River Smallies

Fished about a 15 mile stretch of River yesterday. Hot but not to bad. Fishing was consistant but quality bittes were tough to get. I got a few nice smallies though. Lots of boat traffic to contend with but the out of the way places wer nice and peacfull.

Stampede Reservior

Spent three days flogging the water there. Mornings were spent on the lake and afternoon on the Little Truckee River. The lake treated me much better. Smallmouth are everywhere but I couldn't get any more then 2lbs. Ridiculous numbers of 11-13 in Smallies though. I focused on ultralight jigging for Kokanee Salmon. That went well and I laned several, along with a few small Lake Trout. It was a fun learning experience with those Salmon. Can't wait to go back!

Well

Carp fishing is tough as hell on me lately. Just when I was feeling like a super star they quit cooperating. A couple here and there lately but over all slow. Post spawn and summer temps have kinda slowed the sight fishing down. Small windows and thats it. Stripers on the fly is really good though. Two guys can load the boat on flys. Most are small from 15-24in but fun on light tackle. Wind has been decent on the waters so I can't complain I guess. Couple of shots from Yesterdays solo trip.

Stripers

We fished San Luis today. Actually the Forebay. Numbers were good and size was to be expected for this time of year and blistering heat. We had good current in a couple of areas today and that was key.

Recent fishing

Nothing special going on here. Carp on brain but the fishing has slowed some on lately. Spending my fishing time restocking and getting boats ready for fall. Heading up to the Sierras in August for a few days of Smallie/Trout fishing and looking for ward to that. Seas have been fishable but I havn't been out in a couple of weeks. Small local trout has been good and the flows are decent this year compared to last summer when there was nothing but a trickle. Seems the springs in the coastal range near me received a decent amout of rain this winter.