Chabot 1/20~40mi.PAY-OFF! Finally! (w/pics)

On my 1yr. Anniversary-"NEWBIE VOYAGE" I set out to hunt the cold waters of Lake Chabot,with shop-secret lures,determined to troll-up a BIG TROUT  after reading reports of them being caught on the troll.

PIC#1~~The morning was a bit frosty,but NO WIND and sunshine was on it's way.

As I was about to reach my usual "I've had about enough of this,seeing lots of thin-arched-images on the F.F.(that I presume are TROUT!) and six more miles to add to the talley of NOT.I paddle upon the "99th BASSY-LOOKIN SPOT" and toss my 7" senko in hopes of a fish.I begin to reel it back in, I feel a tug and give it some line, as it was quickly responding,I drive it home,hard to make sure the weed-guard disengauged, and the under yak battle was on,till the BIG-TROUT spit-out my senko!!
Pissed as HELL   I fan cast the area for not and get back to the trout hunt.

I re-deploy the secret lures. After about a hundred more tearful yards, my reel stars to "SINGING MY FAVORITE TUNE!"   as I am getting turned I see it jump up and out and my heart jumped just as high into my throat!  YES!! I scream, as it takes fight again!
Not thinking I was gonna catch,I did not bring a  landing-net It was a tough thing trying to get my finger into its mouth when those six-hooks are in it too!
 
PIC #2~~Them trout got TEETH!!

PIC #3~~The "Hot Tullie Line"

PIC#4~~It measured 20" and my second largest yak'd(ever)

Pic#5 ~~ Taken by shoreangler that "ATE WELL" that nite

SIDE STORY and PIC#6
As I was paddling to the grounds a boat with two men and a kid asked if I had ever caught here?,as they came all the way from Modesto to fish it.I told them I have not pulled a trolled fish yet,but today was gonna be "the day"!!
Shared the *just heard secret* colors needed for CHABOT and wished them well.
Jacob(father) and his BIG- 21.5" trout that hit along tullie line

Good job FH, you finally got em
Sounds lke a fun day too!

Z

Thx Z! It was a long-paddle coming!!
 my surf plan was XCLD for sunday...hyper-extended my frickin knee playing basketball thursnite,but was able to launch a yak though

nice work!

Adam What was the cost for the kayak launch.  Raymac

Adam -

Nice trout and yes the big one have teeth and are too big for most trout hand nets. I bring a lip gripper for those situations. Never had a trout hit a senko but makes sense. Nice report and pics. No underwater shots?

Scott

Adam-

Nice fish, classic Rambo pose, great pics.
Did you make it Del Valle on Sunday?

Alex

Ray~~ $11.oo total  park/permit/launch=$4.oo   no PB's......only their rentals w/electric motors and they rent Kayaks too.

Scott~~ I lost a three lb'er trying to pull the camera out for the "under"...I did try!

Alex~~I did make it to Del V. on sun.....no landed luv

Oh! and I forgot to get a SHOUT-OUT to:

J.M.~ for the troll speed rule of thumb(1 mi. for each inch of trolled lure)

Tote ~ for the RoRows If you get sore tendons after paddling these are the CURE!!  my first real trip with them (over 15miles) this weekend and I have NO PAIN AT ALL!!
(chance to post a different pic. of fish & RoRows of coarse)


Mooch~~ the jointed lure VS. straight body = one fish landed and four lost.
               brudah,I think you're right,they tend to mis it!!

Hey Adam     what color senko fooled the trout?

good thing that trout spit out that senko or you would never had trolled again in your life!

maybe you should just troll the senko? 

don't tell us the colors. maybe just post a pic of the lure,  .

yeah! nice report Adam, thats a nice trout.  One of these days when I feel like fishin freshwater again I'm gonna check chabot out.  the only freshwater i've done on my yak was this summer with phish'n pat at del valle and all I targeted were catfish, amongst other things...    JTF..

Terry~~it went for a wacky-rigg'd 7" grn.pumkin...and it was a biggun'

J~~ check out the pic. w/lure in mouth.... jointed ShadRap-blue w/orange belly was the lure of the day.

JTF~~you just gotta size down your expectations along with your gear and it's not to bad if you HOOK something of size.

Now that your no longer a newbie, maybe you can join us for a ling/rf hunt at the bean in a few months.
Great job on the trout.

That was a discussion point at Del Valle this sunday and I DO and WILL be out there looking for a fight!! and points for AOTY07'
Good looking out Ben!