Fishing Report by the Oak Tree

Friday, 10/5

You gotta be kidding me.  It's a gorgeous Friday and it was only Lucky fishing by himself when I arrived at 9 AM.  We got the whole place to ourselves.

Since the Last Samurai landed a fish at Location #1 yesterday, and Lucky was on his rock, I hadda give it a try😀  I fished the entire hour trying out the Green Pirate with all kinds of juices to see if I can duplicate the Last Samurai's feat.  To the Green Pirate, I rubbed Mike's Salmon, Mike' Anise, Pro Cure Sardine, and Pro Cure Sand Shrimp Oil.  After an hour of casting and retrieving, I got nada, zippo, and nuthin'.

So back to Johnny's Rock I went!  Lucky decided to move to Location #1 where I was.  While I was switching between the Pink Squid and Green Pirate with different combo of juices, out of the corner of my eyes, I saw Lucky caught something!!!  Wow!  What's up??!?!  He caught a beautiful fishing pole combo.  No kidding!!!  He fished a complete fishing pole setup out of the water!!!  That's why he's LUCKY!

Anyhow, shortly after, I caught a setup myself.  The water was super low at this time around 10:30 AM.  The setup I fished out of the water was Ruben's striped bass fishing rig LOL 😂.  Lucky took it from me and cleaned it up and left it by the rock just in case Ruben comes back.  Ruben was striped bass fishing with his buddy early in the morning at 4:30 AM.  Lucky met them when he arrived early in the morning also.....

Back to serious business of salmon fishing now....

Come back later for the rest of the report.  It's gonna be a doozy.....  It involves another video, hee, hee, hee.

So here it is....

Go check out my new video at this link: Johnny United Nation Fishing

Have a blessed weekend!

...And remember, God loves you!

Thursday, 10/4

Reset!  Yes!  That's right.  Now the process starts all over for JU!  Hopefully, it won't be another 11 days and more than 30 hours before the next salmon😂

Today, my big brother, the Captain, came fishing with me.  We met at my home and carpooled over to the Oak Tree.  At 9 AM, there was Lucky already putting in his 3 hours of fishing!  Wow!

We were later joined by the Saint, Lethal, and the Last Samurai (Joe).  Why the Last Samurai?  Shoot!  The dude was the last man out to the Oak Tree...  and he was the first one to score!  Yes, he got his today!  This is only his third try!  Awesome!

Lethal, Lucky, and I all got hookups, but nothing stuck!  So, that's the summary for today: six fishermen in a span of 3 hours, got one landed!

Winning Lure of the Day

Video:

God is good!

Wednesday, 10/3

To the Oak Tree, JU!

I came to the site at 9 AM today.  Already, Trucker (Calvin) and the Legend (Caleb) were there.  I was honored to finally meet the Legend!!!  Why the Legend?!?!??!  The man caught THREE salmon in THREE tries this season.  I should have taken a picture of his net!  He brought a trout net to the salmon fishing hole.  I am pretty certain that the last 18 pounder salmon that he landed would not have fit in his net.  He had Ruben came to the rescue last Wednesday to help him net his fish.  This was the same Legend that Ruben told me last Wednesday, "A dude came by, fished for twenty minutes and landed a big salmon.  I saw that he was struggling, so I help netted his fish."

Later on in the day, I was told by Lucky that it was his third salmon in three tries!  Hence, introducing the Legend!!!

The Legend!

Remember Trucker from Monday?  He actually caught the salmon by sitting on his chair casting and retrieving just like the picture below.  As a matter of fact, he was at the same location doing the same thing on Monday.

Trucker

How long has this been for JU?  Today would be the eleventh trip!!!

So 20 minutes in to fishing and the Legend said, "Fish on!"  Why does the guy with a trout net always catch the big fish?😀  I reeled in my line super fast and dashed for location #1 where Legend was fishing; of course, I took my big net to help him.  However, before I got there, the fish became unbuttoned!  That would have been four for four for him.  He is the Legend and my new hero on the block!

Run for the net video:

I went back to "Johnny's Rock" to fish.  God bless the locals.  They named location #3 as "Johnny's Rock!"  Anyhow, 15 minutes later, using the pink squid SIREN, I finally, finally, finally, landed a CUTE wild jack.  I said cute because it was a tiny salmon shy of 3 pounds!  It's arguably the smallest salmon that I have caught!  Hey, it's still the FIRST salmon of 2018 for JU!  After ELEVEN tries and 30.5 HOURS of fishing in the Sac. River, JU got one!!!  Mama, don't let your babies grow up to be fishermen!

God is good!

Pink Squid SIREN

Look at the flakes on this CUTIE 😀

2018 Silver as a bullet!

JU's First 2018 Salmon video:

Here's the bullet video:

Tuesday, 10/2

Got out there at 8 AM, and there were already four fishermen present: Lucky, RainbowTroutMan, Lethal, and the Saint (that's Francis 😂).  Got one bit, but it did not stick.  Also, a fish jumped twenty feet in front of me.  Fished till 11 AM, but no one caught any today.

Oak Tree, Location #4

Fish jumped video:

Yes, JU using a casting reel video!

I have decided to write a daily report; so check back tomorrow....

Monday, 10/1

Dude, I can't believe it's already October!!!  Now, granted I haven't fished for salmon in the Sac. River as much as I did in 2017, but it's been eight days and 24 hours....  But, I digress....  The worst day of fishing is better than the best day at work!?!?!?

I did catch the most salmon last year in October.  So I am praying that it will be the same for this year.  This is the JU attitude.  Keep on fishing, baby....  Good things will happen.

Out by the oak tree today, we got Lucky, Calvin, Santos, Joe, and I.  So today, before the first battery on GoPro ran out, I actually hooked onto a nice steelhead.  Check out the video.

Finally, finally, someone landed a salmon after 9 days and 27 hours of fishing.  Another video.  Now if you're out there fishing and it ain't on my GoPro, it doesn't count!