If these massive kings don’t make you weak in the knees, you may want to take up another sport! :)
Underwater Spinner Bites: Salmon
Here’s some fun footage of salmon chasing down and eating my spinners. See if you can identify chinook, coho, sockeye, chum and pink in here…
The Greatest Job in the World: River Restoration

Back in 2007, I was blessed with having the world’s greatest job…I was hired as a consultant to a spawning bed restoration project on the Stanislaus River in California.
My responsibilities: Direct two front loaders on where to dump gravel and boulders. Not only was the pay outstanding, but taking a thrashed river and making it pristine for Chinook and trout was awfully good for the soul! And, let’s be honest here, driving those big tractors around was pretty fun too!
We started the project carefully sifting and washing 200 tons of perfect spawning cobble and then added a couple hundred boulders in 1- to 7-ton range…
Then we went to work…
Here’s a look at what a lot of the river looked like before we started…
And, from a slightly different angle, when we were done…
Check out how dismal this side channel looked before…
Here’s how she looked after the work…
Before…
After…
Again, much of this stretch of river was sluggish and silted in before the work began…not exactly pristine habitat…
What a world of difference, eh?
When it was all said & done, we added 33 new riffles to a short 2-mile stretch of river…
On the last day, Dennis Hood of KDH Environmental and I toured the site & admired our handiwork…
Apparently, the salmon like their new home…
The Resurrection: Will my 30-year-old jon boat ever fish again?
After getting abused in its early days and neglected more recently, will I be able to get my 30-year-old jon boat back up and running to catch fish?
Micro Boat Trolling Adventure!
I got out early this morning on Lake Tahoe with my mini 10′ jon boat (equipped with a flame throwing 2.5 hp motor) for a little trolling action. When I decided to put two lines out, things got interesting in a hurry!
Gear used in this mission:
MegaBass Vision 110 in the Table Rock SP color
Lucky Craft Pointer 78 in Rainbow Trout
Lucky Craft Pointer 78 in Aurora Green Perch
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