Baitfish’s eye-view of a landlocked king salmon
June 2, 2008
Here’s a kinda cool shot I took while chasing kings on Lake Shasta…
The fish were all 2-3 pounds, nice & fat and pretty scrappy on light gear. We mooched ‘em up on anchovy chunks 117 feet down.
Name that fish!
May 30, 2008
Okay, here we go with yet another round of the Name that Fish Contest!
The rules are simple: In the comments section at the end of the story, give us your best guess as to what this guy is. The first correct answer wins a pack of C.A.L. jerkbaits from DOA Lures.
Let’s see if our most recent winner, MJP (you never sent me your address to ship you your lures, by the way) can make it two in a row.
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Right! RIGHT! I said TURN RIGHT!
May 29, 2008
This lovely piece of trout habitat has been in Northern California’s Yuba River (just below the Parks Bar Bridge) for a good couple weeks. I’m not sure what the guy who owns the Jeep was thinking (not much by the looks of things), but he eventually had be to rescued by helicopter.
The water had been too high for the county to pull the vehicle from the river until Wednesday. Now, a bunch of trout are homeless…
Thanks to fly fishing author ad instructor Ralph Cutter for the photo.
Shad Times on the ol’ River
May 28, 2008
Here’s a pic of trusty sidekick and deckhand, Reilly, with a jumbo roe shad from the Feather River.
We did a guide trip upriver Tuesday and, on the way home, decided at the last second to drop the boat in below Shanghai Falls and do a little fun fishing. After approximately 1,472 shad in about an hour and a half, Reilly hooked this big hen…his biggest to date. Also a first for me was having to run back to the boat..at his urging…to grab the net and BogaGrip. Can’t say I’ve ever Boga’d a shad before…
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Big Fred Contaoi catches record largemouth bass
May 25, 2008
FLW Touring professional, Big Fred Contaoi got his name into the record books with this huge largemouth bass from Percy Priest Lake in Nashville, TN…sorta.
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Nine-year-old Spey Master
May 24, 2008
Okay, so most 9-year-old kids are happy fishing with a red/white bobber and a worm. But not Austin McKean of Terrace, BC (shown here with dad Gill). Nope, “Austie” prefers the spey rod and may be the only kid on the planet his age who owns one.
A couple weeks back, the little dude caught what scores of adult fly anglers are still looking for — his first steelie on the fly. Way to go, eh!
The Natural’s turning 2!
May 16, 2008
It’s hard to believe, but my little dude Coop is about to have his second birthday. We celebrated the big day in style a little early with a little old-school bluegill fishing at a local park pond.
Four-pound test, a No. 12 hook and some Wonder Bread…yep, that’s how we roll…
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Sunrise over Tahoe’s Emerald Bay
May 13, 2008
So, one morning I was burning down the road, boat-in-tow, hustling to catch the morning bite on Lake Tahoe when I passed Emerald Bay right at first light. The sunrise was epic and I missed a few prime minutes of fishing gawking at it…time well spent!
The flat calm sunrises on Tahoe in the summer are awesome and one of the reasons I look so forward to guiding up there! I can’t wait…
Sea-Run Brown Trout
May 11, 2008
Here in the U.S., we don’t have too much in the way of sea-run brown trout. There are, of course, lake-run brownies in tribs of the Great Lakes, a few remaining creeks on the East Coast and one isolated population in a river in along the West Coast that shall remain nameless.
I’m pretty fascinated by them, however. What’s not to like about a fish that can get as big as a Chinook and has an appetite for meat on par with a striped bass?
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Taxidermy Gone Bad — Yikes!!
May 6, 2008
You guys know by now that I’m always on the lookout for “Taxidermy Gone Bad” and, I’m pleased to announce, we’ve got a couple nice new additions to the collection here. I especially like this lingcod head…a wonderful blend of creepy, strange and more than a dash of disturbing.
But wait, there’s more!
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