First good trip in the boat
First good trip in the boat
We went to the big lake Wednesday, and it is huge. The dam is 319ft high, 3,000ft long, abt 9 miles long, lots of fingers,etc.
Water was 74-75 deg f. Lots of deep water, over 100ft deep in the main bodies; the shoreline is mostly vertical. We (my wife likes fishing too) spent 4hours on the water, 3pm to 7pm.
Tried trolling with rapala behind a diving sinker, but it was too much for the rod I brought. I will try that again with a little heavier rod.
Tried trolling with just rapala and different lures, but they seemed to just stay right at the top of the water, so I used a 3way swivel and added 1/2oz, then 1oz weight at different times with no idea what the rig was doing behind me.
We found some nice coves with tree cover and small schools of nice size fish showing on the finder. The water in the coves was typically 50ft deep! We drifted and casted with Mepps Agila and rooster tails.
Never got a bite. We did get distracted with exploring the lake, too and had a great time.
My brother sent me a care package from Utah with Vance's Dodger action flash, a bunch of Mepps Syclops and Aglia, and a Deep Six diviing sinker. We are looking forward to going back for more and try to be on the water when the sun comes up.
This is the nicest, cleanest lake I've found close to home (Lake Sonoma, Geyserville, I'm the guy from waaay out there).
Thanks for all the help, everyone. I sure do appreciate this site.