I’m going to be fishing lake Pinecrest, Beardsley, Strawberry River below the dam,and Kennedy meadows also stream or River. Both in a boat and from shore on Pinecrest and Beardsley I will bait fish also glitter baits, power bait like the garlic should be good at inlet. But would like to lure fish some for different experience what two lures would you recommend have fished these slakes and streams every year for a long time fly fish Strawberry and Kennedy but the water might still be high and strong will be there for a. Week will let you know how it was and where I fished know the lake well my dad managed the old Pinecrest lodge for three years and I went to school there in 1948 wow 5th grade one room school

I have been buying fishing licenses in Calif for over 65 years went on today and got mine 84 dollars that’s for two poles no sturgeon or steelhead or any other frills. Seems like last year I only paid just 62 same license. Where does all the money go. In the 76 years I’ve been fishing been checked one tome and have fished all over northern Calif there are less fish now and less places to fish. Other states give senior’s a break on license. Probably general fund gets a good deal of funds and we all know where that money goes

I’ve fished Pinecrest lake on the summer for over70 years first as a kid when my father managed the lodge before it burnt down then with my daughter and now my three grandsons usually have very good success like the inlet the pole sticking up by the dam bouncing off the dam letting the weight take it down slow out past the roped off area by last beach on right hand side then where the channel runs into the dam but would wonder how would drift fishing work and off the bottom or a few feet up probably the right side of the lake where the cabins are lots of fish alongside the bank and pretty deep always seem to have luck trolling there what kind of rig would you use for drifting slide sinker or like drifting in bay for strippers.does anyone know what happened to all the catfish that used to be in the lake over by the inlet I used to take my grandsons when they were young and you could always catch catfish in that area. I just thought drifting would be different and maybe fun. The last three years we have had good success with garlic power bait on right hand side by the cabins this year I’m guessing the inlet will be good with all the water coming in and we also like fly fishing below strawberry lodge but might be to much water coming out of lake. Has anyone fished Kennedy meadows yet probably lot of water also com out any information would be helpful for all we go up for ten days mid July always a great time been doing it now for50 years rent a cabin take the kids to outdoor movies hike to chiming gum lake bear lake both should be real good this year with all the water

Thank for the answers

I know there are a lot of cooks on here so would like advice on why I’m having trouble with bisquick does not make good dumplings does it loose the yeast if left in refrigerator to long or does the cold kill the yeast my dumplings are like row in the middle and never get fluffy I boiled them like the recipe says 20 minutes top off 10 minutes top on but raw in middle and not fluffy

If you want something cheap that works great just buy a metal spaghetti strainer they cost about 7 to 10 dollars you can get them at any resturant store scoop the sand and the little crabs stay in I fish at Pacifica and Santa Cruz get plenty of little crabs in no time the best one are the sort of orange ones there the females that have eggs on them If the perch are around there really good also a good bait is the two inch gulp worms. When the Stripers are running on the beaches on the Sping in Pacifica and Manrissa beach just below Capatola or Santa Cruz the female sand crabs are really good but the Spaghetti strainer is the ticket and cheap

I read where the license now runs for one year from date you buy it so if I’m not going fishing til say March should wait and buy in March so will have a full year and will be good into 2024 is this correct something new on California

They pretty much drain the lake on winter looks like a barren burnt pile of sticks with the snow there will just be a very small amount of water you however can treasure hunt lots of hardware to be found plenty of lures and a few anchors but fishing no have to wait till around April the lake will be full by mid March we have a family cabin but usually don’t go up after mid October

I baught a spaghetti caulk Der for catching sand crabs and use a plastic cup to keep them in any time you buy a salad at a super market you get one and fish the beach in Santa Cruz pleasure point beach great place to surf perch fish when the surf is calm you can nail them otherwise the seaweed breaks loose and it’s a mess the Colinder works great you can get them at bed bath and beyond or a restaurant supply store a good solid one cost about 8.00 you also can catch some clams when your digging

I bought a spaghetti strainer at bed bath and use it to scoop up the sand crabs works great they cost about 10.00 or less takes me about three waves to get all I need. I fish pleasure beach in Santa Cruz for perch when the wind hasn’t broken the seaweed loose this is a great fishing spot for perch

Person from Clayton asked about Santa Cruz was down again last weekend and water was calm fished at the end of 20 avenue where the stairs go down to beach fished down in front of the big White House up on bluff about two hundred yards down beach used sand crabs for first hour and was good but seamed to miss a lot of fish switched to 2 inch gulp worms s was easer to catch was using number 8 hook on sliding sincer about 2 foot leader lots of small perch but also fought some big ones fished just over first break maybe 40 yards out didn’t seam to need to get further out didn’t use my big 12 foot surf pole two others were fishing same area and also doing well with the sand crabs lots of fun when the seaweed is not there

I fished the jetty out by the light house on Tuesday right along the rocks and caught four nice ones about 1 1/2 lbs and a bunch of smaller ones I released no kelp there and the water was calm this is down by the crows nest on the right side of the rock wall

I have a 12 surf rod which you can really chuk out there my grandkids were using that and catching I was using my 9 ft spinning rod fishing just over the break you have to sort of find where your not getting a cross surf just go strait out no cross current using slider sinker then about four ft leader and number 6 hook single tried bigger hooks but harder to hook that set up sounds good for the sand crabs you want the females crabs there sort of raffish and have a softer shell

I bought a small spaghettini strainer to use for catching the sand crabs works great

Try the 2?inch gulp worms they worked the best But like I said there was no kelp on Friday but on Saturday you could not get out of it