17" the other was 14" what a blast on these crappie jigs.
These were taken on the drift of the west bank from the dam.The 14" had a bunch of Shad in it's stomach and a 0/1 worm hook that looked like it had been there for a while.The jigs were tied as shown at Lexington one on top of the other with about a twelve inch spread.
Thanks for all the tips and really enjoying this kayak fishing stuff who would have thought....
Frankfishing

FF,Sweet to know it can be done there!I live about a half hr.from it and need to fish it!Thnx for the word!

Frankfishing - NICE CATCH!

I also noticed on the second pic that you stick your hook on the rod guide - I was told that you can actually scratch the ceramic guide (from the inside) if you store your hook this way. A scratched guide can cause nicks on your line - not a good thing

...then again, this may not be true - but why take the risk

Maybe EK, the master rod builder can chime in.....

Frankfishing - NICE CATCH!

I also noticed on the second pic that you stick your hook on the rod guide - I was told that you can actually scratch the ceramic guide (from the inside) if you store your hook this way. A scratched guide can cause nicks on your line - not a good thing

...then again, this may not be true - but why take the risk

Maybe EK, the master rod builder can chime in.....

Mooch,
Good suggestion which I usually follow however lazy is as lazy does...I need to get with you guys more offten good for me and my gear Thanks Frankfishing

Frank - by the way, how was the water clarity at Chabot? I've only been there twice and it seems like the water is always green - just like Lake Merced 

Mooch,
Very green but I could see my lure about 3' down. Don't know what that translate in what the fish see but they sure seem to like that Mister Twister. The action on that little lure is excellent especially on the slow retrieve.

Thanks for the intel 

Nice catch on an ultrlight with a small jig. Imagine if you'd been fishing a 5" Senko or Carolina-rigged worm 
Loch Lomond is clsing in three weeks and I am going to hit it a few times before that and try for some bass. Mol has proven they are there and, if I wear tie-dye, maybe they'll be fooled and jump in my boat thinking it's him 

I also noticed on the second pic that you stick your hook on the rod guide - I was told that you can actually scratch the ceramic guide (from the inside) if you store your hook this way. A scratched guide can cause nicks on your line - not a good thing

Just move the hook from the ring of the guide to one of the support arms of the guide -- problem solved!

Just move the hook from the ring of the guide to one of the support arms of the guide -- problem solved!

I've never tested it, but you probably wouldn't scratch it anyway.  Ceramic is a lot harder than most of the hooks we use.  You might be able to scratch some of the early ceramics with a really good quality Stainless steel hook if you worked at it, but a brass hook ain't going to scratch it IMO.

Here is the Vicker's Hardness rating for various guides / ceramic inserts.

Stainless Steel (SS): 200
Chrome:  800-1000 (HardChrome):
Aluminum Oxide: 1200-1400  (Hardloy and other entry level ceramics)
Alconite: 1700 (Fuji Alconite Concept Guides)
NANOLITE: 1800 (American Tackle TITAN guides)
Zirconia: 1800-2000 (Various Brands)
Silicon Carbide (SiC): 2200- 2400 (Fuji and other brands)
Gold Cermet:  something higher than that... who knows.  Too expensive though.