It's been over a month since my last post. I have been very busy with lot's of new customers as well as repeat customers. We are in our summer pattern now with the lake level slowly dropping due to the normal usage of water for irrigation in Yolo County. The weed growth has also exploded in many areas of the lake making it much harder to fish in those areas and get a bait in front of the fish. The fish are currently in three stages, spawning, post spawn and moving up to spawn. Most of the fish we have caught these past couple of weeks have been post spawners but I am still seeing fish on their spawning beds. Although there have been some reports of topwater action with frogs, spooks, and some wake baits, the action seems to be very sporadic.
My best success at this time of the year is to rig a wacky senko and work this bait through the spawning areas, coves, around docks and fish it through the weeds out to depths of 10 feet. I use 12 to 15 test fluorocarbon line as a leader to my braided line for this technique. Most of the fish we are currently catching are in the three to five pound range. Fishing pressure has dropped off from the tournament circuits but there are still various club organizations visiting the lake every weekend and the WON people have a big one scheduled for the week days of June, 10, 11th & 12th, the entry fee for this one is a $1050 and will draw some of the heavy hitters so look for a busy lake leading up to those days. The fish have been hammered hard and many have been caught off of their spawning beds over the last month with all the tournaments and sight fisherman. It will take awhile for them to rest up and start to actively feed again. I typically find May to be a slower bite time for me than other months. The fish are scattered, you still have to cover a lot of water and try various techniques to entice a bite. Over these next couple of summer months you will see a lot more people throwing topwater baits and big wake baits and also start working the deeper sections of the lake with jigs and dropshot baits worked over the deeper rockpiles. That's it for now, feel free to email or call me at anytime for any info needed. God Bless, Bob
My best success at this time of the year is to rig a wacky senko and work this bait through the spawning areas, coves, around docks and fish it through the weeds out to depths of 10 feet. I use 12 to 15 test fluorocarbon line as a leader to my braided line for this technique. Most of the fish we are currently catching are in the three to five pound range. Fishing pressure has dropped off from the tournament circuits but there are still various club organizations visiting the lake every weekend and the WON people have a big one scheduled for the week days of June, 10, 11th & 12th, the entry fee for this one is a $1050 and will draw some of the heavy hitters so look for a busy lake leading up to those days. The fish have been hammered hard and many have been caught off of their spawning beds over the last month with all the tournaments and sight fisherman. It will take awhile for them to rest up and start to actively feed again. I typically find May to be a slower bite time for me than other months. The fish are scattered, you still have to cover a lot of water and try various techniques to entice a bite. Over these next couple of summer months you will see a lot more people throwing topwater baits and big wake baits and also start working the deeper sections of the lake with jigs and dropshot baits worked over the deeper rockpiles. That's it for now, feel free to email or call me at anytime for any info needed. God Bless, Bob
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