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bowler
04-11-2011, 01:04 AM
We head up the BBL on Saturday. We did not leave that early because we want to make sure there was no snow on the road. We called the Caltrans hotline to see if we need chains but we did not. As we started making are way up the hill we got into the snow.
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We got to my parent cabin around noon. We put are stuff in the cabin and head to the Kmart to get a second rod stamp then hit the lake. We head to Boulder Bay but it was crowed. So we try Grout Bay but it was a place that you need waders to get out there so then we head toward the eastern end of the lake. We found a spot. We fished there for a while and another family came to fish there too. But it got to cold and windy so we start packing up when the DFG came by. He asked the other family for there fishing licence but one of them did not have one so he told them to wait why he check to we had one we showed him our and he left us leave. I tried one more spot near the village and i got one hit but i missed it. We called it a night because it was too cold.

We got up around 9am went and got breakfast, then we head to Boulder Bay. We got there around 11:30am. I put some spring green pb on my wife's pole and dip it in some trout dip from pb. Then i put out my rod with some rainbow pd with no dip on it. I want to see who would get the first hit. While we were waiting to get hit i casted out my jig to see if i could get some trout. I did not get any hits but i look at my wifes line and i saw it straight out. She told me that some weeds moved it out like that but i told her no it could not have done that then i saw her pole bend. I told her to set the hook. She did and start to reel it in but she said she lost it but i said no it was still on there. She got it to the dock and i netted it for her.
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This was her first trout from BBL.
After that there was not more hits for a little while. Then a family came on with there three kids. They had two rental rods and was told this was a good spot to fish. I notice the kids were putting on to much pb bait. I show them how much to put on and i let them put it in my dip i had. He cast it out and it was out no more then 10min and he had a hook up. So since green and yellow color were working i put on a yellow pb egg on my jig i cast it out and let it sink a little then i start jigging it in when i got a hook up.
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As i was unhooking my fish the kids got hooked up so i told them to grab my net. As they got there fish in, my wife's pole went off again so we had to run over there with the net. I kept moving around on the dock casting out my jig with the pb egg on it when i got another hook up so the kids got my net had help me get him in. So i has i was unhooking it they got another trout on there line and ran over to get him. Here is the pic of me holding my trout and the kids in the background netting there trout.
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lost my jig in the trouts mouth so put and other one on this time with a power worm. I was putting on my jig when my pole was going off with pb so i told my wife to reel it in. Here is pic of the trout we had so far at the time.
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This kept on going till about 3pm.
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here is my wife holding all the trout on the side of our cabin.
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The last pic of them all cleaned out
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Here is the jigs that i used to caught my trout.
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Me: 4 trout
My wife: 4 trout
The 3 Kids: 6 trout
BufordT9
04-11-2011, 04:23 AM
teaser/ trap with a power worm? Nice. Power mouse combo offshoot or is there a proper name for it?
mudskipper76
04-11-2011, 08:46 AM
thats nice stringer bowler! good of you to help out those kids.
reservoir dog
04-11-2011, 08:52 AM
Guess it was worth the drive through all that snow and cold weather. What a great trip for you and your family!
christainmetalhead909
04-11-2011, 09:25 AM
awesome catch looks like you guys had a great time.
Natural Lefty
04-11-2011, 09:57 AM
Great report Greg! I wish my parents had a cabin up there, but I can't complain since my brother lives in Tahoe and has plenty of room in his house for guests. It's just a longer trip to get there.
diamondbear
04-11-2011, 12:56 PM
GREAT JOB , and good report . Must of been fun to see the wife and kids hooked up . I was up there sun. to troll but unexpected engine problems kept me from launching . Cool pics , thanks .
old pudd fisher
04-11-2011, 05:44 PM
WOW! Great snow and fish pics.
Frequent Flyer
04-11-2011, 05:46 PM
love the jig combo!!!
BigDan
04-11-2011, 06:17 PM
Looks like a great day. Enjoyed the report!!
bowler
04-11-2011, 06:30 PM
love the jig combo!!!

Thank you. They were not hitting the dark color jig and i did not want to walk back to the car and get the green and yellow jigs body i had so i try what i had in my wife's tackle box.
Frequent Flyer
04-11-2011, 06:51 PM
haha i feel the same way. although its not with equipment cuz i hav that all the time. itll b lik a jacket...so we barely drive out of the driveway and my mom says wow, it looks cold mayb u shld grab a jacket. me being all anxious to get to the lake say no illl b fine. well low and behold i freeze my watermelons off the whole day. every darn time that happens...
bowler
04-11-2011, 06:55 PM
haha i feel the same way. although its not with equipment cuz i hav that all the time. itll b lik a jacket...so we barely drive out of the driveway and my mom says wow, it looks cold mayb u shld grab a jacket. me being all anxious to get to the lake say no illl b fine. well low and behold i freeze my watermelons off the whole day. every darn time that happens...

My dad always tell me dress warm because you can alway take off the what you have on.
Frequent Flyer
04-11-2011, 06:58 PM
i guess thats bettr than freezing all day. but im kinda stubborn and wont tak it off cuz then id hav to hold it. the factor plays in that wen i fish i dont even eat the whole day cuz im so focused on fishing
bowler
04-11-2011, 07:03 PM
You sound like me i will not eat that much while i'm fishing too.
Frequent Flyer
04-11-2011, 07:09 PM
haha. i hate it wen i get nagged...i mean called on it...about it too!
Natural Lefty
04-11-2011, 08:11 PM
I don't get very hungry while fishing either. I thought it was just me, but I guess not. I think it's the adrenaline and concentrating on fishing. It makes fishing a sort of weight control device. :EyePop:
bowler
04-11-2011, 10:44 PM
GREAT JOB , and good report . Must of been fun to see the wife and kids hooked up . I was up there sun. to troll but unexpected engine problems kept me from launching . Cool pics , thanks
oh that sucks.

By the way all the pics were taken by my wife on her LG Ally
ghetto dad
04-12-2011, 01:42 AM
damn how did i miss ure report bowler??? GREAT job and VERY nice report brother


GD
bowler
04-12-2011, 10:32 AM
thank you GD.
billy b
04-13-2011, 07:14 AM
Loooks like maybe part of a power worm ... and the other has a power egg? Maybe it's the color. Is that a cheese pw? And which kind of egg? I've never tried an egg attached to a mjig ... new kind of stinger?
bowler
04-13-2011, 06:08 PM
Loooks like maybe part of a power worm ... and the other has a power egg? Maybe it's the color. Is that a cheese pw? And which kind of egg? I've never tried an egg attached to a mjig ... new kind of stinger?
No that is not a cheese pw it is chartreuse floating pw. It is a power egg on the other one in a color a yellow. I never attached a egg to a jig before. Since i was not getting any bites on the jig by it's self instead of walking back to the car and get a different color i put on what i had in my wifes tackle. So you can say it a new kind of stinger. It worked i got two off the power egg/jig combo.
SDDave
04-13-2011, 07:30 PM
nice job, the place looks beautiful...
bowler
04-13-2011, 07:34 PM
nice job, the place looks beautiful...

Thank you, Yes it is.
vanillagurilla
04-14-2011, 10:37 AM
Thats why I carry 10 jig colors lol and worms. Top jig colors you should always have, shad, firecracker shad, frog, grasshopper, white, and yellow white. For worms, chartruse, white, orange, natural or pumpkin seed, and black. Give power nymphs a try next time, use a 1/32 or 1/64 jig head, carolina rig or dropshot.
billy b
04-14-2011, 06:55 PM
Vanilla -

I've got all that stuff and more

But ... how do you rig up the power nymphs? .... and have you tried the power tubes?

Also ... do you add NC's or power worms to your jigs to make a "stinger?"
Frequent Flyer
04-14-2011, 07:01 PM
nymphs: u can put them on a jighead or dropshot and splitshot. all 3 ways u slide the hook thru the head and until the desired amount is in the hook. the tubes work well dropshot, nose hooked

also: u add powerworms as ur stinger and cut off some so that u can thread it on and it doesnt kill the action of the jig. use contrasting colors ex. black and chartruse nc,s dont relly work as a stinger for me because they will fall off
bowler
04-14-2011, 09:29 PM
Thats why I carry 10 jig colors lol and worms. Top jig colors you should always have, shad, firecracker shad, frog, grasshopper, white, and yellow white. For worms, chartruse, white, orange, natural or pumpkin seed, and black. Give power nymphs a try next time, use a 1/32 or 1/64 jig head, carolina rig or dropshot.
i had more jig colors in the car but i did not want to walk back and get them. I was using a 1/64. I only have chartruse and orange color worms.