09-11-2006, 12:57 PM
the big perch were mixed in with the smaller perch.. we just had to weed through the smaller ones to get the bigger ones.. or use my top sercret perch jig i made up last week just for targeting the bigger perch.. [
] it worked better than i thought it would!
as for the catfish in yuba they have been there for years.. but yuba is not like utah lake the cat's are not every where in the lake.. so finding them is the trick.. and for some reasion night fishing or very early morning before the sun comes up is about the only time the big boys come out to play.. the only time i have seen them active in the day time is in spring when the run off is high then it's a all day all night thing.. but every now and then you can get one to hit in the day time.. when it's a day like we had this weekend with lot's of clouds and dark sky's..
there is still lot's of vegetation all over the painted rock area.. the lake is down about 20 feet.. the ramp at painted rock is still in the water and it's 25 feet deep out around the island.. i think the farmers are about done this year so the water will start comeing back up soon.. should be a good year for the perch again next year.. and the wether patern is look very good this year for a great water year should be good for all the lakes around..
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] it worked better than i thought it would! as for the catfish in yuba they have been there for years.. but yuba is not like utah lake the cat's are not every where in the lake.. so finding them is the trick.. and for some reasion night fishing or very early morning before the sun comes up is about the only time the big boys come out to play.. the only time i have seen them active in the day time is in spring when the run off is high then it's a all day all night thing.. but every now and then you can get one to hit in the day time.. when it's a day like we had this weekend with lot's of clouds and dark sky's..
there is still lot's of vegetation all over the painted rock area.. the lake is down about 20 feet.. the ramp at painted rock is still in the water and it's 25 feet deep out around the island.. i think the farmers are about done this year so the water will start comeing back up soon.. should be a good year for the perch again next year.. and the wether patern is look very good this year for a great water year should be good for all the lakes around..
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