Made a quick morning trip to Chabot. Fished from 10am to 2pm in my float tube. I fished from the island up to alder and back down to the end of the burner. Post spawn conditions definitely. 1/2 to 1 inch long fry were balled up in likely areas. I didn't sight anything over 10 but did see 8 or 9 fish from 2 to 6lbs. I threw the 12" Slammer and the Mission Fish, mixing in the senko on tullies and trees.

My first bite came on a bare nothing bank on the Mission Fish and lo and behold I hooked and landed the fish. It was hooked from the outside of the mouth in. Don't now how the fish managed that one. It weighed 3-0. My next, and last, bite came in the sticks. I let that Mission Fish drop about 30 feet down in one of the trees and on it's way down it got smacked, but I didn't hook up. Had a few small followers after that but no other bites. I tried fishing really deep today a lot, between 10 and 40 feet but I never got bit out there.

In any case it was nice to catch a fish at Chabot. You can't ever complain about the fishing at Chabot if you catch at least one fish.


http://www.calfishing.com/images/daily_reports/6_8_02_rob_chabot_3-0.jpg

where could i find a mission fish?

http://www.calfishing.com/freshwater/big_wood/troutplug05.html

I updated it pretty recently, so the info should be fairly accurate.

-Rob

thanks

Rob, nice to hear you busted the cherry on that Mission Fish. Most anglers I know are having a less than 50% hook-up ratio on their bites with it. It does have an awful lot of potential though. Keep at it, I knew you'd get it done.

Hey Rob, It was good seeing you out there yesterday in your tube. Congrats on the fish since we got skunked (lost two though). We actually saw quite a few in the 10# range just cruising including the giant I told you about. We'll be back out there next weekend. Good fishin'.