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Ran down to Yuba this morning - what a beautiful day! Arrived at 8 am and fished by the bridge. We caught several perch in the 10 to almost 12 inch range - yummy! Oh wait, we had to put them back - I guess to grow some more??? We landed 14 rainbows, kept 7 nice males for the smoker (they are in the brine as I type). Put back all the females as they are really loaded with spawn right now. All the fish we kept were around 18 inches long. Some were caught on the bottom with crawlers, some on bobbers, some on minnows, some on spinners - did not really seem to matter! Left by 11 when the fishing slowed down a little. The ice is almost gone out in the main lake with open water around all the edges and dark ice over the rest of the lake. One more windy day or a couple sunny days should clear it.
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great report.. thanks for the up date..
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Sure sounds like a great trip to Yuba. Thanks for the update.
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Very nice fish sk8.[cool]
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Thanks for the report. Knowing it's fishing well, we're heading down with our fishing club members on Monday. If you see the mini-flotilla with about 10 to 20 boats and float tubes, that will be us. We all hope to limit out and be eating some tasty rainbows at our banquet on Tuesday.
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Put back all the females as they are really loaded with spawn right now. [/reply]
Thanks for putting some of them back. However, the rainbows can't spawn in Yuba Lake. Yes it's true the will go through the motions of spawning. The bucks will spill milt and the hens will lay eggs but that is far as it will go. It's like Levi love’n, it's a lot of fun, but ant much is going to come from it. Most trout require running water to spawn successfully - or a very clean lake (some of the high Uinta lakes will work.)
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