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Spent six hours on the water today and Nada fish - figured the weather would not be good for fishing and it was not. When we first got there surprisingly it was very nice & we got a little finnesse jigging in before the 2-3 foot rollers started up, marked a lot of fish but no takers. Spent the last 2 hrs trolling to see if we could find a troutskie and they did not want to play either. Anyhow - we got the boat wet and ready to go when serious playtime happens & thankfully the DWR put the docks in today.
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That sucks about the fishing but its great that you got your boat out. Its gonna be next weekend before i get mine out at yuba. I have never really had good luck in march at yuba i have always done best starting in april. Once the weather warms a litttle more and stabilizes the fishing will be better.
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Scott, we should meet up at Yuba one day this spring. I've caught a lot of fish down there, and wouldn't mind catching a few in my new boat.
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Sounds good to me Jon! Water temp was up to 41. If we can get some sunshine this week it should come on up and turn on.
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Scott, I've never really done well there pre-spawn. Most of my catching has been in the post spawn period, up until the perch fry get big enough to be a reliable food source for the walleye. So like May-July.
By August it gets tough, there just too much food. I remember fishing there one July and doing very well. In addition, there were tons of doves flying over the narrows. I thought I'd go back on the dove opener, catch a bunch of 'eyes and shoot a limit of doves from the boat. Didn't shoot a single dove or catch a single fish!! Pretty funny.
I wouldn't mind an earlier trip, though. I ordered a new book on radar, and going down will give me a chance to play with it more. I can't really bottom bounce in my new boat, and am limited to trolling with planer boards and cranks. They usually do better in warmer water. I could anchor up for perch, and throw grubs for walleye, though.
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