What a fall season we have been having. The local lakes are fishing very well. I fished Luk Lake solo in late November and it was a good as Luk lake has ever been. The fished planted this season are large and feisty. The Fly Shop in Redding must have planted a different strain or the cold weather has the trout healthy and spunky. I landed 20 with in the first hour of fishing. The fish were still podded up and it was like fishing out of a barrel. It was actually too easy so I quit fishing early.
Next up was Oroville lake with Kenny. Cold and foggy morning but the fish cooperated. We landed 44 but lost a bunch at the boat. The Oroville Float and Fly master Ryan Williams did about the same that day. We were surprised and happy to contend with his numbers. The size average of the spotted bass in the lake was really good. No dinks.
Michael was visiting for Thanksgiving so we made a quick trip to the River for a chance at some big stripers. Matthew had a couple fish boil at his glidebait but that was it. We quit early to grab a nice hot breakfast at Nash’s.
Next up, back to Luk Lake with Matthew. The fish are more spread out and thus the fishing was much tougher. We landed 16 in a couple hours and left early so Matthew could get to class. Hard fighting thick fish.
Braving the cold, Matthew and I took another trip to Oroville. This time the conditions were still fantastic but the fish did not cooperate. We only landed 12 in 3 hours of fishing which, for Oroville lake, is really slow. We saw lots of follows on the Livescope but the fish did not seem to be eating.
Office Pajama Christmas Dinner party in my managers shop. Fun night in a cool shop.
Some of the meals Matthew has been preparing for us lately.
