Hi all,
Well we switched gears and went fishing at Hogan for Stripers on Thursday, I called my dad to see if he wanted to go and there was no hesitation, so away we went. The day started out great with not even the second rod out and it was fish on, we boated a nice four and half pound striper.
Then it was my dads turn, he lost it, then he tried again and then the leader broke, so that was my fault, then the bite died for a couple hours, we kept fishing and finally the bite came back on and we ended the day landing five Stripers and losing four and had a couple good hits that the fish got the bait and not the hook.
So if you are interested in catching some hard fighting Stripers give me a call, and I will put you on some fish.
We should have had at least nine Stripers.
Thank you
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Friday, June 18, 2010
Hi Everyone,
Okay so now you that the fishing has been doing great at Don Pedro, well two great clients on Wednesday produced many fish, we had a great bite going with our home made spoons, we caught trout and a couple of kokanee and a nice King Salmon, we kept the King and the kokanee, then we switched over to fish just for kokanee and it was not long as we boated our limits of fat kokanee.
These kokanee are very fat with fish to 15 inches, so if you want to catch some fat kokes its time to go.
Thank you
Monte
Okay so now you that the fishing has been doing great at Don Pedro, well two great clients on Wednesday produced many fish, we had a great bite going with our home made spoons, we caught trout and a couple of kokanee and a nice King Salmon, we kept the King and the kokanee, then we switched over to fish just for kokanee and it was not long as we boated our limits of fat kokanee.
These kokanee are very fat with fish to 15 inches, so if you want to catch some fat kokes its time to go.
Thank you
Monte
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Okay ,
I have some better news.
After that terrible day at Melones, we were back on Don Pedro, and we had some terrific action!
This lake has been the best I have seen in recent years.
We are having no problem catching our clients limits of fish.
The trip before our dreadful day at Melones produced some quality fish for two clients and we were off the lake by 10:00 oclock on a Friday with some big Rainbows and and some quality Kings.
Then on June the 8Th at Don Pedro with two clients, the day started off with a triple and we boated two of the fish, the first fish was a nice Brown Trout and the second was a kokanee, so now I have the hardest fish of all to catch in the box, and the rest is down hill from here, the action was off the hook for us, as it took some time to finally catch some quality Rainbows, after one client loosing two good fish in a row and then the other client finally catching a good fish, but hey that's fishing, and as long as I can put you on fish.
The day was a great one one as we had a Don Pedro grand slam, Brown Trout, Kokanee Salmon,King Salmon and Rainbow Trout, that does not happen very often.
Then a trip Friday with a single client that was no problem catching his limit of fish and on this trip he had three different species of fish.
Then a trip on Saturday the 12Th of June with three clients,the day started off with high winds and I was sceptical of putting the boat in the water, but after thinking it over we put the boat in the water and was off, we were greeted with big waves that was coming over the bow, as we made our way to the fishing grounds and found a spot where we could fish out of he wind and the fish were in a good biting mood.
It did not take long to get our first fish in the box, then it happened we had a double with two fish going both good fish that I could see, the first one was a very nice Rainbow that was well over two pounds that we boated, and then the other fish was pulling even harder and just as I was telling the guy to slow down and not to pull so hard the fish came out of the water and I could see that it was a big Brown Trout and just then the hook came out and it was gone.
The fishing was going great and before I knew it we had 11 fish in the cooler and then one of the rods went down very hard, as I passed the rod off to one of the clients, I could tell the fish was a good one at that, the fish was stripping line and as I loosened up the drag and was coaching the guy on what to do, we were getting the fish close to the net as it made several good runs , and then as the fish was getting closer I could see the fish coming towards the surface and was getting ready to jump, and before I could tell the guy to reel faster and drop the rod the fish jumped out of the water at least three feet in the air, and he was broad side to us , and we could see just how big the fish was, and when the fish jumped it was gone, just that fast as it spit the hook!
This fish was at least four pounds if not bigger.
However the day ended at 10:15 with three limits of fish, oh and the guy that lost the big brown he did catch another smaller brown, almost another grand slam, we were shy the kokanee.
Thanks
Monte Smith
I have some better news.
After that terrible day at Melones, we were back on Don Pedro, and we had some terrific action!
This lake has been the best I have seen in recent years.
We are having no problem catching our clients limits of fish.
The trip before our dreadful day at Melones produced some quality fish for two clients and we were off the lake by 10:00 oclock on a Friday with some big Rainbows and and some quality Kings.
Then on June the 8Th at Don Pedro with two clients, the day started off with a triple and we boated two of the fish, the first fish was a nice Brown Trout and the second was a kokanee, so now I have the hardest fish of all to catch in the box, and the rest is down hill from here, the action was off the hook for us, as it took some time to finally catch some quality Rainbows, after one client loosing two good fish in a row and then the other client finally catching a good fish, but hey that's fishing, and as long as I can put you on fish.
The day was a great one one as we had a Don Pedro grand slam, Brown Trout, Kokanee Salmon,King Salmon and Rainbow Trout, that does not happen very often.
Then a trip Friday with a single client that was no problem catching his limit of fish and on this trip he had three different species of fish.
Then a trip on Saturday the 12Th of June with three clients,the day started off with high winds and I was sceptical of putting the boat in the water, but after thinking it over we put the boat in the water and was off, we were greeted with big waves that was coming over the bow, as we made our way to the fishing grounds and found a spot where we could fish out of he wind and the fish were in a good biting mood.
It did not take long to get our first fish in the box, then it happened we had a double with two fish going both good fish that I could see, the first one was a very nice Rainbow that was well over two pounds that we boated, and then the other fish was pulling even harder and just as I was telling the guy to slow down and not to pull so hard the fish came out of the water and I could see that it was a big Brown Trout and just then the hook came out and it was gone.
The fishing was going great and before I knew it we had 11 fish in the cooler and then one of the rods went down very hard, as I passed the rod off to one of the clients, I could tell the fish was a good one at that, the fish was stripping line and as I loosened up the drag and was coaching the guy on what to do, we were getting the fish close to the net as it made several good runs , and then as the fish was getting closer I could see the fish coming towards the surface and was getting ready to jump, and before I could tell the guy to reel faster and drop the rod the fish jumped out of the water at least three feet in the air, and he was broad side to us , and we could see just how big the fish was, and when the fish jumped it was gone, just that fast as it spit the hook!
This fish was at least four pounds if not bigger.
However the day ended at 10:15 with three limits of fish, oh and the guy that lost the big brown he did catch another smaller brown, almost another grand slam, we were shy the kokanee.
Thanks
Monte Smith
Hi All.
I know its been some time since I posted anything and I told you I had a trip planned to New Melones for some kokanee, well we made the trip and I was expecting some decent fishing for some kokes, as we left the dock at Tuttletown and got passed the drop off I started dropping lines and just as I got the fourth rod in the water we had a fish on, but as fast as we hooked our first fish it was gone just as fast.
I had high hopes for my three clients, and I always expect the best when fishing.
After reading the reports from the lake saying it was good fishing, man things were not even close, the fishing was tough!
After seven hours of fishing hard we only boated four kokanee and one small brown trout, we lost two other fish and missed three other bites for our efforts.
I trolled all over the lake, the fish are really scattered and at many differant depths, and most everyone that was out was having a hard time as well as they were going by us with there hands in the air as to say where are the fish and boats were going back and fourth searching for fish.
Not a good day at all, I sure hope it gets better as I know the fish are there somewhere.
Monte
I know its been some time since I posted anything and I told you I had a trip planned to New Melones for some kokanee, well we made the trip and I was expecting some decent fishing for some kokes, as we left the dock at Tuttletown and got passed the drop off I started dropping lines and just as I got the fourth rod in the water we had a fish on, but as fast as we hooked our first fish it was gone just as fast.
I had high hopes for my three clients, and I always expect the best when fishing.
After reading the reports from the lake saying it was good fishing, man things were not even close, the fishing was tough!
After seven hours of fishing hard we only boated four kokanee and one small brown trout, we lost two other fish and missed three other bites for our efforts.
I trolled all over the lake, the fish are really scattered and at many differant depths, and most everyone that was out was having a hard time as well as they were going by us with there hands in the air as to say where are the fish and boats were going back and fourth searching for fish.
Not a good day at all, I sure hope it gets better as I know the fish are there somewhere.
Monte
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Hi everyone,
Again, two more trips to Don Pedro this week and the fishing has not disappointed us at all.
Yes, the moon was coming full and we had no problem at all boating mixed limits of King Salmon and Rainbow trout for our clients, Tuesdays clients we were able to get in a great day of fishing, before a Storm was coming and they boated and released many fish before the days end keeping there ten nice fish, they kept four trout and six kings, then Friday the fishing was just as good, as we fished just after a couple days of hard rain, ,it was a great day, we caught some quality fish with the biggest king weighing in at Three and a half pounds.
I can not express enough now is the time to go fishing, and now the weather looks to be great for for sometime (I hope), with some trips scheduled for Melones kokanee, it will be a good change of pace for us.
Will let you know on the outcome of our trips!
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Again, two more trips to Don Pedro this week and the fishing has not disappointed us at all.
Yes, the moon was coming full and we had no problem at all boating mixed limits of King Salmon and Rainbow trout for our clients, Tuesdays clients we were able to get in a great day of fishing, before a Storm was coming and they boated and released many fish before the days end keeping there ten nice fish, they kept four trout and six kings, then Friday the fishing was just as good, as we fished just after a couple days of hard rain, ,it was a great day, we caught some quality fish with the biggest king weighing in at Three and a half pounds.
I can not express enough now is the time to go fishing, and now the weather looks to be great for for sometime (I hope), with some trips scheduled for Melones kokanee, it will be a good change of pace for us.
Will let you know on the outcome of our trips!
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Hi All,
Okay, remember in my last posting where I said the fishing was hot at Don Pedro on Tuesday with three clients, well I was out again on Friday the 21st with four clients at Don Pedro,this time they hired me to go out in there boat and help them with there equipment, so I packed some gear, like lures and a couple of rods and off I went.
I used my home made spoons and we hammered the fish, and thought the fishing was good before, but this time it was smokin hot!
The wind was blowing and the fish were coming on board fast.
We ended up keeping 18 fish at the days end, we also caught a small brown that we let go, one guy lost three fish in a row, everyone lost fish on this day, we also caught a nice bass that went back in the pond.
The three biggest fish were (trout) that looked like triplets all at three pounds, check out the photos on my web site = they should be there soon.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Okay, remember in my last posting where I said the fishing was hot at Don Pedro on Tuesday with three clients, well I was out again on Friday the 21st with four clients at Don Pedro,this time they hired me to go out in there boat and help them with there equipment, so I packed some gear, like lures and a couple of rods and off I went.
I used my home made spoons and we hammered the fish, and thought the fishing was good before, but this time it was smokin hot!
The wind was blowing and the fish were coming on board fast.
We ended up keeping 18 fish at the days end, we also caught a small brown that we let go, one guy lost three fish in a row, everyone lost fish on this day, we also caught a nice bass that went back in the pond.
The three biggest fish were (trout) that looked like triplets all at three pounds, check out the photos on my web site = they should be there soon.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Hi everyone,
Man all can say the fishing is on here at Don Pedro!
We fished today May the 18Th for great action!!! with three clients.
I did not even get the second rod out and we had fish on, it took awhile to get the fourth rod out and before I knew it we had six nice trout in the box and we lost a couple of fish in the heat of the moment.
We have been running nothing but our home made spoons to catch our trout and some salmon.
The water is warming to the 70 degree mark on the surface, so that means the fish are dropping.
Then around ten or so we swithced over to roll shad at much deeper depths for salmon, it took sometime to get the fish interested in our bait and locate them, but once we did we had some decent action, we ended the day with 13 fish in the boat and lost some salmon in the process, but a great day of fishing.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Man all can say the fishing is on here at Don Pedro!
We fished today May the 18Th for great action!!! with three clients.
I did not even get the second rod out and we had fish on, it took awhile to get the fourth rod out and before I knew it we had six nice trout in the box and we lost a couple of fish in the heat of the moment.
We have been running nothing but our home made spoons to catch our trout and some salmon.
The water is warming to the 70 degree mark on the surface, so that means the fish are dropping.
Then around ten or so we swithced over to roll shad at much deeper depths for salmon, it took sometime to get the fish interested in our bait and locate them, but once we did we had some decent action, we ended the day with 13 fish in the boat and lost some salmon in the process, but a great day of fishing.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Friday, May 14, 2010
We were back at Don Pedro again today the 14Th day of May with two very nice people.
The day started out somewhat slow as it took a little time to locate the fish, but once we found them, and found what color they wanted we focused on that, and after boating a couple of nice trout, then we switched over to fishing with bait to try our luck at Salmon, it was not long before and we found a school of fish that were willing to bite and we ended the day around noon with our ten fish.
A very nice day on the water!
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
The day started out somewhat slow as it took a little time to locate the fish, but once we found them, and found what color they wanted we focused on that, and after boating a couple of nice trout, then we switched over to fishing with bait to try our luck at Salmon, it was not long before and we found a school of fish that were willing to bite and we ended the day around noon with our ten fish.
A very nice day on the water!
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Hi all,
A trip back to Pedro on May the 13Th with two great people wanting to see my technique's on how I caught trout and King Salmon, so we trolled our homemade spoons for the first Three hours catching, keeping, releasing and losing some fish, then we switched over to fish bait at deeper depths, we were done at 12:oo O'clock straight up with our ten fish, we had three trout and seven Kings, what a great day to be on the water.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
A trip back to Pedro on May the 13Th with two great people wanting to see my technique's on how I caught trout and King Salmon, so we trolled our homemade spoons for the first Three hours catching, keeping, releasing and losing some fish, then we switched over to fish bait at deeper depths, we were done at 12:oo O'clock straight up with our ten fish, we had three trout and seven Kings, what a great day to be on the water.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Hi everyone,
Man all I can say the fishing is on at Don Pedro!
A trip on May the 12Th to the lake, these folks wanted to catch only King Salmon, and that's all we caught, we had a great bite with the first fish of the day being Three pounds, and then all smaller fish, but a great day, we ended the day keeping our ten and we released five fish, and losing some in the process.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Man all I can say the fishing is on at Don Pedro!
A trip on May the 12Th to the lake, these folks wanted to catch only King Salmon, and that's all we caught, we had a great bite with the first fish of the day being Three pounds, and then all smaller fish, but a great day, we ended the day keeping our ten and we released five fish, and losing some in the process.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Monday, May 10, 2010
Hello everyone.
I tell you what May is a great month to catch Trout.
Saturday the 8Th of May we were back at Don Pedro, this day proved to be a great day, the weather was perfect and the fish were in a great biting mood, we caught big nice trout and King Salmon trolling our home made spoons for the entire trip.
We had three limits of fish by 11:00 o'clock and we also lost a really big king salmon just as it was getting ready to be netted, nobody did anything wrong it just spit the hook, so that means it just was not hooked good enough to begin with.
Check out the photos on my web site.
Thanks
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
I tell you what May is a great month to catch Trout.
Saturday the 8Th of May we were back at Don Pedro, this day proved to be a great day, the weather was perfect and the fish were in a great biting mood, we caught big nice trout and King Salmon trolling our home made spoons for the entire trip.
We had three limits of fish by 11:00 o'clock and we also lost a really big king salmon just as it was getting ready to be netted, nobody did anything wrong it just spit the hook, so that means it just was not hooked good enough to begin with.
Check out the photos on my web site.
Thanks
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
A trip to the Don Pedro with a single client on the 4Th of May was a good day.
The day started out trolling fast with our homemade spoons, if you have never seen this done, you have to experience it at least once, can you imagine trolling three miles per hour and and a big trout hits it, what the rod does is a sight to see, and trying to get it out of the rod holder is a blast.
This day I did not even get the second rod out as we had a fish on, so we boated that one and let it go.
We fished this way for the first three hours or so and then switched over to Kings, and we caught some from 80 to 95 feet, we also caught a kokanee at 80 feet on shad go figure.
We finished the day keeping seven fish, and letting some go, and we lost a few also.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Soprtfishing
The day started out trolling fast with our homemade spoons, if you have never seen this done, you have to experience it at least once, can you imagine trolling three miles per hour and and a big trout hits it, what the rod does is a sight to see, and trying to get it out of the rod holder is a blast.
This day I did not even get the second rod out as we had a fish on, so we boated that one and let it go.
We fished this way for the first three hours or so and then switched over to Kings, and we caught some from 80 to 95 feet, we also caught a kokanee at 80 feet on shad go figure.
We finished the day keeping seven fish, and letting some go, and we lost a few also.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Soprtfishing
Hi all,
Okay I know its been sometime since my last posting, so please forgive me.
We have basically been fishing just Don Pedro, and the action has been good for us.
A trip on the 30Th of April with three returning clients for the past four years did not disappoint. I thought we would be bucking the winds as the storms we were having, but to my surprise the weather was perfect, we started out by the dam and it was not ten minutes and we had a double, after netting one of the fish, (we lost the other,) as soon as I got the second rod back out it was fish on again, I thought wow this is going to be great, so I worked the area hard for awhile for nothing, so we moved on and had some hits and boated a couple of fish and as the progressed, we had a slow steady pick of fish, when the day came to an end, they had ten fish to take home.
We let some go and we lost a few in the process, but a good day on the water.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Okay I know its been sometime since my last posting, so please forgive me.
We have basically been fishing just Don Pedro, and the action has been good for us.
A trip on the 30Th of April with three returning clients for the past four years did not disappoint. I thought we would be bucking the winds as the storms we were having, but to my surprise the weather was perfect, we started out by the dam and it was not ten minutes and we had a double, after netting one of the fish, (we lost the other,) as soon as I got the second rod back out it was fish on again, I thought wow this is going to be great, so I worked the area hard for awhile for nothing, so we moved on and had some hits and boated a couple of fish and as the progressed, we had a slow steady pick of fish, when the day came to an end, they had ten fish to take home.
We let some go and we lost a few in the process, but a good day on the water.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Monday, April 19, 2010
Hi all.
I had a trip on Monday the 19Th at New Melones with two great guys.
Now these two guys really wanted to learn and know how to catch kokanee, now they have fished before on there own and were not that lucky, but I tell you what they brought there note pads and took lots of notes and they are now ready to go out on there own and catch lots of fish.
Just by hiring a guide they learned more in one day than spending many countless hours of fishing on there own.
Now this day was a good day of fishing, the weather was just great and the fish were happy to see us as they were willing to bite, the bite was good as soon as we started, then it slowed down, we had sporadic action slowly picking up a fish here and there until about 11:30, when we had our ten fish, now the kokanee action was good for us this day as we boated 8 kokanee and two trout.
The best news is, is this years kokanee are already bigger than they were last year at this time, the biggest kokanee we caught today was fourteen and a half inches, so that is great to see as it is very early in the season.
So if you are thinking about booking a trip, lets make some plans ahead of time.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
I had a trip on Monday the 19Th at New Melones with two great guys.
Now these two guys really wanted to learn and know how to catch kokanee, now they have fished before on there own and were not that lucky, but I tell you what they brought there note pads and took lots of notes and they are now ready to go out on there own and catch lots of fish.
Just by hiring a guide they learned more in one day than spending many countless hours of fishing on there own.
Now this day was a good day of fishing, the weather was just great and the fish were happy to see us as they were willing to bite, the bite was good as soon as we started, then it slowed down, we had sporadic action slowly picking up a fish here and there until about 11:30, when we had our ten fish, now the kokanee action was good for us this day as we boated 8 kokanee and two trout.
The best news is, is this years kokanee are already bigger than they were last year at this time, the biggest kokanee we caught today was fourteen and a half inches, so that is great to see as it is very early in the season.
So if you are thinking about booking a trip, lets make some plans ahead of time.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Wow another post so soon!
I had a trip to Don Pedro on Sunday the 18Th, these two guys wanted to catch King Salmon, and catch kings we did, now they are not big, around one and a half to a little over two pounds, but I tell you what these fish fight like crazy.
My clients boated seven Kings and Three trout, a good days fishing!
Also we lost and missed a few, but as you know that's fishing.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
I had a trip to Don Pedro on Sunday the 18Th, these two guys wanted to catch King Salmon, and catch kings we did, now they are not big, around one and a half to a little over two pounds, but I tell you what these fish fight like crazy.
My clients boated seven Kings and Three trout, a good days fishing!
Also we lost and missed a few, but as you know that's fishing.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Hi everyone,
All I can say is the fishing is really starting to get way better.
I had a trip Thursday the 15Th with three clients at New Melones, we caught 11 fish, seven nice trout and four kokanee, we lost a few just out of reach of the net and had many bump and runs.
It sure is nice to see the kokanee and they are fat little critters and seem to be growing fast.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
All I can say is the fishing is really starting to get way better.
I had a trip Thursday the 15Th with three clients at New Melones, we caught 11 fish, seven nice trout and four kokanee, we lost a few just out of reach of the net and had many bump and runs.
It sure is nice to see the kokanee and they are fat little critters and seem to be growing fast.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Hi everyone,,
Wow another post so soon since the last one.
Okay, I had two trips to Melones this week, Friday and Saturday.
Lets start with Friday first, man what a beautiful day to be out fishing, had four people on board so you now what that means, I put out six rods, two side plainers and the four downriggers with kokanee gear on them, with all that gear in the water we had to catch something or at least snag something.
Well it was not long and we started getting bit, everything was getting bit, we were catching trout on the surface and we even started catching some kokanee.
The kokanee seems to finally have shown there faces, no they are not big yet,they are only about 13 inches, however they are fat and full of plankton also a very welcome site to see, at one point we even had a triple but lost all of them, we did end the day at noon with ten fish, four trout and six kokanee, this was a good day of fishing as we should have gotten more to the boat but that's fishing.
Now for Saturday, I thought I could back to where I left off Friday, now the fish were there but the bite was a tough one as we had a storm front on the approach, and I tell you what this shut the bite down, we lost a couple fish and missed some strikes, we only boated three fish on this day, we fought the wind as it would blow pretty hard and calm down a little and then blow hard again making it tough to control the boat at times, but we managed, when the weather finally decides to stay nice the fishing will break wide open.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Wow another post so soon since the last one.
Okay, I had two trips to Melones this week, Friday and Saturday.
Lets start with Friday first, man what a beautiful day to be out fishing, had four people on board so you now what that means, I put out six rods, two side plainers and the four downriggers with kokanee gear on them, with all that gear in the water we had to catch something or at least snag something.
Well it was not long and we started getting bit, everything was getting bit, we were catching trout on the surface and we even started catching some kokanee.
The kokanee seems to finally have shown there faces, no they are not big yet,they are only about 13 inches, however they are fat and full of plankton also a very welcome site to see, at one point we even had a triple but lost all of them, we did end the day at noon with ten fish, four trout and six kokanee, this was a good day of fishing as we should have gotten more to the boat but that's fishing.
Now for Saturday, I thought I could back to where I left off Friday, now the fish were there but the bite was a tough one as we had a storm front on the approach, and I tell you what this shut the bite down, we lost a couple fish and missed some strikes, we only boated three fish on this day, we fought the wind as it would blow pretty hard and calm down a little and then blow hard again making it tough to control the boat at times, but we managed, when the weather finally decides to stay nice the fishing will break wide open.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Hi all,
April the 2ND I take my two kids fishing to Don Pedro, it was over cast with a slight breeze, we started out trolling our usual fast trolling spoons, that only produced one small trout, so we let it go, Then I switched over to troll for some Kings and i did not even get the third rod out as we have fish on, that was a small king so we let it go and we keep on catching kings, we had a good bite going and we caught alot of kings releasing most of them and only keeping the fatter ones, then we switched back over to troll for some trout and we ended up catching three nice trout, so we kept them , by now it 12:30 and time to go home as I had a trip back to Don Pedro in the morning.
There is alot of kings, but all most all of them are only 12 to 15 inch fish, I know there are some bigger ones out there somewhere.
April the 3rd were back at Don Pedro with three clients and an approaching storm front, I know you are probably already thinking what I am going to say next, and yes you are correct it was an UGLY day of fishing, not just weather wise, but catching as well, I hate to say this but I tell it how it is or was fishing, we only boated one fish, yes just one, and we lost lost two others, had several hits on the kings rods, but it was not even close to comparison as the day before.
Then we had a trip planned for Monday the 5Th, but nobody wanted to get wet as it rained all of Easter night and into the next day, so we will try again soon, and I know the fishing will be better in a few weeks.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishig
April the 2ND I take my two kids fishing to Don Pedro, it was over cast with a slight breeze, we started out trolling our usual fast trolling spoons, that only produced one small trout, so we let it go, Then I switched over to troll for some Kings and i did not even get the third rod out as we have fish on, that was a small king so we let it go and we keep on catching kings, we had a good bite going and we caught alot of kings releasing most of them and only keeping the fatter ones, then we switched back over to troll for some trout and we ended up catching three nice trout, so we kept them , by now it 12:30 and time to go home as I had a trip back to Don Pedro in the morning.
There is alot of kings, but all most all of them are only 12 to 15 inch fish, I know there are some bigger ones out there somewhere.
April the 3rd were back at Don Pedro with three clients and an approaching storm front, I know you are probably already thinking what I am going to say next, and yes you are correct it was an UGLY day of fishing, not just weather wise, but catching as well, I hate to say this but I tell it how it is or was fishing, we only boated one fish, yes just one, and we lost lost two others, had several hits on the kings rods, but it was not even close to comparison as the day before.
Then we had a trip planned for Monday the 5Th, but nobody wanted to get wet as it rained all of Easter night and into the next day, so we will try again soon, and I know the fishing will be better in a few weeks.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishig
Okay, as long as I am in the posting mood, lets keep it going.
March 26Th, we headed to Melones with a returning client, but he was not able to start until about 8:30 and he just needed to get out of the house and to catch fish would be a bonus, it was a nice day, but a cold one at that, as it was 38 degrees still at 8:30.
It was not long and we had fish on and then another, then we had some drive bys, we fished until about 1:00 o'clock for four trout and a bass that went back into the pond.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
March 26Th, we headed to Melones with a returning client, but he was not able to start until about 8:30 and he just needed to get out of the house and to catch fish would be a bonus, it was a nice day, but a cold one at that, as it was 38 degrees still at 8:30.
It was not long and we had fish on and then another, then we had some drive bys, we fished until about 1:00 o'clock for four trout and a bass that went back into the pond.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Hi all,
Okay, I know its been too long since my last post.
Lets see if I can get this straight.
We have been fishing, but have slacked on the photos and some of the fish have not been photo worthy if you know what I mean.
The 24Th of March I had three returning clients at Don Pedro, we started with trolling spoons from the surface to 17 feet and about 45 minutes had passed and finally, we boat a trout, then another and another , and before I knew it we have five fish in the boat, I was thinking wow, this looks like it might be a pretty good day of fishing, then he bite slowed and we made a move to some different water, after a short while we boated a very nice trout a little over two pounds, all this happened by about 10:30.
Then a south wind came up and it was like someone turned the light switch to the off position, because we never had another bite for the rest of the day, and with the south wind we had a storm front coming in , and that's what had to stop the bite.
We covered many miles of water in search for some fish,what a tough on the water.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Okay, I know its been too long since my last post.
Lets see if I can get this straight.
We have been fishing, but have slacked on the photos and some of the fish have not been photo worthy if you know what I mean.
The 24Th of March I had three returning clients at Don Pedro, we started with trolling spoons from the surface to 17 feet and about 45 minutes had passed and finally, we boat a trout, then another and another , and before I knew it we have five fish in the boat, I was thinking wow, this looks like it might be a pretty good day of fishing, then he bite slowed and we made a move to some different water, after a short while we boated a very nice trout a little over two pounds, all this happened by about 10:30.
Then a south wind came up and it was like someone turned the light switch to the off position, because we never had another bite for the rest of the day, and with the south wind we had a storm front coming in , and that's what had to stop the bite.
We covered many miles of water in search for some fish,what a tough on the water.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Hi everybody,
I received an email from Bill Karr of Western Outdoor News a couple of days ago and he said he needed to run a test on a new product and we needed to go to a lake that had King Salmon in it. We settled on Tuesday the 16 Th of March at Don Pedro, we get the boat in the water at 7:00 and head out to the fishing grounds and get setup, we set out the rods and its not to long and we start getting bit, we fished for alittle over two hours and we caught 10 small Kings, the test we ran were on some new flashers, and I tell you what they really worked great I have not seen anything like this and I don't think the fish have seen them either, as the side of the boat we had them on was the only side that was getting bit.
I wanted to get Bill some nice fish, so I switched over to catch some trout as we trolled along for awhile with out a hit, bill was starting to wonder how long it was going to take to catch something one of the rods doubles over hard! he grabs the rod as I turn around to watch, the fish is already airborne again and again and I'm thinking this is a nice fish, this fished made several hard runs and as we get him close to the boat and we finally get a good look at him, we were like wow that's a nice fish! as I eased it into the net and after a few high fives, he measured twenty inches and weighed Three pounds, so we work the area and 15 minutes later the same rod goes off again and again another nice fish, although it was not as big as the first one it was still another beauty, around two pounds, and then we boated one more trout after another twenty minutes a smaller fish yet, but a good fish, so we pulled in the rods and called it a day, as Bill had a long drive home.
A successful day on the water catching fish and running a test on a new product.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
I received an email from Bill Karr of Western Outdoor News a couple of days ago and he said he needed to run a test on a new product and we needed to go to a lake that had King Salmon in it. We settled on Tuesday the 16 Th of March at Don Pedro, we get the boat in the water at 7:00 and head out to the fishing grounds and get setup, we set out the rods and its not to long and we start getting bit, we fished for alittle over two hours and we caught 10 small Kings, the test we ran were on some new flashers, and I tell you what they really worked great I have not seen anything like this and I don't think the fish have seen them either, as the side of the boat we had them on was the only side that was getting bit.
I wanted to get Bill some nice fish, so I switched over to catch some trout as we trolled along for awhile with out a hit, bill was starting to wonder how long it was going to take to catch something one of the rods doubles over hard! he grabs the rod as I turn around to watch, the fish is already airborne again and again and I'm thinking this is a nice fish, this fished made several hard runs and as we get him close to the boat and we finally get a good look at him, we were like wow that's a nice fish! as I eased it into the net and after a few high fives, he measured twenty inches and weighed Three pounds, so we work the area and 15 minutes later the same rod goes off again and again another nice fish, although it was not as big as the first one it was still another beauty, around two pounds, and then we boated one more trout after another twenty minutes a smaller fish yet, but a good fish, so we pulled in the rods and called it a day, as Bill had a long drive home.
A successful day on the water catching fish and running a test on a new product.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
OK I guess it time to catch up on my posting.
Wow have we had some rain or what!
Sure has been tough getting out between the storms rolling through, but that's okay we neeeeeeddd the rain.
Finally a day I know its going to be nice Thursday the 11Th of March, I called my dad to see if he would like to get out and go fishing no hesitation there.
We headed for Don Pedro and it was a pretty cool morning, but I new we were in store for a very sunny day.
As we got to the lake it looked as if allot of other people had the same idea.
We started out fishing for Kings for the first hour and a half and we only boated one small king, and then I switched over to troll for some trout and once we found the fish we caught some good fish, one weighed in at three pounds and another weighed well over two pounds and then some smaller ones a little over a pound, we also lost three others that we seen , but just came undone, so at the end of the day we boated six trout and lost three and we caught two small salmon that we let go.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Wow have we had some rain or what!
Sure has been tough getting out between the storms rolling through, but that's okay we neeeeeeddd the rain.
Finally a day I know its going to be nice Thursday the 11Th of March, I called my dad to see if he would like to get out and go fishing no hesitation there.
We headed for Don Pedro and it was a pretty cool morning, but I new we were in store for a very sunny day.
As we got to the lake it looked as if allot of other people had the same idea.
We started out fishing for Kings for the first hour and a half and we only boated one small king, and then I switched over to troll for some trout and once we found the fish we caught some good fish, one weighed in at three pounds and another weighed well over two pounds and then some smaller ones a little over a pound, we also lost three others that we seen , but just came undone, so at the end of the day we boated six trout and lost three and we caught two small salmon that we let go.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Okay, I know its been to long since my last posting so here it goes.
February the 20Th took my two girls out fishing to Don Pedro, it was an overcast day and it took awhile to find some fish that wanted to play, but once we found them it was a blast watching my kids reel in some very nice fish as you can see on the gallery page of my web site.
Taylor my youngest daughter was the only one that wanted her picture taken as my oldest is now a teenager and you know how that goes, but as long as they still want to go fishing thats fine with me.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
February the 20Th took my two girls out fishing to Don Pedro, it was an overcast day and it took awhile to find some fish that wanted to play, but once we found them it was a blast watching my kids reel in some very nice fish as you can see on the gallery page of my web site.
Taylor my youngest daughter was the only one that wanted her picture taken as my oldest is now a teenager and you know how that goes, but as long as they still want to go fishing thats fine with me.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Hi All,
We made a trip to Melones on Tuesday the 16Th with two great clients (Brothers)
The fishing was a tough one and I mean tough we only boated four fish and had three other strikes, the best part of the day was when we boated a beautiful Three pound Rainbow.
We covered alot of water for our efforts, we tried many different depths and lures.
It was a beautiful day to be on the water.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
We made a trip to Melones on Tuesday the 16Th with two great clients (Brothers)
The fishing was a tough one and I mean tough we only boated four fish and had three other strikes, the best part of the day was when we boated a beautiful Three pound Rainbow.
We covered alot of water for our efforts, we tried many different depths and lures.
It was a beautiful day to be on the water.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Hi all,
Okay its time for an update on the fishing,
Lets see we had two trips this week at Don Pedro.
The first trip was Monday the 8Th of Feb, the fishing was okay, it was not as fast as I would have liked, but we still boated 8 fish and lost a couple and missed four strikes, the fish are still in the top 12 feet of water, we covered several miles of water to find our fish.
Also on Monday an eight pound brown was caught out of Don Pedro, not by us, although it should would have been nice to catch a monster fish like that.
Now on Thursday the 11Th we fished some of the same water,but did not spend to much time there as we only caught a few fish here and there, so we tried some new water and it paid off, as we boated eleven fish all nice fish in the two to two and a half pound range all quality fish!
We only lost three fish this day and we had about four other strikes that the fish just did not get the hook far enough into there mouth, but we can not catch them all every time.
I am sorry as we have no pictures of these two trips, hopefully next time the camera will get to go fishing with us.
Now for some big news, if you have not already heard this that on Thursday the 11Th at Melones a new lake record Brown Trout was caught, yes a Thirteeen pound one ounce Brown was caught, now that is a trophy fish!
Thanks
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Okay its time for an update on the fishing,
Lets see we had two trips this week at Don Pedro.
The first trip was Monday the 8Th of Feb, the fishing was okay, it was not as fast as I would have liked, but we still boated 8 fish and lost a couple and missed four strikes, the fish are still in the top 12 feet of water, we covered several miles of water to find our fish.
Also on Monday an eight pound brown was caught out of Don Pedro, not by us, although it should would have been nice to catch a monster fish like that.
Now on Thursday the 11Th we fished some of the same water,but did not spend to much time there as we only caught a few fish here and there, so we tried some new water and it paid off, as we boated eleven fish all nice fish in the two to two and a half pound range all quality fish!
We only lost three fish this day and we had about four other strikes that the fish just did not get the hook far enough into there mouth, but we can not catch them all every time.
I am sorry as we have no pictures of these two trips, hopefully next time the camera will get to go fishing with us.
Now for some big news, if you have not already heard this that on Thursday the 11Th at Melones a new lake record Brown Trout was caught, yes a Thirteeen pound one ounce Brown was caught, now that is a trophy fish!
Thanks
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Friday, January 29, 2010
Hi all,
Well we hit the water today the 29 Th day of January at Don Pedro for the first time since being home the sports show in Sacramento, just to see what was happening, the water looked good just a slight color to it the lake level on the rise a little grass in the water, but not too bad and the fish were happy to see us and in the biting mood.
Lots of fish today, we covered alot of water and we boated nineteen fish, we counted only the ones that made it to the boat, we only lost two fish today, but had several strikes that did not produce, we kept only the better fish.
No one else out fishing today only saw just a couple of boats.
So if your interested in catching some fish lets hook up and go fishing for some great action!
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Well we hit the water today the 29 Th day of January at Don Pedro for the first time since being home the sports show in Sacramento, just to see what was happening, the water looked good just a slight color to it the lake level on the rise a little grass in the water, but not too bad and the fish were happy to see us and in the biting mood.
Lots of fish today, we covered alot of water and we boated nineteen fish, we counted only the ones that made it to the boat, we only lost two fish today, but had several strikes that did not produce, we kept only the better fish.
No one else out fishing today only saw just a couple of boats.
So if your interested in catching some fish lets hook up and go fishing for some great action!
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Hi all,
We made it home from the I.S.E. show in Sacramento this past week and what a great show it was.
Lots of people came by the our booth, to talk fishing and get information on our trips and put their names down for the upcoming season.
Also people came by to say they hear me on the Bob Simms radio show and they like reading my fishing reports, that really means alot to me.
Thank you!!
Wow what a great ten days of rain, boy do we need this and many more storms like it except for the wind.
The snow the mountains , bring it on!!!
I think we are going to see a great year in fishing with big trout and and bigger kokanee than last year, I am hoping the kings are going to show in good numbers at Pedro and McClure
The lakes are on the rise and the water clarity is okay, somewhat stained close to the shore lines.
We have brand new St Croix rods this year, new digitroll four down riggers, Minn Kota I pilot and a brand new Furuno 585 digital fish finder, also brand new seats to sit on.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
We made it home from the I.S.E. show in Sacramento this past week and what a great show it was.
Lots of people came by the our booth, to talk fishing and get information on our trips and put their names down for the upcoming season.
Also people came by to say they hear me on the Bob Simms radio show and they like reading my fishing reports, that really means alot to me.
Thank you!!
Wow what a great ten days of rain, boy do we need this and many more storms like it except for the wind.
The snow the mountains , bring it on!!!
I think we are going to see a great year in fishing with big trout and and bigger kokanee than last year, I am hoping the kings are going to show in good numbers at Pedro and McClure
The lakes are on the rise and the water clarity is okay, somewhat stained close to the shore lines.
We have brand new St Croix rods this year, new digitroll four down riggers, Minn Kota I pilot and a brand new Furuno 585 digital fish finder, also brand new seats to sit on.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
HI all,
Well we had a trip to Melones today the 6Th of January, got a later start, but that does not matter very much this time of year.
We had a high fog that only took a few hours to clear and what a beautiful day it turned to be.
It did not take to long to find the fish, and they were in the biting mood, only one client today and he had a great time catching and releasing fish and went home with his limit of trout for the dinner table.
We are having a great time catching plenty of fish, so now is a good time to go fishing and get out of this fog in the valley and head to the hills to see the sun shine, (oh and catch some fish)
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Well we had a trip to Melones today the 6Th of January, got a later start, but that does not matter very much this time of year.
We had a high fog that only took a few hours to clear and what a beautiful day it turned to be.
It did not take to long to find the fish, and they were in the biting mood, only one client today and he had a great time catching and releasing fish and went home with his limit of trout for the dinner table.
We are having a great time catching plenty of fish, so now is a good time to go fishing and get out of this fog in the valley and head to the hills to see the sun shine, (oh and catch some fish)
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Hi Everyone.
Well we made a trip to Don Pedro today the 5Th of January, took my two girls for some fishing,
did not know what to expect we started fishing as soon as we crossed the bouy line at Blue Oaks Launch ramp, did not even get the third rod out as we had a fish on, that one came undone and got the rod set again and almost instantly we had another fish on and we get that fish to the boat and in the box it goes, the action was non stop for some time than it slowed down and as we had a fish here and there, then we moved on to new water and started catching and releasing fish again we were only keeping the bleeders.
The biggest fish of the day is when we had a fish rap the kicker motor, got that out and then it went under the boat and got hung up on the jet pump and ended up losing that fish, the fish was at least pushing three pounds, anyway it was a great day of fishing.
We boated nineteen fish and had several hookups that did not produce, now I know your probably thinking no way we caught that many fish, but yes we did.
The weather was high fog and very little sun,but was a very nice day of fishing, will post the pictures soon, the fish for the most part are planters, but still lots of fun!!!
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Well we made a trip to Don Pedro today the 5Th of January, took my two girls for some fishing,
did not know what to expect we started fishing as soon as we crossed the bouy line at Blue Oaks Launch ramp, did not even get the third rod out as we had a fish on, that one came undone and got the rod set again and almost instantly we had another fish on and we get that fish to the boat and in the box it goes, the action was non stop for some time than it slowed down and as we had a fish here and there, then we moved on to new water and started catching and releasing fish again we were only keeping the bleeders.
The biggest fish of the day is when we had a fish rap the kicker motor, got that out and then it went under the boat and got hung up on the jet pump and ended up losing that fish, the fish was at least pushing three pounds, anyway it was a great day of fishing.
We boated nineteen fish and had several hookups that did not produce, now I know your probably thinking no way we caught that many fish, but yes we did.
The weather was high fog and very little sun,but was a very nice day of fishing, will post the pictures soon, the fish for the most part are planters, but still lots of fun!!!
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Friday, January 1, 2010
Hi All,
Okay the first post of the new year!
Happy New year to all.
We made two trips to the lake this past week, on Monday we kept eight fish,
Then we had a trip on Thursday, we boated 20 fish and the clients kept there ten, the fish are mainly planters, the biggest fish we caught was two and a half pounds and we lost three other very nice fish just out side reach of the net.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
Okay the first post of the new year!
Happy New year to all.
We made two trips to the lake this past week, on Monday we kept eight fish,
Then we had a trip on Thursday, we boated 20 fish and the clients kept there ten, the fish are mainly planters, the biggest fish we caught was two and a half pounds and we lost three other very nice fish just out side reach of the net.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing
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