Facebook YouTube Tacklewarehouse.com
Printer-friendly copy Email this topic to a friend
Top Calfishing.com Freshwater Fishing in California topic #307
View in linear mode

Subject: "Santa Ynez River" Previous topic | Next topic
Leapin' BassMon May-22-00 05:53 AM
Charter member
posts
#307, "Santa Ynez River"


          

Went up to "Red Rock" for the first time this year on Saturday morning. I usually target the bass up there and get the occasional trout. Got to the "First Pool" and pulled a couple small (8 inch) bass out on a wham crawdad. Then where the river enters the pool my friend Mark got a couple trout on the fly and I got one about 13 inches on a pins minnow. We hiked to the "Third Pool" and I got a nice bass on the Wham Crawdad (about 15 inches). At the "Fourth Pool" Mark gets another 15 incher on a 3 inch PowerCraw. At the "Fifth Pool" or "Rope Swing" Pool we noticed a lot of fish rising where the river enters so we went up there and Mark started slaying the trout on flies. I got one on the pins minnow but they weren't killing it like they were the flies. I borrowed a fly from Mark, tied it on my ultra-light rod, stood up stream and let it drift into the area and started hooking up also. We got like 2 dozen trout each with a few smallmouths thrown in until it shut down (couldn't believe it lasted that long). Most of the trout were in the 10-12 inch range with the biggest caught by Mark at 16 inches. We then hiked up to the "Sixth Pool" and I got about a 14 inch bass on a Rat-L-Trap. Where the river enters this pool looked similar to the other pool and sure enough it was. We caught another dozen trout here before we had to head home. All fish were released except for one trout which was hooked deep. All the bass were smallmouths.<P>Glad we got up there before Memorial Day. I'm sure all the barnies up there killing all the fish and leaving all thier trash everywhere will shut things down a bit. I have no idea why the National Forest (or who ever is in control) doesn't take care of that problem - it's such a beautiful place that it kills me to see it thrashed by all those assholes.

  

Alert Printer-friendly copy | Reply | Reply with quote

Santa Ynez River [View all] , Leapin' Bass, Mon May-22-00 05:53 AM
  RE: Santa Ynez River, roadtoad, Jun 14th 2000, #1
RE: Santa Ynez River - Summer Scum, Leapin' Bass, Jun 15th 2000, #2
      RE: Santa Ynez River - Summer Scum, roadtoad, Jun 15th 2000, #3
RE: Santa Ynez River, Jim, Jun 30th 2000, #4

Top Calfishing.com Freshwater Fishing in California topic #307 Previous topic | Next topic
Powered by DCForum+
© Copyright Robert Belloni 1997-2012. All Rights Reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without express written consent.