03-28-2009, 06:56 PM
Went up to fish the river at the pali
es dam before they open the gates more (supposedly tomorow I'm hearing). There were 4 people fishing against the fence together and then 1 more a little further down when we arrived just after 7am. I got a solid hit as soon as my first cast hit the water, then nothing. Before long The group I noticed were pulling fish in, but I quickly noticed they were snagging them, then into their cooler they went. About the third one I got a good look at the fish as it went by me about 10 feet off the shore. It was a cut about 15" range. It also went into the cooler. After that I called the CAP line and they sent an officer out to check. He called twice to verify who it was I was concerned about while he observed with optics from the road. By this time one of them left with a stringer with about 10+ fish (I have yet to catch that many rainbows total up there in 2+ yrs). The other 3 he said he would watch and the more fish they caught like that the more trouble they were in. They eventually left and the officer met them in the parking lot. 45 minutes later when we left (still skunked) he was still talking with them about the regs, fines, etc. In the end I didn't catch any fish, but I felt the day was successful since I did help nab some of the people responsible for screwing up some of the fishing there. [
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es dam before they open the gates more (supposedly tomorow I'm hearing). There were 4 people fishing against the fence together and then 1 more a little further down when we arrived just after 7am. I got a solid hit as soon as my first cast hit the water, then nothing. Before long The group I noticed were pulling fish in, but I quickly noticed they were snagging them, then into their cooler they went. About the third one I got a good look at the fish as it went by me about 10 feet off the shore. It was a cut about 15" range. It also went into the cooler. After that I called the CAP line and they sent an officer out to check. He called twice to verify who it was I was concerned about while he observed with optics from the road. By this time one of them left with a stringer with about 10+ fish (I have yet to catch that many rainbows total up there in 2+ yrs). The other 3 he said he would watch and the more fish they caught like that the more trouble they were in. They eventually left and the officer met them in the parking lot. 45 minutes later when we left (still skunked) he was still talking with them about the regs, fines, etc. In the end I didn't catch any fish, but I felt the day was successful since I did help nab some of the people responsible for screwing up some of the fishing there. [][signature]
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