fishing is cold. figuratively, and literally. Clearlake CA.

[Darth-Baiter]

we pushed our in kayak into fog.  cold.  low 40's air temps?  maybe.  I have yet to buy navigation lights for my kayak so we stayed in the channel until the sun came up more.  but the fog. the lights would have been a good call.  (I'm gonna order the Kayak Guardian Angel version. $ick lights).  water temps was either 67 deg or 62 deg depending on which fish finder you believed.  mine or my friends.

 

my goodness.  the bait balls were huge and abundant.  the bass didn't love our presentations.  cranks, jerks, lipless.  my elbow hurts from casting so often.  I had a couple of baby hits on a worm, but it was probably a bluegill or something.  we saw what we imagined where huge schools of crappie.  we could see a few blow up on top, and they looked like crappie.  my jerk bait and cranks would come back with tiny silver fish, (silverside minnows) skewered to the hooks.  (by definition it might not be a skunk!)

 

either way, it was a skunk.  the rain came in at noon and ran us off.  we had rain gear, but the water would find a way down our necks.

 

oh well.  I'll keep at it.  since we dont freeze here in CA.  I'll keep at it.   we need the rain to deepen our lakes.  I'll take a couch riding wet winter any day, all day.  

[Swamp Girl]

I like trip reports like this, the ones where we were befuddled, but remain tenacious and also recognize that being on the water, even if the wind is howling and the skies are gray, beats watching the plastic, preening Kardashains every dang day times infinity.  

[Darth-Baiter]

oh, coming home.  if you get into the right hand lane, and peer over the grape vines towards the east sometimes you see it.  the white shiny roof top of a Mexican food truck that services the winery workers.  I SAW it on the ride home.  I checked my coin jar and found $13 wadded up under a Bic Lighter.  GAME ON.  I peel off the highway and head towards the dirt road and ordered up a burrito.  

 

I dont even know the name, but everyone that eats there has rubber boots on, and a knife on their side for trimming vines.  it is a nice treat for those Clearlake Skunk days.  I dont eat on the water so I am usually starving.   

the guys there had to help me back my truck out since I had my kayak jutting out the back.  it was embarrassing.  

[Swamp Girl]

Okay, I'm now your fangirl. 

[roadwarrior]

Flatworm, Black Shiner on a dropshot rig.

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Berkley_Powerbait_Maxscent_Flat_Worm/descpage-CLF.html

[Bluebasser86]

I'm looking at winter arriving at the end of this week. Going to be lows in the teens and highs in the 30s whenever I get out this weekend. It could always be worse. 

[Blue Raider Bob]

On 11/6/2022 at 9:08 AM, ol'crickety said:

I like trip reports like this, the ones where we were befuddled, but remain tenacious and also recognize that being on the water, even if the wind is howling and the skies are gray, beats watching the plastic, preening Kardashains every dang day times infinity.  

I'm so fortunate in this regard, if the weather is too ugly to fish, I still can enjoy being outdoors, pulling down hay for the goats, watching the two orphan fawns that live behind the barn, or sitting on the covered dock. No Television for me anymore.....life's too short!

[PhishLI]

2 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I'm looking at winter arriving at the end of this week. Going to be lows in the teens and highs in the 30s whenever I get out this weekend

78* today! It's so nice out right now I could fish nekid with zero loss of dignity.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

13 minutes ago, Blue Raider Bob said:

I'm so fortunate in this regard, if the weather is too ugly to fish, I still can enjoy being outdoors, pulling down hay for the goats, watching the two orphan fawns that live behind the barn, or sitting on the covered dock. No Television for me anymore.....life's too short!

2020 was the year that blew my fuse, this is the right way to live life imho.  

5 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

78* today! It's so nice out right now I could fish nekid with zero loss of dignity.

85 degree high here....but I don't fish nekid as I don't want a hook in a particular place ?

[Swamp Girl]

[TnRiver46]

40° can’t get here soon enough, it’s hot. Been sweating non stop since 7:15 

[DitchPanda]

9 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I'm looking at winter arriving at the end of this week. Going to be lows in the teens and highs in the 30s whenever I get out this weekend. It could always be worse. 

Saturday here is high of 26 low of 7