Trout Trout Trout lake Amador 5/5/07

My Son Matthew and I went fishing at Lake Amador today. The morning started out calm and quit but the winds picked up around 10:30, we managed to boat 13 nice trout all of them trolling with downriggers from 7 to 18 feet we caught them on a miscellanies of lures but most where caught on a orange power ball and a seps white grub.

It was $50.00 round trip for gas, $29.00 to fish at Amador and spending the day fishing and catching large trout with my son……….. PRICELESS.

Pat R

Pic #1 Nice morning
Pic #2 Fish on
Pic #3 Net missed
Pic #4 Scored
Pic #5 Father and Son     

hay dad the pictures came out great.  it was sure nice to get out on the lake and do some trolling like we use to back in the day.  thanks for taking me   
o ya to add to the report the grubs were pear not white best of luck fishing all
Matt R

A fun day of father and son fishing...it just doesn't get any better than that.

I thought about heading up there to join you this morning, but the wind was too much for me.
Glad it worked out well for you.

Thanks for the report!
Al

WTG Pat...a little better than San Pedro, Eh?

Allen

Hi Pat. I was up there Friday with a couple of others on a non-yak trip. The weather was completely the opposite. Overcast, cold and drizzly with a slight wind all day until about 3 pm. I caught two trout on 12 pound test with a 1 oz split shot and 8 pound test leader with #6 hook and a Bobby Garland minijig (black head and chartreuse skirt). I lost one trout due to a bad knot and a second feisty one at the boat after getting it to the surface four times but one of my fishing partners was slow to net.

The sun finally showed up in the mid-afternoon. That lake is very kayakable.

Nice stringers!  Haven't been able to hit that place with the kayaks yet, soon I hope.  Brought the kid out there last week, was cool to watch him get a few.  How was the wind out there today.  I scrubbed my plans to hit the delta due to the gale force winds.  So instead of fishing I watched the sharks get their a@#es handed to them.     Where were the productive areas?  I had shore success close to the dam and on the ajacent shoreline across from the docks.  I also heard that there is some good large mouth territory on the opposite end of the lake from the dam.  That place has been known to kick out a hawg or two.

Kevin

Allen a hole lot better then Pablo and the trout look like trout not man made ones even now thay are and thay have pink meat.

Hojoman sounds like you had a good day to, get off that PB and into your kayak a hole lot more fun. 

Xsuid it did not matter witch arm you where at the wind would follow you could have been my imagination. all are trout we caught was in the middle of the lake and by the dam.

Pat R

It was very exciting to be on the water before we even got our lines out. Big fish were feeding at the surface, with several leaping clear out of the water.

The money spent is well spent. I'd gladly do it again. The lake employees were very courteous and helpful.

Wonderful fishing congratulations, when you go again? 

Santiago.

Nothing better than family bonding through fishing! Great pix, too! Those trout make my mouth water--yum!

Janice aka "Big J"

Now that's what you call "catching" and not "fishing"  Nice work fellas

Pat,
great action pics!

how much line do you have out?

J

J if I had to guess it would be 100 feet or so out and 7 to 18 feet down. Talked with some canoers witch where doing well just drifting night-crawlers down about the same depth as we where trolling. We where marking tones of fish from the surface to 30 feet I thing slooooow trolling was the ticked.

Pat R