Yuba Pike Grand Finale weekend!

[TyeDyeTwins]

Yuba - Awoke at 4am to make my sunrise journey! It took more than a few minutes to pack and I swear this crap was heavier than my backcountry skiing adventures!!!!


I guess when you want to float tube for pike you have to pay the price. My destination was the narrows! Holy cow was that a WALK!!!! Over the course of a hour and a half I encountered a few deer, cow crap galore, and a "hair raising" electric fence. With all obstacles avoided I set sail for my 1st ever float tube experience. Hours later a boat came into the bay and asked "how do they taste?" I said "excellent!" Whoops, that was a test. These guys C&R all pike and let me know I wouldn't be fishing on their boat but I will get a ride from them later to the Oasis Marina. So while they fished on I nailed a 4lb and 5oz carp on a CD7 perch rapala on my tube.

So I went back with the C&R guys and listened to their distaste for the forums and adams recent pike report on TV. I threw a worm and slip sinker rig for the carp and within a few minutes the 1st carp showed up.


I caught 4 more before I headed to the dam for pike. Lost a small mouth bass right on shore. Oh well. I fished from camp on the west beach at night for 30mins. Dull hooks lead to no fish landed.

Sunday - Arrived at the azz crack of dawn to the Oasis launch ramp. Set up my toon when a fisherman launching his boat asked about the fishing. I informed him I was at the narrows the day before but didn't have the energy to do that again. He offered a ride which turned into me fishing with him on the boat all day.

We tried all around buzzing pikey spots for hours on end and eventually trolled the island off of walleye point. BAM he managed a 15lb 4oz carp!


Not impressed we tried the dam for some casting action. It was on! He nailed pike after pike. I was in the back of the boat and got sloppy seconds.
I managed 1 at 22 inches........................

.......and he got around 9 till we moved where he got more!

Is that his snake headed for his foot?


Then we trolled to the narrows where he nailed the pigs!


This one was not measured. It was instantly released to insure survival.


We tried the painted rocks area to no avail and then he managed to lose another pike at the narrows before calling it a day at 3:30pm. I wanted to carry on shore fishing but my poor father had enough and wanted to leave. This was the very last time I go in his car!!!!!! I fish from dawn till dusk dammit!!!!!!!

Thanks again for allowing me on the boat Clark. It was an awesome day even if you just invited me to net your fish LOL!
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[Blueboy22]

Nice trip, meeting new friends is always a plus. Cant believe the size of Carp in Yuba.
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[EvilTyeDyeTwin]

So you got the pike you were after....made a few friends and now you are calling it quits! No luck at Waynes World....something told me you would not try there!

I get the feeling that next year will be better. Definately gonna have to make an ice fishing trip and several spring attempts for sure!
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[flygoddess]

Kinda harsh on ol' Dad[]
Anything on the fly?

With you beautiful pictures and descriptions, I am betting that lake becomes VERY popular now. Specially those last two pictures, and the report that this man caught a bunch.
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[nebocreek]

Nice post. I was down there Saturday...thought I might run into you and say hi. I did see one guy in a tube from a long ways away. Were you on the west side of the lake? Anyway, I fished from sunlight to about 4:30. Cast about 1000 times and covered a lot of water. Finally managed one pike. Saturday just wasn't the day I guess. Pike are fickle creatures.

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[nebocreek]

That lake is already very popular. But as a lot of people are finding out, you can easily drive down there and spend all day losing lures and catching nothing. It just isn't the way Gary Winterton makes it look. There are some nice fish in there but it is definitely no cakewalk finding them and catching them. We had 3 people on two boats fishing for 10 hours and boated a total of 2 small pike and the 1 mediocre one in my picture.
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[flygoddess]

Oh I know it is Popular. Tube Dude use to give some spectacular reports from there and we use to go there (for Trout) but have not been for several years since. But, I can't stand it NOW. I got to get down there. Maybe luck out like the boat driver did...[laugh][laugh][laugh]
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[TyeDyeTwins]

[quote nebocreek]Nice post. I was down there Saturday...thought I might run into you and say hi. I did see one guy in a tube from a long ways away. Were you on the west side of the lake? Anyway, I fished from sunlight to about 4:30. Cast about 1000 times and covered a lot of water. Finally managed one pike. Saturday just wasn't the day I guess. Pike are fickle creatures.

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I was out in a tube by the entrance to the narrows.OMG that was a long long walk!

I also camped along west beach and fished the dam on shore around sunset.
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[TyeDyeTwins]

[quote flygoddess]Kinda harsh on ol' Dad[]
Anything on the fly?

With you beautiful pictures and descriptions, I am betting that lake becomes VERY popular now. Specially those last two pictures, and the report that this man caught a bunch.[/quote]

Yep harsh on the dad for sure. Sucks when you have them figured out and you have to leave. I have lost a friend or 2 from this exact thing.

At 22 miles long I don't worry a single bit that it might become popular.Pretty laughable you'd even say that. Plus the tactics change from day to day. This time I had to zag instead of zig.
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[Boatloadakids]

TyeDye,
From the looks of that hair-do of yours I'd say that electric fence you tangled with must have packed some real voltage.[sly]


Just jazzin' ya man. I'm bit folically challenged myself...

Nice report and nice fish.
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[ocean]

You know since they opened yuba up to OHV and more of the res there are people driving to the narrows with their cars and 5th wheels .I dont lknow if its private land or not but it might be worth finding out if you like to tube the narrows.[]
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[TyeDyeTwins]

The C&R guys that picked me up on sat from the narrows said that I could have driven there from the dam but were semi un-sure.

The ranger told my dad east beach will open to car traffic next year so it won't be boat access only anymore. Apparently the docks are getting to be too much of a hassle to maintain.
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[luvs2fish6]

Hey man this is Clark. CAn you send me those pictures? Thanks.
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[TyeDyeTwins]

I did send you an email. I guess it did not work. I am re-trying it right now

Glad to see you remembered your old BFT account!
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