Shadow Cliffs Pleasanton 6-2-10

Hi All,

I finally got a half way decent trout at Shadow Cliffs in Pleasanton today.  6-2-10.  I was on the water at 7 am and had four trout by 9:00 am.  All 12" to 14 " and all DFG planters.  Then, it went dead for me. No bites for around a couple of hours.

Half of the DFG fish I  still catch have the pink meat.  The others are white meat.

At 11 am I get a nice bit and can feel it has some pull to it.  It jumps out of the water behind me. After a while I can feel the anchor rope on my line.  I am only using 4 lb test and it was rubbing pretty hard.  I decide to back off the drag and put my pole between my knees.  I start pulling up my anchor rope and I can see the fish had wrapped my line a few times around my anchor.  I got mud from the anchor all over my fish-finder, lap, hands and kayak.  I finally get the wrap undone, pull in the fish and net it.  It was 3 lbs 9 oz and 19".  All in all a good day.

Yesterday, I had five trout in 40 mins time.  All trout on green (chartreuse with giltter) power bait. 28 to 32 ft of water.

Ken kickfish

Beautiful fish. Glad you were able to pull in the big one.

Nice catches!  Thanks for the report and picture Ken.

Great report, Ken.  Good action at a spot you know well, a fatty at the end, info on bait and depth, pics...  You're like an old vet at this.   

Nice to see you.