merced skunk april 8, 2011

  Water temp 63 to 68, ugly peasoup water, lots of birds and lots of tules, not one bite.  Tried chigger craw red/black, senkos in blue/black and yellow/white, brush hogs in blue/black and watermelon/red.  Threw spinnerbait, kvd crank and chrome red eye shad  around likely targets.  Three fish broke the surface while I was there, soft swirls, are there trout in there?
  Met a guy at the gas station who said he caught some bass in here lately,  but next time I think I'll drive to the delta.

thanks for the report 

some days are like that   

People actually do catch fish there. I saw someone caught a trout ( I believe ) from the bank one time and someone told me he caught a bass there. One piece of advice: Do not get too close to the banks by the tall trees near the road/highway. I was fishing there one time in my yak and I was like "Oh shit, there's a lot of fish hitting the surface!" I then learned about all the birds nesting on the tree branches way up high and they were dropping shits like B-52 Bombers.

Sorry about the skunk.  Thanks for the report and pictures Chris.

You threw everything in there except the kitchen sink.  Can't say you didn't try.  Bet you were glad to be out anyway.  i see it getting better soon though.
tnx for the post and pics.

Way to give it a try Opie. Good luck on your next trip.

Jedmo