GO TO HELL hole FnC & DBAD (Sept 27-30)

Wish I could make it but that is the weekend my son graduates from basic in San Antonio.  Totally get that this is not sponsored and is a group of friends camping and fishing   Only a Richard would think otherwise. And you have made it clear they are not welcome (DBAD)

So Friday eve we will be having a couple guys doing an informal seminar on Kokanee Fishing. They will go over trolling with a downrigger and jigging for trout. Like I said this will be an informal sit down chill time and hopefully you will be able to up
Your trout game Saturday morning.

No I’m not doing seminar 

Man I wish I could make this, have a good time and find them mogan browns

I might come just to hang out , but no more kayak fishing for awhile for me.  Maybe some body can cast for me and I can fish from shore

What happened that’s keeping you off the yak?

My not so bright employees set up an antique aluminum ladder next to me i reached up to touch up a window step over on to it (me not so bright) and it curled up. Placing me solidly in the rocks = four tears to the right shoulder and a disk bulge in last vertebrate. After sitting in yak at Albion I found myself with all new humbling experiences including trying to ooze out of bed and crawl screaming on all fours just to get to the bath room. I suck at being careful

I might come just to hang out , but no more kayak fishing for awhile for me.  Maybe some body can cast for me and I can fish from shore

What happened that’s keeping you off the yak?

My not so bright employees set up an antique aluminum ladder next to me i reached up to touch up a window step over on to it (me not so bright) and it curled up. Placing me solidly in the rocks = four tears to the right shoulder and a disk bulge in last vertebrate. After sitting in yak at Albion I found myself with all new humbling experiences including trying to ooze out of bed and crawl screaming on all fours just to get to the bath room. I suck at being careful

Dam that sounds painful. Wishing you a speedy recovery and chilling at Hell Hole
Is better than chilling at home. See you there

Some valuable intel here

I’m sure everyone has there go to baits they already have in their tackle boxes. Here are a few I’ve used at Hell Hole and have had good success with.

Rapala JSR4 or 5 in shad pattern - I usually do a long setback and troll this in 20’ or less of water (along shoreline) at about 2mph.

Rebel silver/black jerkbait in small & large - again a long setback and less than 20’ of water. I will peddle at 2mph ripping this then letting it pause. A lot of your bites will come on the pause so be ready and make sure your drag is not too tight.

Keit Fish K4 in bronze or rainbow - this lure can be a bit of a pain if not tuned correctly. I run it in less than 20’ of water at 1.5-2 mph. This bait if running true will slay the bows and you might even get a Koke.

The Koke will be schooling up at this time so you might find the a little more shallow than normal.

So if you are going to be trolling for Kokes using a down rigger and need a good rod and don’t want to break the bank here’s a good one.

I have a couple of these and love them.

Looks like my girl and I are going to be able to make it up there for the weekend. A coworker may stop by for some early morning fishing too.

Need any help with the lechon?

Need any help with the lechon?

George is the man for the task.

Looks like my girl and I are going to be able to make it up there for the weekend. A coworker may stop by for some early morning fishing too.

Need any help with the lechon?

Hell yeas I can use some help with the lechon. I will pay for help in adult beverages

Thanks Tote.

Rider just let me know how i can help and if you need anything for it, I’ve got access to a restaurant to order thru.  Haven’t done a pig this style yet, did a spit roasted suckling pig a couple years ago and it was a blast.

Last week the road to hell hole off wintworthsprings was closed did it re open

Last week the road to hell hole off wintworthsprings was closed did it re open

I found this on the National Forest page.

Ellis road is temporarily CLOSED for road repairs for 2 to 6 weeks (from mid-July to end of August). It will re-open when the construction is completed.

Current Conditions:   Eleven Pines Road repairs in progress. Expected opening if all goes well is late summer 2018. Due to storm damage to the access roads, the only available detour is the Mosquito Ridge Road through Foresthill.

Mosquito ridge is the way I go, nothing wrong with that route. I take that road coming from Napa

If you are mapping out the route to get to HELL Hole you will need to make sure you go through Foresthill then take Mosquito Ridge Rd and stay on it until you go over the French Meadows dam. (Stay on Mosquito Ridge Rd)

After going over French Meadows dam you will take a right onto French Meadows Rd (your mapping program may tell you to take a left. DON’T DO IT!!!) follow French Meadows Rd about 7 Miles then take a right onto Hell Hole Rd and it’s roughly 8 Miles to the parking lot. (There’s a sign at the turn)

I we will be getting there Thursday afternoon to set up, chill, and get ready to fish Friday morning.

Hope to see all of you there.