gman444
07-21-2009, 10:30 AM
I was visiting family last weekend in Jackson, CA and luckily decided to bring my gear along with me. My original plan was to fish either Amador or Pardee but with temps in the 105 range :EyePop: i decided to pass on those lakes. My uncle who doesnt really fish at all decided to take me up to the tahoe area and try caples lake.The lake looked really pretty and we found a nice spot on a giant boulder
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/gman444/P7180016.jpg
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/gman444/P7180027.jpg
The lake had stocked some nice fish after its recent draining but there was only one problem, my dad took all of my trout tackle with him to Montana :Angry: I had a small little baitcaster set up and my calcutta 400 for fishing swimbaits at amador. This was not looking good :Sad: Luckily I had my float tube with me and i managed to scavenge some tackle : 1 orange power worm, 1 pack of tiny splitshots, 2 salmon egg hooks, and some old 2lb leader. I decided to splice the 2 lb to my 8lb and tie up a dropshot. It was hard to cast the small weights but after about 5 mins i felt a nice little tick, then a bigger pull, i reeled in the slack, swung, and connected to a nice fish, it took a long run toward the middle of the lake and then fought for about 2 mins. It was fighting kinda wierd and it gave up pretty easily. (When filleting it, the fish was full of eggs which is probably why) It went 27" but i didn't get a weight. It was very heavy with all the eggs and such a wide girth.
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/gman444/P7180019.jpg
We caught a few more fish here and then decided to try the carson river, which was WFO on little stockers. we probably caught and released over 50 in an hour. I was getting some funny looks :Confused: fishing a baitcaster in a little river lol.
me tubin'
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/gman444/P7180024.jpg
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/gman444/P7180029.jpg
some river pics
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/gman444/P7180043.jpg
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/gman444/P7180047.jpg
very fun trip, but very frustrating not having my tackle...there's always next time :Big Grin:
Gman
p.s. I highly recommend checking out the Kirkwood Inn for lunch or dinner, it's a cool little place with awesome burgers and sandwiches
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/gman444/P7180016.jpg
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/gman444/P7180027.jpg
The lake had stocked some nice fish after its recent draining but there was only one problem, my dad took all of my trout tackle with him to Montana :Angry: I had a small little baitcaster set up and my calcutta 400 for fishing swimbaits at amador. This was not looking good :Sad: Luckily I had my float tube with me and i managed to scavenge some tackle : 1 orange power worm, 1 pack of tiny splitshots, 2 salmon egg hooks, and some old 2lb leader. I decided to splice the 2 lb to my 8lb and tie up a dropshot. It was hard to cast the small weights but after about 5 mins i felt a nice little tick, then a bigger pull, i reeled in the slack, swung, and connected to a nice fish, it took a long run toward the middle of the lake and then fought for about 2 mins. It was fighting kinda wierd and it gave up pretty easily. (When filleting it, the fish was full of eggs which is probably why) It went 27" but i didn't get a weight. It was very heavy with all the eggs and such a wide girth.
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/gman444/P7180019.jpg
We caught a few more fish here and then decided to try the carson river, which was WFO on little stockers. we probably caught and released over 50 in an hour. I was getting some funny looks :Confused: fishing a baitcaster in a little river lol.
me tubin'
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/gman444/P7180024.jpg
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/gman444/P7180029.jpg
some river pics
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/gman444/P7180043.jpg
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/gman444/P7180047.jpg
very fun trip, but very frustrating not having my tackle...there's always next time :Big Grin:
Gman
p.s. I highly recommend checking out the Kirkwood Inn for lunch or dinner, it's a cool little place with awesome burgers and sandwiches