I'll give that a try, sounds pretty cool

You are correct. Sturgeon bites can be very very subtle. When I decided to get really serious about catching Sturgeon I gave up drinking beer and BS'ing. My hook-up and success rate went up exponentially. you really do have to focus on your rod tip 100% of the time. The only slight little bite you get in a whole days fishing might come when your distracted.

Thanks for annother good tip

Wondered about that second pond. This is a great place to take kids and that is a nice bass. I'll give it a try next time.

Took my 5 yr. old grandson to Camanche Lake (one hour southeast of Sacramento) yesterday. I got the first rod out and busy rigging up the other rods... when my grandson said "Dandad, A fish just took your pole into the water!!!". I saw my rod about 10 feet out in waist deep water... I jumped in and was able to retrieve it. I passed the rod off to my grandson and the fight was on. My wife took these photos and video... the happy results were an 18" rainbow trout and my expensive St. Croix trout rod. Like the advertisement for Mastercard says... "some things are priceless" and this memory is one of them!! Enjoy the photos and be sure and watch the video!

!8" rainbow trout - 5 yr. old fisherman


Fishing pole retrieved - climbing out of the water


Click on the DOWNLOAD LINK... This is video of my Grandson reeling in the 18" rainbow
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I am with saw1. Have caught quite a few Leopard Sharks in Tomalas Bay. We use to target them on an out going tide way up in the bay near Inverness. We use a three way swivel with a 12-15 in drop sinker and a 18-20 in. leader and a chunk of squid as bait. We found Keeping the bait off the bottom reduced the amount of Rays we hooked. Lots of action and really fun. Pretty good eating as well.

Fishing today with SIL and 5 year old grandson. He managed to catch three nice fat 14-16 in. Trout. Camanche is about an hour south east of Sacramento. Nothing better than watching your best buddy catching them. He was so proud and even gave the family next to us one because they didn't catch any.

Welcome TS, I am here in Elk Grove as well. Taking my 5 year old trout fishing Friday to Lake Amador. Good luck fishing.

I use apple/alder after an overnight garlic dill brine.

Catch trout at sunrise, panfry and serve with chili beans, scrambled eggs and cold beer for Breakfast.

Unfortunately dead reckoning doesn't work with 5-10 foot visibility 25 miles out in the Pacific Ocean. A compass heading can take you in the correct general direction. You can also follow the contour of the ocean bottom but then when do you make the turn to go back into the Bay. No visibility = no context to land mass or features. Simple answer is GPS.

Yes I did go back to that spot and caught more fish. Never got lost in the fog again though!

Reminds me of my lost in the fog incident. Some 25+ years ago I struck out in my new 22 ft fishing boat confident of its seaworthiness. Early Salmon season launched in SF Bay area and followed the charter boats out the Golden Gate and south 15- 20 miles to the fishing grounds. Pea soup fog rolled in and there I was with only a compass and a Lowrance fish finder and Marine radio. Totally lost in the fog and without the benefit of gravity I could not tell up from down. Make a long story short, we got home safely with the help of the Coast Guard. The next week I had GPS and Radar. P.S. we did get limits of 20+ lb. salmon.

In my scuba spear fishing days I had harbor seals and sea lions steal fish off my stringer hanging from my weight belt. Had them take fish from my spear as well and thats why I quit spear fishing in Monterey Bay. Can't tell you how many times I lost Salmon to sea lions (probably dozens over the years). That problem is not as bad if you go further north like Bodega Bay area.

I have fished Eastern Sierra's for 50+ years. From Lone Pine to Lake Topaz there are literally hundreds of great oppertunities mostly for trout. Bishop is a good place to start and the local bait stores usually can point you toward the best spots at the time. You won't be disappointed and boy is it ever beautiful all along 395. One of my favorite spots is along the upper Owens river near Benton Crossing. Be sure to check fishing Regs as every body of water has different rules. Good luck, I know you will have fun.