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[#0000ff][url "http://www.sltrib.com/outdoors/ci_7332870"]HERE IS THE LINK[/url] to the article in the Tribune by Brett Prettyman. It also includes the link to the video we posted the other day.[/#0000ff]
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Thanks for the links. If you can catch them, it sounds like a good opportunity to catch and keep some fish.
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thats a good article.. i would love to catch and take some walleyes at yuba again! but the last 10 times i have checked there were no Eye's in Yuba. [unsure]. they do have the pike pegged tho. there are lot's of them.
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[cool][#0000ff]Most of the "regulars" know that there ARE walleyes in Yuba, but darn few of us have been successful at scoring more than one or two. They are not yet as numerous as the pike. But, we also know that once they explode they will suck up the perch population pretty fast and there will be some banner years for those wascally wallies again. There are enough spawning walleyes now that we should see some fast increases in the population.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The last two years the tables have been turned on the walleyes. The perch are eating baby walleyes faster than the walleyes are eating perch.[/#0000ff]
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I read the article but was a little disappointed that it didn't talk a little more about what kinds of structure or depths to fish for the pike. That should maybe not come as much of a surprise since it seems that even many of the very knowledgeable Yuba anglers have told me that they are pretty spread out in the lake and there isn't a whole lot of structure that can be easily found. Anyone have the inside track on what to look for when hunting northerns?
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in spring look for the sticks in the back bays for the pike in the afternoon mornings on the rocky pionts.. summer back bays in the morning and rocky piont in the afternoon. winter is the hard one some days on rocky points other's up in shalow water like 4 to 10 feet.. minnows will take pike easy. just make sure to use some that are to big for the perch it eat.. spoon's, cranck bait, 6" swim bait do real good job this time of year. firetiger works good most the time.
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[cool][#0000ff]The fuzzy one has it pretty much right. There are some general things you can look for, but the fish could be anywhere at any time...and may be active or not. Fishing for them is a combination of hunting, skill, and dumb luck. Lots of the larger fish have been hooked by anglers fishing for trout or walleye...on some pretty small lures.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As most pike fans will tell you, these fish are mostly ambush predators. They will find a spot where they can wait for perch or other prey to swim by and then swoop out and grab them. When the water is low, and there is not much structure, pike will kinda wander around the lake, following the schools of perch. If you find an area with perch on your sonar, chances are there will be some toothy critters nearby. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As Fuzzy has suggested, if you have some small carp or large chubs, rig them on a wire leader multihook rig and drag one around behind you on one rod while casting lures with your other rod (if you have a two rod permit). If you are fishing from shore, try either hanging a minnow under a bobber or just letting it lay on the bottom. Let the fish get the large minnow well inside it's tough jaws before setting the hook. They will sometimes just chomp down on it and carry it around for awhile.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Anchovies are a good bait in Redmond Reservoir. I have never tried them on Yuba but I am betting they would work. Might even pick up a big catfish.[/#0000ff]
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there ya go giveing out good sercrats again dude! [sly]
ok i'll come cleen for the good of the lake.. anchovies do work just as good at yuba. make sure you have cable or (toothy critter cevlar line ) or you will pull back a lot of cut off lines. i still like the cable better becouse i make my own rig's and use light cable sometimes only 8 lbs up to 20 lbs. get the real limber kind for best action..
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I use AFW Surflon 7 strand for barracuda down in Mexico (annual trip coming up in 25 days but who's counting?) but it is 40 lb. I suppose I ought to go lighter. I also have some jointed rapala minnows that I got for tiger muskie but, as luck would have it, have never gotten to use because I can't convince my dad to make the drive to Pineview (he's always happy to make the drive to Strawberry). I imagine they would also work?
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The same fishing methods and lures used for tigers will work for northerns, the pike were here first afterall.
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