Nothing But Eggs

Well, not exactly.

Picked up Yuki at the Wells Fargo in San Andreas and headed to New Melones (not so much a puddle any more) lake.

Since we were meeting our friend Jim who hails from Sonora (California) we stopped under the Highway 49 bridge where we expected to find him. You know where I'm talking about, we've been there a dozen times before. 

Jim had just gotten there when we arrived. He had one rod out with Power Bait and a crawler on the other. I put out two, one with rainbow Power Bait and the other with white Power eggs. Yuki had one out with orange Power Eggs and was throwing a pink Kastmaster with the other

Jim

Yuki

If you make the picture below large, notice the outcropping of land, not the one close, but the one beyond and that is where we were fishing the last time out there. I was actually fishing in the place where we used to park. 

My spot, my shadow

Yuki got the first two hits on orange Power Eggs, but missed both. I guess he finally used enough Superglue because the third one stuck. It was a nice 12/13 inch Rainbow.  It was his first fish of 2017.

I took second blood (on orange Power Eggs) with another nice 12/13 inch Rainbow. It also turned out to be my first fish of 2017.

First fish of 2017

Just then, Jim hooked one on a Kastmaster and chocked up his first of 2017 also. A definite day of first fish in 2017. School (fish school that is) was in session.

Yuki put one more on his stringer so that he took home two and Jim with his and mine took home two also. Keep in mind that they haven't planted New Melones since October 23rd. last year. 

I took the picture below to show you how much water has gone into New Melones. Used to be a long way up to the 49 bridge.

So New Melones is far from full (only 32% at last count), but it's definitely coming along. So well in fact, the launch ramp at Tuttletown where we used to fish is now in the water. Last time I was over there you couldn't even see water from the ramp.

No more fishing this week. Rain from now probably through the weekend. We'll be back out next week.

Stay tuned.