Back On Track... Well, Not Quite.

Last year we skipped the Annual Camping Trip (ACT).  This year, we decided to do it again.  Modern technologies would have us booked our camp sites using the computer!  How I missed talking to a live person when reserving the group site at Indian Creek Reservoir (ICR).  As it was, I couldn't reserve the group site fast enough and have to resort to single and double tent sites.  Thankfully, friends came through, and many sites were booked.  We got sites 2, 7, 8, 10, and 11, with camp central at site 8.  Truthfully, I may not go back to the group site in the future.  Site 8 was so cool to dock the canoe.  We caught fish everyday!  But not the kind that we want!?!?!!?

No thunder storms to worry about this year.  The weather was rather warm.  However, the day trip up higher elevation helped us cool down.

Friday, we setup and I caught my first fish from ICR!  It was not the fish to be bragging about!  As a matter of fact, I gave a rather truthfully unpleasant review at the Anglers' Review Drop Box.  For our entire camping trip, we caught nothing but bait fish at ICR!  On the positive note, with so much bait fish, I can't wait to catch a real fish in the near future.  There must be lots of monster trout in the reservoir with such abundant food.  I must be rusty from skipping last year, because I tried plugs, spinners, and spoons from the Ave Maria and didn't get ONE nibble!!!

Good thing there were other lakes nearby.  Half an hour away from camp central were Lake Kirkwood and Caples Lake.  We caught trout at both lakes.  More important, the children enjoy swimming, float tubing, swinging off a rope tied to a tree into the lake, and jumping off a 20-foot tree into the lake!!!

It was a very pleasant trip that ended too quickly.

God is good.

-JU signing out.

Oh, oh, the shape of my tummy is the same as the fish :-)

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I got a super cool Samurai Fisherman shirt as a present

First Fish for Sharkboy

 

One crayfish?!?!?

Little "j" with the biggest rainbow of the day

Artistic Fishergirl with the biggest and only Brook of the day!

Wait, are adults allow to have fun on float tubes?  Apparently, yes!  Here's a video:

First fish for Sharkboy captured on video:

Jumping off a 20-foot tree into the lake is lots of fun, even if you manage to slightly dislocate your shoulder and was sore for a few days....  Here's the video:

How Many Fish?

Last Friday (6/29) we went to Ice House for some fishing.  This time it was really fishing and NOT catching.  We fished from 9 AM until 1 PM with 6 rods in the water and no bite!  I went around the entire dam with a Kastmaster and saw only three fish looking at the lure.  I didn't count, but I am pretty certain I cast over a hundred times...

There were lots of minnows and a straggler big trout cruising by every now and then just to frustrate all the fishermen.

We presented just about every technique we know, but could not entice a bite!  We decided to pickup and head down the mountain at 1 PM.  Just as we were about to leave, a nearby fisherman screamed out indicating that we got a "fish on" on the pink pole.  Of course, Mrs. Miracles and the children were fighting over who get to  land the fish.  Master Fisherman ran towards the fishing pole and set the hook.  He battled the fish for a while before learning the drag was too loose and the fish would not come in.  But come in, it did.  It was a nice 15-inch hold over rainbow.  It was the lone fish that saved us from being skunk!

Ice House Reservoir

Lots of minnows

The one that didn't get away.

Same fish...

Brookie???

We went fishing at Lake Kirkwood on Friday (6/22).  We fished from 9 AM to 10 AM without a bite!  One of our favorite lakes where we normally limited out, but today all we saw was a monster fish chasing our lure without a hit!

Then at 10 AM, it was every fisherman's dream when he has a bunch of kids wanting to catch fish rather than fishing....  Yes....  THE FISH TRUCK ARRIVED!!!  1,100 RAINBOW WERE DUMPED INTO THE LAKE!!!  Yours truly got it on camera.

ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED RAINBOW!!!

Unfortunately, another hour went by before the first fish was landed by a nearby fisherman!  Super strange.  We tried just about everything and only managed six fish total by 2 PM.  We left and spoke with the camp host.  He told us that we were the only successful fishermen within the past two weeks that he was there?!?!?

My suspicion is that the water was super warm.  As soon as the fish were dumped into the lake, they took off to the deeper parts of the lake.  Also, they may have been well fed at the hatchery before their trek up the mountain.  Nevertheless, this may have been the very first time where we did not limited out when the fish were being dumped into the lake.  The fisherman next to us was trying just about everything also, but only landed the very initial fish.  How strange!  Additionally, what's also super strange is that we caught two monster size brook trout!!!  Well, at least they're monster by our standards since we don't typically catch 'em.  They resemble baby salmon.  Can't wait to have 'em for dinner.

What a beauty!

Beautiful brook trout!

The children didn't catch a lot of fish, but they manage to have their own fun...

I gotta big minnow 😀

Not gonna get my hands dirty!

Let's just jump into the lake videos!!!

We got back home just in time for Holy Mass!

Peace,
-JU

Just Another Fishing... Friday

Lake Alpine is about two and half hour's drive from SacTown.  Today there were lots of roadway constructions and one-way traffic control.  But once we got to our destination, it was definitely worth the trip.

We fished from 11 AM until 2 PM.  We caught a total of five fish, with the biggest being a fifteen incher, pink meat, rainbow trout.  Fishing was not as productive as yesterday.  We caught three on the power ball from the bottom, one on the Thomas, and another on night crawler.

End of fishing report😁

Have a blessed day.

Let's go scouting

Whoa...

Another nice lake

What?!?!

Not bad...

Where are the fishing poles?!?!

On Da Single Hook!

It was a fun day going up to Lower Blue Lake to catch some planted trout!

We started near the ramp soaking power bait and casting lures.  It took about an hour just to catch ten trout.  I started walking towards the dam casting a Thomas Buoyant with a single hook.  Pretty soon I discovered a lot of planted trout near the dam.  So we moved our gears😁  Soon we started getting lots of hits on our lures, but landing the trout was a challenge.  This was because I swapped out most of the treble hooks that came with the lures into the single hook!  It became a bragging right if we caught the fish using a single hook lure.

By the end of our fishing trip, we manage to land a few...

Forget fishing....  The sight is incredible!

First ten by the ramp

Eureka!

God is good!

Next adventure?  May be tomorrow...

It's Been a Rough Several Weeks

But God is good!

Haven't been blogging in a while because it's been a rough last several weeks....

Close friend from High School lost her dad; lost a good and dear family friend Rev. Eugene Lawlor; and, lost a loving Sister-In-Law....  All within a span of two weeks!

So this blog will be about random stuff....

First off....  Brother Fish Whisperer (FW) hit it big with trout in the Sierras...

 Church events...

JU became a proud Godfather to Geodude

Mrs. Miracles and niece went to see Patrick Madrid

Home front....

JU and Mrs. Miracles

Yes, mangos growing in SacTown

Friend from High School...

Friend's mom in the middle

High School friend

Annual Sunset Beach camping pictures....

Poem found from HS friend's dad's last papers:

May God bless your day!

-JU