Mendo Sun 8/26

I took my friend Heather out to Lake Mendo on Sunday. This was her first time fishing from a kayak and she was very excited to get to try kayak fishing. We hit the north ramp at 7:15 and the bait guy wasn’t around so we headed over to his shop. The shop opened late     (not too shocking) and we didn’t get on the water until 9am.

We launched from the south ramp and were making our way to the dam when we saw Lost Coast Joe and Capt. Matt.     They mentioned they caught some fish during the early boils but nothing for a while. After hearing that intel we changed course and headed over to Crappie cove. 

We fished until 12:30 and I managed 2 stripers, 1 largemouth, and 1 smallie. Heather landed 1 smallie and a striper. She must have yelled HOLY SHIT about 10 times while fighting that striper. 

Another great day on Mendo!

I think the look on her face says it all.

Another of her smallie

Nicely done.  Looks like Heather had a great time, great seeing you guys out there.  Hope to see you again soon  !!

Wow good job! It was nice to meet you and I'm glad you guys had fun despite the late start. Did you catch all your fish using live bait?

Matt

sweet!!  something about Mendo and first-timers that makes it a majical lake, when yiou can get into them like you guys did. thnks for the pics&port Sharkbait

Did you catch all your fish using live bait?
Matt

All were on bait except my smallie which came on a fly. I had the fly on my second pole using a low profile baitcaster and found out the drag on it sucks. I hooked into something that broke my line and lost that fly. Not sure if it was a snag or big fish ... I don't get many snags at mendo