I fished from about 2:45 until 8:45. I was seeing water temps of 67, even below later in the day. Very few shad schools IMO, lots of fish orienting to the bottom. Released 2 small walleye, hooked 3 wipers, one long line release, bumped a nice one off with my net, kept one decent one and a perch. My last fish hit an SR5 running at 8' in 23' of water, thought it was another wiper but instead it was a 24" cat.
Thinking I may need to use my downriggers given what I saw and caught. One year down at Yuba a couple of locals were using lead core to get small cranks deep enough to reach the fish. They were hammering big walleye, rumor has it they were taking a limit home and returning later in the day for another.
I'm thinking it will go longer, at least three more weeks. Which is a good thing given the fairly dismal kokanee reports.
Thinking I may need to use my downriggers given what I saw and caught. One year down at Yuba a couple of locals were using lead core to get small cranks deep enough to reach the fish. They were hammering big walleye, rumor has it they were taking a limit home and returning later in the day for another.
I'm thinking it will go longer, at least three more weeks. Which is a good thing given the fairly dismal kokanee reports.
Single main, no kicker. 