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Sacto John

I want to do some pre-fishing up at Lake Comanche, but I am worried that my dirty old boat will not pass inspection. My boat is old (1977) and I have never cared about its appearance, as it is a function of fashion thing for me. As a result I have a scum line on the hull form many Delta trips and my...

Sacto John

Epic fish dude, congrats. The picture of you with you sunglasses on holding that 11 pounder is priceless.

We need a caption contest for that one.

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I use the 4 inch white/chartreuse as a bed bait.

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What other baits are you storing it with? If you have and soft plastic baits stored with it that may compromise the paint. Also was the bait completely dry when you stored it?

Sacto John

One of the only fish I like to eat is bass. I, like Steve, only keep fish from the foot hill and higher reservoirs. I prefer Spots but have eating largemouth and smallmouth as well. I do not keep many, maybe 5-10 a year, and never over 15 inches. 12 to 15 inch bass make great table fair, and i do no...

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I don't know about Dobyns but I saw a Powell prototype at the ISE show in Sacramento. Looked like a good idea but it felt heavy, much like all telescopic rods.

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1) Don't worry about the splash 2) Get a swimbait rod. You will make longer casts and will be able to throw the baits all day long without getting tired. It will also make hooking and landing a fish easier. There is no half way with this style of fishing and you can get a good swimbait specific rod ...

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SOCB_Hawghunter wrote: I was told grease is a NO NO for the nuts....what do you use??

I thought this was a family friendly forum

Sacto John

I have 12 pound Vicious on my jig rod and spinner bait rod and I am loving it.

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Not 10 feet just 4 in the last week

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/jspplot/jspPlo ... ies=cdec01

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I remember watching the coverage on Saturday and one of the guys in the top 5 from the first day was using a Spintrix like a jig. They even showed him catch a fish on it during the telecast.

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The new Berkley 100% floro is the bees knees, but still pricey for me at $20.00 a spool. I bought some Vicious Florocarbon and I like it very much. Some guys got burned by this line in its first run but I was told that the problems were fixed. So far I have had no problems with the line. Very strong...

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I know you can get a Shimano Curado and Citaca in 5:1 other than that there are not too many low speed reels out there any more. It looks like Quantum offers the Energy in 5.1:1 They used to make a Curado in 3.8:1

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A few people have wrote reviews of it on califishing.com

here are the reviews

http://www.calfishing.com/reviews/trout ... index.html

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I bought it for 3.19 at the Flying J in Ripon on Sunday night, around town here in Sacramento it has been 3.47-3.49

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I was there two weeks ago, and it was no big deal. This last weekend was there official "Grand Opening" so I hear the crowds were crazy. I was not impressed to say the least, it does not compare to the other Cabelas I have seen.

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Well my boat is running but I blew the head gasket in my car, so I have n tow vehicle. Sounds like we are both in a position to help each other out.

Sacto John

Zippers

I now owe you one.

Sacto John

Here is my daughter's first fish, caught this spring on Folsom. The caption is self explanatory

Sacto John

Dude, the best weay to answer you question is to say this:

Lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-haveyous.

Seriously I have been taking my daughter fishing since before she turned three. It all depends on the child and the patience level of the adult .

Sacto John

Staying in Sacramento you could easily fish both. Clear lake is a little bit further drive than the delta but both are very doable for a day trip. I don't know what to tell you about a boat but there is bound to be someone out here that will be able to help you out.

Sacto John

Never use them, they suck. Don't use them instead of a spinner bait, nor dragg them on the bottom like a jig. Also, never ever remove the skirt of one and put a Basstrix or Money minnow on as a trailer.

Sacto John

Gordon Gee at Sacramento Pro-Tackle out on Northgate. He does great work repairing and maintaining rods and reels. His prices are great and his turnaround time is not bad.

Sacto John

This has happen to me as well but it is not because of Photobucket. If your cell phone is not on the federal no call list you can be contacted via text by any number of companies. If you get text form any company be sure to reply with STOP or CANCEL or you will be charged for the service they are of...

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Mike

allbelac is my partner. Me, you and him should just meet up there and fish the lake for shits and giggles. We seem to be the only ones interested anyway.

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Joe this is the hook I have been using.

Sacto John

If you want to fish any of the Mother Load lakes head down to the Bait Barn in Waterford, they have Hudds as well as a good to great selection of other swimbaits. Then drive up to Pedro or McClure and do some fishing.

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Jonathan

That is great news! It takes special people to adopt older children, and they end up being the ones who benefit the most from the process. They will have a great dad, congrats.

We should get our girls together for a play date, and we can talk fishing.

Sacto John

Just let us all know what tourneys you fish so we wont waste our time donating to you

Sacto John

Hudd
Triple Trout
MS Slammer

Sacto John

Thanks. Do you know when the sign up will begin?

Sacto John

On Castaic I would bet on the Triple Trout, but you can never count out the Hudd. It might also be won on a lesser used bait like a Stocker Trout or perhaps a Rago Tool.

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So is there going to be a winter Nutcase Classic at Tulloch or not?

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Congrats Brandon, way to stick em.

Sacto John

I know Mark Fong uses them. He has given a couple of seminars at the School of Bass up at Galaxie Marine and has mentioned how much he likes them. They look like very nice reels. Maybe he will chime in, although I do not know if he checks this forum.

Sacto John

The question is what has changed over the past 3-5 years that has brought our current economy to a screeching halt? Who is responsible for the pertinant decsions that led to this situation? How is it that Gas two weeks ago was almost a 1.00 less then it is this week and will fluctate again? and fin...

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The Calcutta is the gold standard of swimbait reels but they cost a pretty penny. Being a Shimano guy I have owned the Cardiff 300 and it is a good reel that cost around $100 bucks. The reel that I am impressed with is my Okuma Induron IDx 400, it has 8 ball bearings, is very smooth and casts a mile...

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You don't need trailer hooks, a 3 pond bass can eat a Hudd no problem and still get hooked on the standard hook. You are asking for a dead fish if you add a trailer hook. My first swimbait fish died because of the trailer hook I was using and I do not want that to happen again.

Sacto John

I just bought a pair of Eye Surrender glasses up at the Galaxie Marine customer day. I bought a pair in the moss green lens because I wanted a good pair of sight fishing glasses as well as help spotting followers when I am throwing swimbaits. I got a chance to use them last weekend and they are a gr...

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I bought some of the 100% Floro in 10 lb test and love the stuff. It is very strong and has great feel. I will be buying more.

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You have it far worse than me. I think you need to get out and do some fishing

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I figured it out I had somehow blocked the images with my ad blocker

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Oh I can't afford anything on there either, but I do like to look.

Seems I have not been able to see any pictures since the server went down.

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Is anyone else having problems viewing the Classified add pictures? They are not showing up for me at all.

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I have a 5:1 that I use for deep cranking and slow rolling spinner baits. I really like it for slow rolling spinnerbaits as I have a tendency of working my baits too fast. I have also used the 5:1 for slow rolling small swimbaits.For deep cranking the added torque is supposed to help you not get as ...

Sacto John

From November through May if I am throwing a Senko on the Delta it is most likely a 7 incher. If I am blind casting for bedding fish on any of the lakes in Nor-Cal I am throwing a 7 inch Senko. They are great at enticing the bigger fish to bite and you still catch plenty of keeper(and dinks) on them.

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Oh no, the bassturdz have a Navy. Lock up your women and beer!

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