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  1. dennis boatman
    Used to catch Northern Pike in the little Sac all the way up to Hwy. 13 in the 70's.
  2. dennis boatman
    That Cutthroat was my best ever. Caught on a #14 Elk Hair Caddis.
  3. dennis boatman
    Caught this one on the Carson River near Markleeville, CA last week. Also caught Rainbows and Brooks in nearby streams.
  4. dennis boatman
    Middle Fork Stanislaus. My new "home" river.
  5. dennis boatman
    I live in California and the fishing in this state is outstanding. From Trout and Salmon to Bass and Crappie, it has been the best two years of fishing of my life. LOTS of water this year, rivers are raging. Next on my list is Kokanee and Stripers.
  6. dennis boatman
    Crappie are starting here in California. Averaging about 13" with about half 15". Pretty much like Missouri Crappie and taste the same.
  7. dennis boatman
    Video pretty much tells the story. Beautiful day, beautiful river. Salmon_Movie_2016.mp4
  8. dennis boatman
    I have only tried a white crappie jig tipped with a piece of worm on a lake I fish. Always works. I did tie a fly with squirrel tail and weighted with those eye weights. I did catch one nice one on that but VERY difficult to cast.
  9. dennis boatman
    DSCN1961.MOV Here is a fun video of a small clean out of our sluice box. Fishing and Gold in California. Life is good.
  10. dennis boatman
    And if the fish aren't biting, there is always the gold....
  11. dennis boatman
    Since moving to CA, the fishing has been OK to pretty good. Rainbows, Browns, Brookies, and Goldens. This past week I caught my 2 biggest trout of my life, a 21" and 24" with several 15 to 17". The biggest all came on the Thompson Bouyant spoons. Lost one big one on the fly rod. We now live in Sonora, CA and have access to some great fishing within 30 minutes of the house. Within 2 hours we can reach more than I could possibly in my lifetime.
  12. dennis boatman
    Beautiful day so we decided to go do some exploring. Lots of Salmon in the river. 2015-11-14_18.32.26.mov
  13. dennis boatman
    I have always had good luck swinging Soft Hackles. Simple fly.
  14. dennis boatman
    It was watching videos like this that gave us the idea to move West. We are so happy we did...
  15. dennis boatman
    The Walleye fishing on Stockton is the only thing I miss since moving to California last April. 18 to 20 feet with a 3 way rig and crawler harness fished just fast enough to spin the blade and tick the bottom with your weight works nearly year round. Stockton is an EXCELLENT walleye fishery. NO Walleye in California!
  16. dennis boatman
    We moved here for our retirement...
  17. dennis boatman
    Nothing as good as this forum, but here are a couple of places for information. http://www.kernriverflyfishing.com/forum/yabb2/YaBB.pl http://gloryholesports.com/fishing-reports/
  18. dennis boatman
    We camped here for 2 nights and hiked to several different lakes....
  19. dennis boatman
    That is a Brook Trout...this is a Golden
  20. dennis boatman
    Caught at Leavitt Lake, about 9,500' elevation. They were not shy. And it was cold and actually a little snow fell...It's July in California.
  21. dennis boatman
    If the fishing is slow...there is always gold...
  22. dennis boatman
    My favorites...
  23. dennis boatman
    The Clavey is not the best fishing river. That said it does have one of the purest native coastal trout populations. Though mostly small, they are a beautiful fish and very challenging to catch. It is always an adventure, and hardly anyone goes there. It is a gem.
  24. dennis boatman
    Fished here the other day...Not another person all day...
  25. dennis boatman
    Permanently in California...As for other fisheries..New Melones has excellent bass, crappie, and catfish along with Kokanee...Salmon come up the rivers, but the better salmon fishing is a couple of hours north of here...
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