After Greg Moon cancelled our Halloween red fishing trip due to strong winds and rain, I decided to use the day to check out the WW II Museum. Nick Gray, my Father in Law, landed on Easy Red, Omaha Beach, in the first wave on D-Day. I wasn’t prepared for how emotional the experience was,…
Wayne Syn and I our attending the ADA annual convention in New Orleans and decided to book a few days of Flyfishing for Trophy Bull Redfish. As soon as we arrived in NOLA, we headed over to Uptown Anlgers to get the scoop. Apparently this year is one of the best years ever for Bull…
Although not as good as yesterday due to an early morning breeze, we still managed over 20 good fish between the both of us. I think the popper fishing is done. We didn’t catch a single fish on topwater and the schools of busting fish in the deep water were gone. We saw one set…
I thought I would do some scouting today in preparation for taking Steve Sakamaki out tomorrow. The flat, no wind days keep happening and I can barely remember those dangerous windy spring days. Today was almost a perfect day. Perhaps a really big fish would have made it a 10. I was boat…
I took my buddy Rick to the main lake today for a couple hours of topwater. Unlike yesterday, there was no line at the gate for inspections. We arrived at 6:30 and it was dark. We were boat number 3. They seem to be letting more water out of the lake and…
Ive never been in a longer line to launch at the lake than today. Could it be the BART Strike or Government shutdown? Is this were they show up when they aren’t working? I got to my regular spot late this morning around 7:30 and I saw a boat working my favorite bank.…
It was a freaky morning at the lake with the stripers acting like trout again. What a difference a day makes. Today’s solonar was a bit better and the air temperature was about 2 degrees warmer. I did get on the lake 20 minutes earlier and the wind laid down until 10am makeing the…
Its been 5 days since last weeks great topwater action on the main lake. I arrived at the lake a little late, and the boat ramp was full of boats. It was extremely crowded today. The word must be out that the fishing is picking up. When I arrived at my favorite…
Researched Grass shrimp and Striper fishing and found this quote written in 2002 by Captain John McMurray , a striper flyfishing guide, conservationist, and Author from Jamaica Bay, NY. It only follows to reason that when the grass shrimp are around in numbers one would use 1/2 to 3/4-inch grass shrimp patterns. However, this is…
After fishing the lake for 40 years, I am amazed that there is still so much to learn about the stripers in this lake. I hit the lake Saturday and Sunday at the break of day till noon and had some of the best topwater striper fishing yet. It was surreal to see how the…
This morning I took a buddy of mine out to fish the O’Neill Forebay. In exchange, Jim Cramer treated me to a picnic Lunch with the FlyCasters of San Jose’s annual Fishout BBQ Lunch at the Forebay. I met lots of current members and we talked San Luis Flyfishing for an hour. I hadn’t…
Last August, during the Labor Day Weekend, I had the opportunity to watch how a professional uses a GoPro to record fishing Reports. I just received a link to the finished video and it is very good. Scott Strain has mad editing skill. Check out this promotional video for the best outfitters on the Sac-Orland…
To get pumped to fish the main lake after a 4 month hiatus, I consulted my San Luis buddies last week. One told me that his bait fishing buddies were saying “easy limits” and Vaughn also felt that the bigger fish were in the lake. I also reviewed last years Sept videos and with the…
The mounts and cameras in the boat are always changing. The latest mod is to have a handle on a monopod that I can easly reach from the casting platform to point the camera when I move in the boat to cast from the other side or land a fish.
I experienced only one of the above today and it wasn’t a 30lb striper. Again I went in search of the surface action at the Forebay. It was a beautiful day not to be working. A weather front brought rain two days ago and another front is expected by Tuesday. The wind was minimal and…
After the Death March in Alberta this year, I started to rethink my camera logic. The GH3 is cool to have but the weight and size vs benefit while fishing is not so good. I only really used it for a few still shots and took most of the video and stills with the GoPros. …
Last weeks early morning surface action as well as a Thursday post on Blanton’s BBoard on the forebay had me looking forward to Saturday Morning and the opportunity to fish crease flies and gurglers to busting fish. In addition, I just acquired a 3d GoPro rig and wanted to test it out on some…
Atop the roof of my house stands a 50 ft mast with an array of High Definition Yaggi Antennas pointing towards Suttro Tower in San Francisco. On the South Wall are 6 satellite dishes–all artifacts of the advent of High Definition over the air programming and my early attempts at building the ultimate home theater…
Last week, a patient told me that the stripers were busting at Del Valle in the morning. For the last couple weeks, he had been catching limits of stripers on plastics from 4 am in the morning to 9:00 am and then going to work. Now that’s hard core. I don’t think my…
Usually, Labor day is the Peak of the Salmon run on the Sacramento River. Not this year though. Fishing Friday and Saturday, we were only able to catch half boat limits and we were doing well compared to the crowds that anticipated better luck this holiday weekend. On Friday, I had the honor and pleasure…