Mother Lode fishing

Hi Everyone. I know its been sometime since I last posted anything. It’s not because I havent been fishing, because I have. I have been to Tulloch, where I took my dad fishing and we caught some pretty nice trout, then I have also been to Melones a couple of times where we caught a lot of Rainbows and Don Pedro several times. I was just at Pedro on Wednesday the 3rd of January with two clients and they boated 31 rainbows keeping their ten fish. Wednesday we fished until 2:30 and by the time we got back to the dock my clients had a two-hour drive back home and needed to get going so no photos were taken that day. I know I am usually pretty good at taking photos, but just not lately. The fish are really biting now, so its a great time to go as their is hardly anyone out fishing! Oh and by the way my boat now has a new look to it. I will get a photo up as soon as I get one of it.

Don Pedro fishing trip on 11-11-11

Don Pedro is where I took my two clients that I had the pleasure of guiding on Friday veterans day. We were greeted with overcast skies and a slight south breeze on this day and I knew we might have a challenging day ahead of us weather wise. I knew exactly where I wanted to fish so off we went, and soon we had two lines in the water and instantly we had a small fish on that was released and then another small one a few minutes later to also be released. Finally after some searching and working the area we started boating some quality fish, then a hard south wind came up and we had to run for cover where we were able to fish out of the hard wind but with little success. Then we started heading back to where we were catching fish as the wind looked to be calming down somewhat, but by the time I got half way back that hard south wind came back with a vengeance this time and this time we could not run for cover we were only able to just motor through it at a slow pace as the waves were way to big for running, and finally I found a very calm cove that was totally out of the wind and I eased the boat on the beach, and we waited out the wind by having some drinks and snacks. Finally we were able to get back to our spot and fish and then the wind laid down and made the rest of the day just perfect where my two clients hooked well over twenty fish, they boated sixteen and they kept there ten rainbows. Don Pedro is still cranking out the rainbows, so now is a great time to get out and enjoy a day on the water with no fishing pressure at all. The lake is back to just a few fishermen now. Thanks again Monte Smith Gold Country Sportfishing

Tulloch Rainbows on 11-09-11

Tulloch is where I went fishing with my dad on Wednesday. I decided to fish here at it has been a long time since I have fished Tulloch and its been sometime since I have taken my dad fishing with me. When we arrived, there wasnt anyone else to be found. We started fishing as soon as we left the ramp and it took us quite sometime to catch our first fish of the day. The bite really didn’t get going for us until later in the day and then once we found them we had a lot fun hooking many fish, we had two doubles in a short time and wouldn’t you know we lost them both, but it was still fun. We ended the day hooking fifteen fish and only boating six fish for the day. A great day at Tulloch with my dad and some good conversation. Thanks Monte Smith Gold Country Sportfishing

Don Pedro fishing trip 11-03-11

I had a guided fishing trip to Don Pedro with two great guys on Thursday the 3rd of November. The weather was good when we started as their was supposed to be a storm front coming in later in the day. We fished a few different areas of the lake to find our fish throughout the day and we had  found some good action. My two clients hooked over twenty fish on today’s trip to Don Pedro, the catching today was a bit tough but they ended up with there two limits of rainbows. We fought the windy conditions that came upon us around noon and at times it was really windy, then it would lay down for a short while to only blow again, but we managed just fine and they ended the day with a nice double. Thanks again guys Monte Smith Gold Country Sportfishing

Don Pedro trout fishing trip 10-14-11

Hi everyone, I had a guided fishing trip on The 14th of October to Don Pedro with two great guys. We started the morning out at 7:00 O’ clock and headed for the fishing grounds, we started our troll and we found the bite somewhat slow, but I never give up and finally we had our first take down, and that turned out to be a quality Rainbow, then only a few minutes later we had another one on that came unbuttoned, we worked this area in search of more fish, but we had no takers, so we moved on and kept searching until finally I found some fish that were willing to bite, so I worked this area until my two clients were able to fill their limits. They ended up with eight Rainbows and two smaller king Salmon. The day was a very nice day on the water as this can be some of the nicest times of year to fish, we can basically have the lake to ourselves, and the action at Don Pedro is still going on. Thinking about booking a trip don’t hesitate, Call me at 209-581-4734 Thanks again guys! Monte Smith Gold Country Sportfishing

Sacramento River King Salmon 10-10-11

Hi everyone, I made a trip to the Sacramento river on Monday. I took my dad since he has not been fishing with me in some time, and he was ready to go. We headed for Sacramento and we arrived at Garcia bend around 6:30 where we were greeted with many other anglers. We got the boat ready and waited in line to launch and with all the people everything went very smooth. We were greeted with over cast skies and honestly this is the very first time that I did not check the weather, I thought it would be just a cool and cloudy day, well I was to be WRONG! after fishing for an hour or so it started sprinkling, so I put the top up on the boat and then it started raining and raining and then it really came down in buckets, but with the top up we were fine, as many people we seen that day on the river did not have any tops and looked to be drenched, and were really diehards. The rain finally stopped for about maybe 45 minutes and long enough to do battle with a nine pound King Salmon that turned out to be a buck and put up a great fight! So if you are interested in fishing for some hard fighting King Salmon on the river give me a call and I can put you on some fish as now is about the best time to go. Call for prices. Thanks Monte Smith Gold Country Sportfishing

Don Pedro trout fishing 10-8-11

Hi Everyone, I took my daughter Jordan and her friend Summer to Don Pedro on Saturday the 8th of October. I wanted to get some more video of catching fish so that I can add it to my web site, as I was setting rods and thinking about getting the camcorder out and ready, the fish were already starting to bite.
Finally i was able to get all the rods out and the video camera out, we started catching fish and getting plenty of action on film at Don Pedro of us catching fish. The day was very nice and there was hardly anyone there on the lake, even for a Saturday.We ended the day keeping eight rainbows and one King Salmon, we also released five other Rainbows and we some missed opportunities. Here is the photo of there catch from Don Pedro.Hopefully I can get the video out soon. Thanks Monte Smith Gold Country Sportfishing

Don Pedro trout on 9-23-11 with Cal Kellogg and video on youtube

Hi All, I took Cal Kellogg and Brooke Culverhouse of the fishSniffer on Friday the 23rd of September to Don Pedro. Cal wanted to shoot some video of how I caught Rainbows by trolling my homemade spoons. The day was filled with plenty of action, we probably boated at least 15 fish and we lost several on this day and they only kept five fish. We ended the day at 11:00 O’clock with plenty of video. .

Thanks, Monte Smith

Don Pedro fishing trip 9-19-11

Hi Everyone, I had the pleasure of guiding three guys to Don Pedro on the 19th of September to chase Rainbow trout. We launched out of Blue Oaks at 6:30 and headed for the fishing grounds. When we arrived at our destination I started setting rods I could not even get the third rod out as the action was already starting, it did take me some time before I could even get all four rods out. The action at Don Pedro has been nothing short of great! and we probably never went more than ten minutes with out a strike, we also caught some small King Salmon and we let all of them go back except one. Many times we did have some double hook ups, but we did not always get them to the boat, and loosing a few fish on a trip is be expected and that is when they just were not hooked up good enough to begin with, then we had a couple of fish that just went ballistic flying out of the water and ripping out line and that is always a blast to see and feel. I knew we were getting close to limits around nine o’clcok and I needed to count our fish, then it happened, we had a double hook up going and as I slowed the boat so my clients could reel in there fish the other two rods went off making a quad hook up and we landed all four fish, three trout and one small Salmon and the salmon we released. I counted the fish and guess what we were done with fifteen fish in the cooler all by 9:20, so I took my time putting things away and we headed to a small Island to take a few photos. The fishing is still just fantastic!at Don Pedro Thanks again guys Monte Smith Gold Country Sportfishing. For guided fishing trips in the Mother Lode area call Monte at 209-581-4734

Sacramento River Salmon 9-16-11

Hi everyone, I change gears a little and I have been doing some Salmon fishing on the Sacramento River in search of the Kings. Friday my good friend Doug and I went  an trolled the river in search of King Salmon.We took his boat this time and we ended up landing two kings, the fish were not monsters, but hey they were fish, they weighed eight and ten pounds and put up a great fight. If you are interested in catching some Kings give me a call to set up a trip, and call for rates. I am licensed to guide on the rivers! Here are the photos. Doug was camera-shy at first but I finally talked him into a picture when we got back to the dock. The only thing is I took the photo with my phone as my camera was put away in my bag and I am having trouble getting it onto my web site. Thanks Monte Smith Gold Country Sportfishing