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by Otay Michael
Mon Feb 13, 2017 11:39 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: IMMEDIATE EVACUATION ORDERS | Spillway Failure expected within 60 minutes
Replies: 12
Views: 4845

Re: IMMEDIATE EVACUATION ORDERS | Spillway Failure expected within 60 minutes

I have this sinking feeling dropping rocks, no matter with 10 or 100 helicopters, is like the little boy putting his finger in the dike. Anyone else? Water is so powerful, as footage of yesterday emergency spillway #2, and the destruction it made, showed. Praying it's handled though, whatever the me...
by Otay Michael
Thu Feb 02, 2017 1:24 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Delta? Anyone Been Out Lately?
Replies: 9
Views: 2946

Re: Delta? Anyone Been Out Lately?

nivanov30 wrote:What's the "widow maker" on the delta?
Not so much 'the', but THEM! And with these rains, there are many! 8)
by Otay Michael
Tue Jan 24, 2017 11:02 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Clear Lake Water Levels
Replies: 18
Views: 17367

Re: Clear Lake Water Levels

Heard she's full again, yippee!
by Otay Michael
Fri Dec 16, 2016 1:04 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Delta threatened by our own politicians
Replies: 16
Views: 3160

Re: Delta threatened by our own politicians

There is a reason why this state is at the bottom of every poll from education to water rights to insurance for vehicles to gun rights is the uneducated no common sense of its voter's. Starts with it's governor on down ,they are in a money grabbing get what ever they can world,to fill there agenda ...
by Otay Michael
Sat Dec 10, 2016 11:12 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Click button to protect deep sea fishing rights now please
Replies: 8
Views: 1760

Re: Click button to protect deep sea fishing rights now please

Thanks you guys/gals :D
Even had my wife fill it out. Every vote counts.
We are only helping ourselves, or fellow fishermen if we don't fish salt (in that case, thanks for being selfless, makes you a very special person :o ).
by Otay Michael
Thu Dec 08, 2016 2:25 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Click button to protect deep sea fishing rights now please
Replies: 8
Views: 1760

Click button to protect deep sea fishing rights now please

Just did my part, please do so too (from KEEP AMERICA FISHING) ... In California, several environmental groups have filed a petition to list the Pacific bluefin tuna (PBT) as a threatened or endangered species. While PBT has declined in recent years, international management strategies have been put...
by Otay Michael
Sat Sep 24, 2016 6:30 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: San Vicente Reservoir After 8 Years Being Closed
Replies: 2
Views: 1636

Re: San Vicente Reservoir After 8 Years Being Closed

couple of shots from opening day. Was epic to say the least... http://sdfish.com/forums/attachments/rampshot_2640k-jpg.21634/ http://sdfish.com/forums/attachments/rampshotgroup_472-jpg.21633/ http://sdfish.com/forums/attachments/guysw_lotsabass_633-jpg.21636/ http://sdfish.com/forums/attachments/my5...
by Otay Michael
Sat Sep 17, 2016 7:41 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: PowerPro MaxCuatro braid
Replies: 4
Views: 1135

Re: PowerPro MaxCuatro braid

Cool. Another buddy replied on another site in the affirmative also. I know sometimes what is supposed to end up being better does not work out, so I'd rather ask than end up with a bunch of product I don't want after guessing it'd should be better and come to find out it's not. :oops:
Thanks.
by Otay Michael
Sat Sep 17, 2016 4:07 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: PowerPro MaxCuatro braid
Replies: 4
Views: 1135

PowerPro MaxCuatro braid

PowerPro MaxCuatro I like to buy bulk, once I find a line I like, save dinero. I'm out of 65# Power Pro, and was going to replace it and noticed this 'upgrade' came out (25% smaller dia.). Is it an upgrade for those that used it? Has the 'regular' brand been discontinued? Search did not produce anyt...
by Otay Michael
Sat Sep 17, 2016 4:05 pm
Forum: Shimano Product Forum
Topic: New 2015 PowerPro MaxCuatro
Replies: 1
Views: 2297

Re: New 2015 PowerPro MaxCuatro

I like to buy bulk, once I find a line I like, save dinero. I'm out of 65# Power Pro, and was going to replace it and noticed this 'upgrade' came out. Is it an upgrade for those that used it? Has the 'regular' brand been discontinued? Search did not produce anything when combined with 'review'. Than...
by Otay Michael
Fri Sep 16, 2016 8:20 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: U.S. Open | Video Interview Runner Up Clayton Meyer
Replies: 1
Views: 648

Re: U.S. Open | Video Interview Runner Up Clayton Meyer

Wow, second place last year too? :shock:
That's pretty much a miracle against soooooo many hot sticks there.
Congrats big time Clayton Meyer!
by Otay Michael
Fri Sep 16, 2016 8:16 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: U.S. Open | Video Interview Champion Johnny Johnson
Replies: 1
Views: 713

Re: U.S. Open | Video Interview Champion Johnny Johnson

Congrats Johnny Johnson.
Wow, fishing it since 1994, how cool is that?
Way to figure it out and keep at it.
by Otay Michael
Sat Sep 10, 2016 6:57 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Medium Swimbait reels
Replies: 4
Views: 1177

Re: Medium Swimbait reels

thanks
by Otay Michael
Fri Sep 09, 2016 10:48 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Medium Swimbait reels
Replies: 4
Views: 1177

Re: Medium Swimbait reels

yep, mostly.
by Otay Michael
Thu Sep 08, 2016 9:55 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Medium Swimbait reels
Replies: 4
Views: 1177

Medium Swimbait reels

Looking to get something to throw 7" wood Punkers, or large WP lures. Also the same baits but a bit smaller. Not looking to throw 12" plastic fish, not yet. Like the Daiwa Lexa 300 I got, but thinking something a bit bigger that would help get distance. This just seems to lack in that depa...
by Otay Michael
Tue Aug 30, 2016 9:55 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Delta spraying
Replies: 11
Views: 3030

Re: Delta spraying

I saw some big flat boats of varying types harvesting hyacinth over in Sycamore last week. Quite the operation and not much of that stuff any where around those parts, including Tower Park area headed to 7 mile. Impressed, yet lots of fish around still. Clear Lake had a lot less floating plants too,...
by Otay Michael
Tue Aug 30, 2016 7:58 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Double Plopper
Replies: 7
Views: 2667

Re: Double Plopper

They work great, but they also get torn up fairly quickly. The thin metal arms get broken off by the ninth fish at the best, even with careful re-positioning of the arms, and second fish if they are big ones. They need to make them of titanium, I'd pay more as I want them to last a while. :?
by Otay Michael
Thu Aug 25, 2016 7:32 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: BREAKING NEWS on Fish and Game Meeting Tomorrow!
Replies: 15
Views: 2904

Re: BREAKING NEWS on Fish and Game Meeting Tomorrow!

I heard where it takes 10 gallons of water to produce just one almond. Millions of almond trees in Fresno area. And most of the almonds are sold TO CHINA! The guy that owns most of the land is now a billionaire from selling the water back to the state that he got for a low price, year by year! Somet...
by Otay Michael
Wed Aug 24, 2016 6:22 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Squarebills on the Delta
Replies: 5
Views: 1825

Re: Squarebills on the Delta

Ran across one gentleman up there two days ago that said he was killing them on them. Around docks and rocks. I was tossing top, so I did not try them.
by Otay Michael
Wed Aug 24, 2016 6:19 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: BREAKING NEWS on Fish and Game Meeting Tomorrow!
Replies: 15
Views: 2904

Re: BREAKING NEWS on Fish and Game Meeting Tomorrow!

Glad I signed all the petitions, and will continue too. This should encourage those of you that don't, thinking they don't work. Well, it's 'one for the Gipper' as they say. PRAISE THE LORD. Now I can keep learning how to catch these little green fish, like this one last week up there: http://sdfish...
by Otay Michael
Wed Aug 03, 2016 8:58 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: New Boat! New PB! 8.39 lb Northern Strain Largemouth
Replies: 5
Views: 2047

Re: New Boat! New PB! 8.39 lb Northern Strain Largemouth

Nice. What lake is that, looks way up north with all those trees.
by Otay Michael
Wed Aug 03, 2016 8:14 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Clear Lake Fish Die Off This Weekend
Replies: 45
Views: 15460

Re: Clear Lake Fish Die Off This Weekend

There's what politicians, activists and journalists say about the climate.

And then there's what MIT climatologists say.

https://www.facebook.com/prageru/videos ... 471040541/
by Otay Michael
Sun Jul 31, 2016 3:17 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Clear Lake, here comes August!
Replies: 1
Views: 2089

Re: Clear Lake, here comes August!

thanks
by Otay Michael
Sat Jul 30, 2016 12:05 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Lucas financial support of the Delta Tunnels.
Replies: 41
Views: 7893

Re: Lucas financial support of the Delta Tunnels.

If you facebook here a lady that is working on keeping everyone up to date on fighting the tunnels. As the 'about' page reads "Restore the Delta is a grassroots campaign committed to saving the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary for our children and future generations." Please add your two ce...
by Otay Michael
Wed Jul 13, 2016 7:38 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: how's my Clear Lake bite going to be mid-Aug?
Replies: 3
Views: 967

Re: how's my Clear Lake bite going to be mid-Aug?

gracious amigo. look forward to stopping in and saying hi too. you guys are the best.
by Otay Michael
Tue Jul 12, 2016 3:06 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: how's my Clear Lake bite going to be mid-Aug?
Replies: 3
Views: 967

Re: how's my Clear Lake bite going to be mid-Aug?

Remember that Nut Case rally we had a few years back mid-summer there. Frogging was off the hook. Gator had an 8 not far from Konocti on day one, and was in the lead. Told everyone he had headed south, but did not tell them by only a few hundred yards! :lol: Had he got the one I got off the back of ...
by Otay Michael
Tue Jul 12, 2016 2:59 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: how's my Clear Lake bite going to be mid-Aug?
Replies: 3
Views: 967

how's my Clear Lake bite going to be mid-Aug?

After teaching a 3 day photo class in Carmel I'm headed over to the Delta, and Clear Lake, for a week. With the water down last two years my frog bite disappeared there, but now I'd imagine it be back with a vengeance. Anything going on in that department yet? Can't wait. :twisted:
by Otay Michael
Fri Jun 10, 2016 8:45 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Is all this primrose going to kill the delta?
Replies: 4
Views: 1819

Re: Is all this primrose going to kill the delta?

pictures please
by Otay Michael
Sun May 15, 2016 7:57 pm
Forum: Tournaments
Topic: Elites Toledo Bend Results Day 3 KVD Holds, Ish climbs again
Replies: 2
Views: 785

Re: Elites Toledo Bend Results Day 3 KVD Holds, Ish climbs again

KVD wins by over 8 lbs over Chris Lane. Got 96 for the four days. Still the stud/king after all. :lol:
by Otay Michael
Sat May 14, 2016 7:19 pm
Forum: Tournaments
Topic: Elites Toledo Bend Results Day 3 KVD Holds, Ish climbs again
Replies: 2
Views: 785

Re: Elites Toledo Bend Results Day 3 KVD Holds, Ish climbs again

Look like a possible 100# tourney. GO KVD

I want to fish this lake. Looks HUGE, and holds so many 10 pounders. My cup of tea.

Will send reports! :lol:
by Otay Michael
Sat May 14, 2016 6:53 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Senko de Mayo contest | Win $100 of Yamamoto Product
Replies: 44
Views: 7929

Re: Senko de Mayo contest | Win $100 of Yamamoto Product

j/k. saw that it was over. should have read the stickies, I usually skip them. Lesson learned.
Thanks for offering these, they are fun to guess.
When's the next one?
by Otay Michael
Sat May 14, 2016 6:52 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Senko de Mayo contest | Win $100 of Yamamoto Product
Replies: 44
Views: 7929

Re: Senko de Mayo contest | Win $100 of Yamamoto Product

Cooch: Bubble Gum
Jimmy: Clear Black Flake
by Otay Michael
Fri Apr 29, 2016 9:01 am
Forum: Photos
Topic: 11.4 from the Delta.
Replies: 3
Views: 2242

Re: 11.4 from the Delta.

Congrats. What a beast.
by Otay Michael
Fri Apr 29, 2016 8:59 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Fun in the Rain
Replies: 5
Views: 1917

Re: Fun in the Rain

Ain wrote:How were you throwing it???
Probably d/s.

Any topwater? Might be too cold there still.
by Otay Michael
Thu Apr 28, 2016 6:25 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Need help planning a fishing trip for the big "50"
Replies: 7
Views: 1848

Re: Need help planning a fishing trip for the big "50"

Man, I'd do the Delta for two days, one on the water with Cooch and Bobby, then hit San. Fran. for a day, then Clear Lake for a day, with Cooch again, Bobby (if he does, if not someone local), then hit Napa Valley for a day.
by Otay Michael
Mon Apr 25, 2016 12:29 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Bobby Barrack's on the water hook removal - Ouch
Replies: 1
Views: 1413

Re: Bobby Barrack's on the water hook removal - Ouch

The only time I had to remove a hook was from the same lure, same color, same size and same location! Same digit, and same method for removal (less the removal of the other hook, was solo and the bite was crazy good). Next cast got another four pounder, the size that had just left the lure in my thu...
by Otay Michael
Fri Apr 22, 2016 11:05 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Pyramid lake is closed to all boating
Replies: 10
Views: 2855

Re: Pyramid lake is closed to all boating

thanks for taking the time to share, lots of folks would not care to save others time and post this with the same knowledge. :wink:
by Otay Michael
Thu Apr 21, 2016 6:39 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Last Chance adds NEW boat line....
Replies: 5
Views: 1566

Re: Last Chance adds NEW boat line....

!
by Otay Michael
Mon Apr 18, 2016 4:39 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: PB 10+ Delta fish
Replies: 7
Views: 2166

Re: PB 10+ Delta fish

what WAS your PB if I may ask?
by Otay Michael
Sat Apr 16, 2016 11:53 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Last Chance adds NEW boat line....
Replies: 5
Views: 1566

Re: Last Chance adds NEW boat line....

Congrats Last Chance.
Lovin' my Skeeter (the Answered Prayer). :D
It's really old though, so the extras are needing TLC.
Needs new carpets, and rub rail (know where I can get that done in So.Cal?).
Also a tune up, impellar change.
by Otay Michael
Sat Apr 16, 2016 11:49 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: DVL Water Level
Replies: 4
Views: 1396

Re: DVL Water Level

Brian D. wrote:Yup... from my sources its coming up fairly quick.
Where's my LIKE button when I need it? :lol:
by Otay Michael
Thu Mar 31, 2016 10:15 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: 3/26/16 - Delta
Replies: 15
Views: 3276

Re: 3/26/16 - Delta

Couple of more shots from last week... some from the storm, and some from blue skies the next two days. http://www.seewald.com/images/Fishing/Delta/03_21to%2024.2016/7onChatterB.3.21.16_2_185.jpg http://www.seewald.com/images/Fishing/Delta/03_21to%2024.2016/8onSycamoreSlough3.21.16.jpg http://www.se...
by Otay Michael
Tue Mar 29, 2016 7:43 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Stay Vigilant: A little help (15 seconds) to help stop the tunnels
Replies: 2
Views: 567

Stay Vigilant: A little help (15 seconds) to help stop the tunnels

Just rec'd this from http://RestoreTheDelta.org/ The Delta Tunnels project is on “thin ice."The plan is in major need of continued financial support from smaller urban agencies such as Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) and Zone 7 Water Agency in Alameda County. In their new petition ale...
by Otay Michael
Sun Mar 27, 2016 8:41 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: 3/26/16 - Delta
Replies: 15
Views: 3276

Re: 3/26/16 - Delta

After teaching a photo workshop in Carmel I got to visit the Delta for three days again. My buddy Mike M. and I did pretty well again too. We both got eights, some sevens, lots of fives and sixes. Mostly chatters and blades again. Fun stuff. https://scontent-sjc2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9...
by Otay Michael
Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:06 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Clear Lake Water Levels
Replies: 18
Views: 17367

Re: Clear Lake Water Levels

by Otay Michael
Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:57 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: SoCal Water Agency to Purchase Four Delta Islands
Replies: 10
Views: 1885

Re: SoCal Water Agency to Purchase Four Delta Islands

Sign and Pass this on!! https://www.change.org/p/most-important-action-you-can-take-stop-met-s-water-land-grab-in-the-delta I signed that yesterday, my wife today. Takes only seconds. :D Then I posted a link to my facebook page. :shock: If you don't add your two cents folks, don't complain when you...
by Otay Michael
Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:53 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Clear Lake close to being full, Cache Creek Dam releases begin
Replies: 1
Views: 1322

Re: Clear Lake close to being full, Cache Creek Dam releases begin

That's so cool. :D
It was so low at Christmas.