Port of Sacramento 1/19/11 - Still producing

Let me start off by saying that before I joined NCKA I was kayak fishing in San Luis Obispo while going to college.  I've fished my entire life, but I learned a great deal about rigging/ and DIY kayak fishing from this forum.  I'd just like to say thanks to all who share their knowledge.   

So, I woke up abnormally early and decided to hit the Port for a second day in a row.  Slid off the boat ramp at 8:00 am and fished till about 12:00.  Fished with "FishWorks" (Ricci) for a bit, and ran into Jim and Adam on the way in.  (It was great to meet you guys, BTW)  I targeted crappie exclusively today with minnows fished on a 1/4 ounce jighead.  Managed to catch 6 total.  Got 2 legit "slabs" at 13" and 4 others about 8" or so.  All fish were in 25-30' of water, hugging the bottom.  The day was a success as I had my best crappie outing by far.   

Awesome!!!
but I envy you...
welcome to the madness!

WTG on the crappie Rawyak and welcome aboard bro. Hope to fish with you soon.

Jedmo

WTTMadness......and let me get this straight, you were targeting crappie and you actually found&fooled them??   = YOUlearnedMOREthanImyFRIEND!
Thanks for the pic&port

Thanks guys! I'm excited to fish with ncka folks this year. There is a reason so many of us love the port of sac. I just can't believe I can actually can catch fish in winter, for once.

Awesome - I've only managed to pull 2 crappie out of the port so far; jig head = brilliant.

Thanks for the report - hope to see you out there soon,

Anthony
Sand T-11

Wtg Rawyak on your successful outing out at the port! So stoked that you even got a chance to meet/fish with other NCKA family members I hope that someday you and I will get to hit the waters together. Congrats again and looking forward to seeing more from ya

This Guy gots the midas touch fellas! Watch out for this crappie slayer in near future! Good meetin and fishin with ya bro and welcome aboard. I didnt catch shit and couldnt buy bite! Oh well, it was still fun out there. I wonder if adam and jim got anything? Check out homies crappie

Nice puzzle solving Rawyak!
Dug out some jig heads last nite and will try your technique on Sat.
Was talking to Striper Slayer last nite and we both were all "DUH" that's why it's called a Crappie Jig
BTW: thanks for that blue gill you gave me a while back, I ended up gifting it to Naoaki.

Good to meet you RAW, and nice to chill Ricci!!

Adam and I each landed 2 fish, I had a small smallie and one keeper Striper (19..5") and Adam had one schoolie and a 21.75" lineside 


THANKS to Adam for bringing fish paint!!!  I was up until 11:00 printing...then cleaned those 2 fish    Its a good thing it was freezing outside 

Team IONA Kayak Fishing is on the board today 

Welcome RAWYAK!  Nice report.  Wish I knew about kayak fishing when I spent my time down at Cal Poly.  Although, on second thought, probably better I didn't because I'd have never gone to class.

Jim, I think your "smallie" is actually a "largie."  Could be wrong but the colors don't seem right for a smallie.  Also, love the fish print, that is top notch.

Jim, I think your "smallie" is actually a "largie."  Could be wrong but the colors don't seem right for a smallie.

I was thinking the same -I've caught several of those little bass in there and I've always identified them as juvenile LMBs - so either IDK the difference or dilbeck is right...  Big Gabe had an ambiguously marked bass last week that I think he initially thought was a smallie, but I  may have talked him out of it with my "certainty" about all the small LMs in there... I need a ruling - I thought our smallies had less color change at the abdomen and more vertical striping  - so when I see the horizontal diamond along the lateral line and the white belly, I think LMB

anyone?

hmmm, yes, that smallmouth was a challenge.  Though I did the mouth/eye measurement trick and it fit smallmouth...I agree that those other bass from teh port look like largemouth..who knows, with the various strains out there (large, small, spot, FL strain) its entirely possible that this was a mutt 

Jim

It's often hard for me to identify bass when they don't really fit the typical look of any of the three common species. The three I caught were probably juvenile LMB's, but I'll never know for sure since I don't have a pic. The LMB's I remember always had a line down the side and the spots had the same line but some vertical marks along the line. The smallies had mostly vertical marks down the side. I should have paid attention to the mouth vs. the eye and I would have known. Oh well...next time.

Take a look at this site. The ones I caught had marking that most closely resembled the small mouth. That being said I think I still agree with exhibit. I'm leaning toward baby LMB.

http://mdc.mo.gov/fishing/fish-catch/fish-id/bass-identification

exhibita,
I think the three in your pics clearly look like LMB's. They have the markings down the side.

Rawyak, Welcome to the madness!