11-02-2009, 06:12 PM
I was there sat. same story as yours....no bites. We took a tall dollar video camera to try to determine what the big arches are at depth. Too much turbidity to see much at the depths the big arches were. Used the down rigger to troll through the schools we found on sonar. No takers.
Last year we were catching pike until dec 8, but with all the yearling perch for fodder this fall the pike might not be interested in a lure. Who knows!
Saw quite a few dead yearling perch in the water and the birds are taking advantage of them. !0 days ago the shoreline was littered with them but we didn't see many sat.
I'm going to wait a few weeks then try it again, but I don't expect much with all of the available feed. Maybe soaking a minnow on the bottom might work, but I'm not much into that kind of fishing unless it is the only way to catch pike. Best of luck to all of you that are going to try yuba before ice over.
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Last year we were catching pike until dec 8, but with all the yearling perch for fodder this fall the pike might not be interested in a lure. Who knows!
Saw quite a few dead yearling perch in the water and the birds are taking advantage of them. !0 days ago the shoreline was littered with them but we didn't see many sat.
I'm going to wait a few weeks then try it again, but I don't expect much with all of the available feed. Maybe soaking a minnow on the bottom might work, but I'm not much into that kind of fishing unless it is the only way to catch pike. Best of luck to all of you that are going to try yuba before ice over.
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