2009 Fall Sturgeon Fishing! Adventures from Brannan Island State Park aboard the coach and boat! Click for hundreds more fishing sites! November 16-20, 2009 Fishing with m'boy... and another big sturgeon! Dean with his huge catch - taken during the last couple hours of fishing time during our five day visit! Nov 16, 2009, Monday, Day 1 at Delta Marina, Rio Vista, Ca. Of all the sturgeon trips of this season, this was the one I have most anticipated - my son would fly up from San Diego to spend Monday - Friday with his old man. More than anything, I wanted to get him onto his first sturgeon! I left home about 0900 and arrived at Delta Marina at 1000. This a lovely resort with berths, dock space, RV parking, store and more. (www.deltamarina.com) The resort sits on the Sacramento River in Rio Vista, and is next to The Point Restaurant which overlooks the river. By 1100 the boat was ...
2009 Fall Sturgeon Fishing! Adventures from Brannan Island State Park aboard the coach and boat! Click for hundreds more fishing sites! November 11, 2009 Another Trip Another Sturgeon The Sacramento River Sturgeon Bite is HOT! John's 55" sturgeon rests along side the boat. I left the coach at home this week and made a day trip to Brannan Island State Park. My fishin' buddy, John, joined me for this one-day trip. John is an old hand at sturgeon fishing, having fished for them for years on SF Bay. Until this day, he hadn't fished for sturgeon for about 15 years. We began fishing the same old spot off Decker Island, below Rio Vista, at about 0830. We both w ere using that seemingly irresistible eel for bait. It was cool and calm, but even a slight breeze seemed to cut through us like a knife. At one point I had two sweatshirts on, and John was bundled up, too. By afternoon ...
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New Melones Lake Fishing Click for hundreds more fishing sites! June 18-19, 2009 New Melones Lake Stanislaus River Arm and the Hiway 49 Bridge. I haven't fished New Melones for a couple of years. When I had the C-Dory, I enjoyed anchoring for the night in a cove, then dangling a night crawler over each side of the boat and waiting for a trout to come along and take a bite. I would fish under a light which would attract bait fish which would attract trout. Well, that's how it's supposed to work. And there was the trolling for trout and kokanee, too. I'd usually head home with a limit on the second day. But this trip was not like past trips. I did the night crawler under the light thing for hours - and not one taker. I don't know why there was no action. I trolled for several hours the first day before anchoring - and caught one kokanee of about 10 inches, and released it. The next morning I caught another kokanee of about 12 " or so as ...
June 11, 2009 Camanche Reservoir Trout Fishing Click for hundreds more fishing sites! I'd love to post a photo with a stringer of about 15 pounds, but it ain't gonna happen this week: This little one pound rainbow will have to do it this week - and I didn't even know he was on the line 'til I popped the line loose from the downrigger cable to change lures. The slim pickins weren't for lack of trying. I began trolling 20' to 30' at 0845 and kept at it 'til 1500. Some of the time I tried bait fishing with Berkeley's Power Bait, but that didn't garner any interest, either. I marked several fish as I trolled, but they weren't buying. One fella stopped to chat with me as I was tying the boat down after my fishing and said that last week they had two limits in four hours - and no fish at all this week. So it goes. One cannot complain too much when spending the day trolling... ...or bait fishing. Camanche is a ...
