Month: October 2019

I have run 14 – 45 minute transects in the last four days. The times, transects, and choice of lure / worm have all been randomized. Worms have been outdistancing lures in strikes and landed fish. However, worms have been “Cheating”. Aside from their deliciousness to trout, worms have been trolling lower in the water…

I ran three transects today. The loop route has fish in the northern end on the far side of the lake. Worms got the nod for the loop transect and they pulled ahead with 17 strikes, 1 hookup and lost, and 3 fish landed. Once fish find the worms they keep hitting them over and…

I went out tonight from 6:00 to 6:45 and trolled a silver FLUR in the north end of the Loop course. I hooked 3 fish and landed 2, in 45 minutes. Now, I’m not much of a trolling fisherman, but a hookup every 15 minutes looks good for the FLUR. However, I realized a bias…

Yesterday I was able to run the first transect of my experiment. Forty-five minutes without a strike. There were fish working, but not strikes along the southern route. I later caught one fish by casting a sheep creek special near working fish. Other than that one fish, my day was a ton of cold adventure….

Busy day on the water today. I landed 3 fish in two hours, trolling along the Loop Route above. My original plan was to just head north and south from the marina, but I know that fish “always” hang out above and below the island across from the marina. I also know that there are…

I got on the lake for two hours today for my first attempt at trolling two rods. Because of difficulties with wind I am considering running the experiment (comparing my FLUR fly/lures to trolled Nightcrawlers) with only one rod at a time. I landed my first fish after stopping the trolling motor. The wind whipped…

I spent the last two hours of the evening tonight trolling and midge fishing. I did land one fish midge fishing when I let the float soak unattended while I rigged up the trolling pole. The fish hooked itself and ran away from the boat so it was still on the line by the time…

After I spent a couple of days in Eureka I hit a two week period of self doubt and inactivity. My bike went in the shop and is still in the shop, but when I get it back it will be refurbished and ready to go. And, the idea of driving to Weaverville to ride…

I went out tonight fishing only with a spinning rod with the terminal gear shown above: A SEP side dodger attached to a FLUR (Fly / Lure) sporting a red and blue sparkle black mohair leech. I could not believe how many fish hit it as the same conditions last night hooked only one fish,…

Normally I would crop out or photoshop out the white buoy in the picture above. However, it is a landmark for the island across from Pine Cove Marina. The area I’ve fished the last several weeks is around the point at the right of the screen. The weather is 75 degrees all week with no…