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Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 12/31/01 -- 23:17:09 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.12; Mac_PowerPC)
Michael - probably the only possibilities on the SLR for spey casting are down at the mouth of the river (between the railroad bridge there at the Boardwalk and the Riverside Street bridge).
The river is pretty narrow and there is not much clearance behind for most of the rest of the access.
NL (Nick) the river was running at 350-375 cfs Sunday morning, visibility was
less than a foot. Not very good for flies & lures, but roe and other bait works
just fine, you just need to find the spots where the water velocity isn't too fast
and you can feel a bite. I've seen fish caught at up to 700 cfs (just don't try
to cross at these flow rates!).
NL <nickolas.lima@asml.com> -- 12/31/01 -- 10:01:52 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt; www.svg.com)
Brad, I'm suprised you didn't get washed down river!!!
Hello all. Is there a particular stretch on the SLR that would lend itself to a spey rod and swinging flies. I've had fun at Pescadero (single hand striping nymphs) going after half-pounders but it sounds as though you guys to the south may have yourselves a more substantial thing goin' on. Thanks and Happy New Year!
Fished the San Lorenzo Sunday morning. Tried 4 Rocks first, got a couple
of hand sized fish in the tail of the pool. Tried the next pool down also,
all I caught was a tree. Then tried the falls pool, only managed to break my
rod on a snag (good thing it's got a warantee!). Went back to my car and got
my other rod and went down to the Cascades - nothing. Maybe next weekend?
SLR IS COMPLETLY BLOWN OUT!!!
Just checked SLR, Water is rising and starting to muddy up..
Tomarrow will be o.k. Sunday will be blown out..If we get enough of a break in the Rain,Tues. and Wed., might be good..These storms schould bring up a fresh run of fish..Just gotta find EM'.
Steve <steveandcc@msn.com> -- 12/27/01 -- 21:33:10 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; MSN 6.1; MSNbDELL; MSNmen-us; MSNc11)
After reading these reports on Ernie's site for 2 seasons now, I finally had an opportunity to fish the San Lorenzo yesterday. Actually, I've tried twice before for just a couple hours each during bad conditions so I consider yesterday my first "real" trip. There were lots of people on the river. I fished the garden in the morning (nothing), then went to 4-rock (zip) and then returned to the garden. I was fishing with a chrome flatfish when my 8'6" pole doubled over. Nothwithstanding a lot of pressure and a fairly tight drag, the fish took me down 2 or 3 little waterfalls but I managed to keep the tension so the barbless hooks wouldn't slip out. Finally, after 20 minutes or so (?), the fish was landed (thanks Tad). The fish was a hatchery buck that measured 32". An onlooker guessed it to be in the 8-10lb range. Thanks to all you guys for the advice you have given on this site and via email. Best fishing day ever.
Dan <devdem@yahoo.com> -- 12/27/01 -- 15:01:11 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT)
Sorry...not Sierra rivers...Santa Cruz Mtns rivers.
thx
Dan <devdem@yahoo.com> -- 12/27/01 -- 15:00:41 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT)
Hello all,
Took my first scouting of the SLR around Cowell's this past weekend. What a wonderful place.
Watching the weather forecast, looks like there is a lot of rain headed this way this weekend. I read through a lot of the previous posts on rain - a lot of prayers going on at times! Can someone give me the goods on how the Sierra rivers react to rain and how it affects fishing here?
Thanks,
Dan
Dan <devdem@yahoo.com> -- 12/27/01 -- 15:00:05 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT)
Hello all,
Took my first scouting of the SLR around Cowell's this past weekend. What a wonderful place.
Watching the weather forecast, looks like there is a lot of rain headed this way this weekend. I read through a lot of the previous posts on rain - a lot of prayers going on at times! Can someone give me the goods on how the Sierra rivers react to rain and how it affects fishing here?
Thanks,
Dan
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 12/26/01 -- 21:00:33 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.12; Mac_PowerPC)
Hey, hooked my first big SLR steelhead Sunday afternoon
and Tuesday afternoon. Lost three good fish. First two felt like
solid snags, but then the fish took off on long runs, the third jumped clear of the water before breaking off. 30" and maybe 8lbs. Two out of Wall hole, the third in the little hole just above
Rincon. Two on black Woolley Buggers, one on a pink egg pattern. wednesday fished for 3 hours without a strike.
Jeff Kinzli <jeff@ernies.com> -- 12/26/01 -- 18:02:21 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.76 (Windows 2000; U) Opera 6.0 [en]
Sheri, the local streams in Santa Cruz County are closed to trout fishing in the summer time, they are only open to steelhead fishing (Nov. 16th - End of Feb.). If you're looking for trout fishing in the Santa Cruz area, then the only spots are Loch Lomond, Pinto Lake, and perhaps a few smaller lakes. You might want to consider Putah Creek, it's got some good trout fishing, even in the winter time. You can call us at the shop if you like, or stop by, and we can give you some information about it...
Sheri <debernieres@hotmail.com> -- 12/26/01 -- 09:48:07 -- Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; CDonDemand) Gecko/20010131 Netscape6/6.01
I'm new to this area and I'm looking for someone to show me where to fish within an hour's drive of Sunnyvale, Ca. I'm interested mostly in flyfishing for trout and prefer streams over still water.
nitt <rizzodr@aol.com> -- 12/25/01 -- 17:19:24 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 95)
anyone fish the slr on Christmas day??? my wife, kids, and i took a hike along the rr tracks in the afternoon and didn't see many anglers... i'm planning to go tomorrow morning to fish downstream from the garden and wondering if anyone had any luck today...
Mark <mh9208@aol.com> -- 12/25/01 -- 14:55:58 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; AOL 4.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
How's the river looking for Wed. Apreciate the help.
David McKenzie <dpmckenzie@earthlink,net> -- 12/25/01 -- 10:27:03 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)
Fished SLR 12/19..two small egg eaters and one decent fish that was only hooked up breifly...Took a peek at Pescadero and San Grigorio...both blown out but may be fishable at this time...BTW the no net rule goes for these countys..Mendocino,Monterey,San Luis Obispo,San Mateo,Santa Clara,Santa Cruz and Sanoma..There is no exscuse, but I think it's an honest mistake that some make and should be put in the "body of water/open season and special reg" section of the reg book to avoid confusion..merry xmas!!
Coyotebaitboy <Coyotetackle@CS.com> -- 12/23/01 -- 08:36:59 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
I fished Tennis hole and got five fish. Nothing over 19". Yarn and crawler combo. Saw a five pounder landed on roe. Also fished Soquel and Pajaro. Not much there. Anyone tried Carmel. Uvas is going to be great in a week.
Better read yor regs. before you think about using a net on our
river(SLR).It is clearly definened on page 9 section 2.09. in your
reg.booklet..LOCALS KNOW BETTER!!!!!
Brooke <bro_oke@yahoo.com> -- 12/22/01 -- 13:36:52 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.75 [en] (Win98; U)
I'm one of the guilty newcomers to SLR sporting a landing net 12/15 and 12/19.
(See the post by D&J -- 12/21/01) I hooked on the landing net out of habit, having no idea it was illegal (and having no intention of 'taking' any fish).
I had reviewed the DFG regulations and hadn't spotted anything about landing nets on the San Lorenzo.
Somebody please point out the reg on landing nets, so I don't miss something like that next time.
Thanks, Brooke
Brooke <bro_oke@yahoo.com> -- 12/22/01 -- 13:08:31 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.75 [en] (Win98; U)
I'm one of the guilty newcomers to SLR sporting a landing net 12/15 and 12/19.
(See the post by D&J -- 12/21/01) I hooked on the landing net out of habit, having no idea it was illegal (and having no intention of 'taking' any fish).
I had reviewed the DFG regulations and hadn't spotted anything about landing nets on the San Lorenzo.
Somebody please point out the reg on landing nets, so I don't miss something like that next time.
Thanks, Brooke
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 12/21/01 -- 18:28:30 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.12; Mac_PowerPC)
Although I am sure someone has caught steelhead all about river levels, in my experience, about 400 cf/sec is pretty hopeless. I think the fish get hunkered down in these conditions and don't risk getting out in the current.
The forecast is for more rain tonight, I'm betting the
river will be blown out for the weekend.
D&J <SWAPS@AOL.COM> -- 12/21/01 -- 17:46:31 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; AOL 7.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
FOR ALL THE NEW STEELHEAD/SILVER SALMON FISHERMEN ON THE SLR WELCOME TO THE PARTY!! FOR THE VET. STEELHEADERS "FISH-ON BABY"!!
JUST A FRIENDLY NOTE TO ALL NEWCOMERS ALL NETS OF ANY KIND ARE ILLEGAL ON THE SLR. NOTICED THIS SEASON ALOT OF FISHERMEN SPORTING LANDING NETS. THIS IS NOT LEGAL! LETS TRY TO KEEP OUR BROADSTOCK IN GOOD SHAPE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION TO ENJOY. PRACTICE CATCH AND RELEASE ON OUR BROADSTOCK (HATCHERY OR NATIVE) TIGHT LINES:)
We got a couple of inches of rain yesterday in Ben Lomond..SLR is high and muddy..could be tough to fish this weekend,Won't
clear up in time..But Tues. and wed. are looking good..hope to get another ten pounder for christmas.. Merry christmas all!!!!
1st timer on your page. Looking forward to many opertunities this year in my back
yard. We have landed on Lazywood rd. (just up the SLV from the high school) moved in late
last year never had a chance to tie on a fly. Saw a couple guys wading the river
opening day, but things looked pretty muddy to me. Only question I have is what pattern / streamer
should I be drifting to get that 10 pounder to respond? I'll keep all posted on this years results.
River was raging this a.m. hopefully it will slow a bit & "green up" for Sat./ Sun. a.m.
J <J1BIGFISH@AOL.COM> -- 12/21/01 -- 12:34:05 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; AOL 7.0; Windows 98; sureseeker.com)
I looked at the flow chart that was given below. How much is too much flow to fish? I hope I will be able to go out saturday. I read alot of post about the rincon area. where is this place? I usually go to the garden of eden area. also would you guys suggest going up or down stream from the garden. Thanks Guys
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 12/20/01 -- 13:29:28 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.76 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.7 sun4u)
For you folks who live far away (or anyone else) you can check the
river level/flow rate here:
http://water.usgs.gov/ca/nwis/uv/?site_no=11160500
100 cf/sec is a nice level, it is fishable down to 30 cf/sec
and above 150 cf/sec is alot of water.
Todd <luchette@mac.com> -- 12/20/01 -- 09:05:58 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.12; Mac_PowerPC)
Just hooked my first adult at San Lorenzo and I've been fishing for over 5 years. Okay, I'm not the best steelhead angler, but it's not an easy river. I'd say it was easily 9+ lbs., every bit as big as the northern rivers. Snapped me off like nobody's business.
NL <echig@hotmail.com> -- 12/20/01 -- 08:00:43 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)
Kid,
I hooked that same fish or it's twin in the sand hold. Took me on a freight train ride for about a minute before it broke off. No kidding about that 10+ pound guess. At no point did I have control of that thing. What a blast!!!
JD <jimmydigitd@hotmail.com> -- 12/19/01 -- 18:32:06 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
Props to the kid as well!! Of course I decided to fish along the coast today and miss what sounds like good chromer action. I'm still thawing out from the wicked cold winds. Thanks for the updates everyone.
Another great day.started at four rock with a few egg eaters.and
saw 2 nice fish hooked, in the eight pound range..fished down to the wall hole and hooked 5 pound hatchery buck and a couple more egg eaters..then fished up to the garden,not getting a single bite for 2 hours..then jumped up to water marker and
landed a 10 pound wild hen..(full of roe) all released!!! My buddy
also hooked a fish in the 10 pound range in the upper sand hole.
there's 3 and 4 year olds now in the river up to 10+ pounds
Scott <scotkatr@scvwd.dst.ca.us> -- 12/19/01 -- 17:27:23 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)
Fine Oh Lee! It finally happened! Both my buddy and I hooked into the real thing for the first time and we're still flying high. Fished the Rincon area and had on 2 fish each, only landing one which was in the 2 lb. range. 2 were bright chrome and well over 5 lbs. Thank you to those of you that post updates and river conditions, it has helped me many times.
Steve Cowles <scowles@mgrc.com> -- 12/19/01 -- 16:17:03 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 4.0)
If conditions cooperate, I plan on fishing the San Lorenzo next Wednesday. Would someone please email me directions to 4 rock and rock hole? I am familiar with the 2 parking turn-outs on Highway 9 below Henry Cowell park. Thank you!!
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 12/19/01 -- 08:45:41 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.76 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.7 sun4u)
wednesday morning report. The river was a little lower and clearer
than I expected, but in great shape nevertheless. But, no steelhead
for me this morning in the RIncon area. I put on a little beadhead
Prince nymph just before leaving and caught a couple 8" rainbows.
nitt <rizzodr@aol.com> -- 12/18/01 -- 18:10:38 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; AOL 7.0; Windows 95)
i second ron's gratitude to the kid... thanx, and keep 'em comin'... won't get out there tomorrow but lookin' forward to the weekend, especially since rain is forecasted for wednesday and thursday... fish on (great website, kid)...
nitt <rizzodr@aol.com> -- 12/18/01 -- 18:09:18 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; AOL 7.0; Windows 95)
i second ron's gratitude to the kid... thanx, and keep 'em comin'... won't get out there tomorrow but lookin' forward to the weekend, especially since rain is forecasted for wednesday and thursday... fish on (great website, kid)...
Ron <sanlorenzoriver@hotmail.com> -- 12/18/01 -- 12:51:20 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 4.0)
Thanks for the river condition report, Jeff. It's helpful information for anglers like me that are not fortunate enough to visit the river and see whether the conditions are ideal.
Checked out SLR today (12-18-01) at around noon..
water is perfect!!! Med/Low Flow ,with that greenish color
we all love so much...about 3 feet of visibilty and clearing..
We got almost an inch of rain sun.night and mon. morning..
Just enough to keep a good flow of water..I LOVE WEDNESDAYS
Ron <sanlorenzoriver@hotmail.com> -- 12/17/01 -- 09:17:40 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 4.0)
Fish Sunday morning from the Garden down to the Wall. The water was a smidge high and off color, but nothin. Water not clearing like it used to after heavy rain. Possibly more recent land/bank slide activity up stream? Any word on that?
Anyway, for those of you going out this Wednesday, please post your report. Sounds like there is a good presence of fish (and rain) for December.
D&J <SWAPS@AOL.COM> -- 12/16/01 -- 20:17:23 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; AOL 7.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
WIFE AND I FISHED FROM THE TOP OF THE GORGE (WATER MARKER HOLE) DOWN TO THE GARDEN. HOOKED ONE LITTLE EGG EATER (2LB.) AND MY WIFE HOOKED A 12LB. HATCHERY (HEN) STEELHEAD!! HUGH FISH!! BOTH FISH CAUGHT ON YELLOW/ORANGE PUFF BALLS AND FLAME RED KILLER ROE. PRAY FOR RAIN!!
Lou Young <personalitee@earthlink.net> -- 12/16/01 -- 17:25:55 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)
Thanks to Andy who found my rod and called me. Unfortunately it fell off my truck in the intersection of Hwy 1 and Hwy 9 where he found it - after a whole bunch of cars had rolled over it. I appreciate knowing that its soul is resting comfortably. Anyone know where I can get a used Pflueger 1494? I have lots of spools but "Flooger" doesn't make the reels anymore. I'm busy making a new rod out of a blank I've had for several years.
D&J <SWAPS@AOL.COM> -- 12/16/01 -- 17:12:39 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; AOL 7.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
FISHED SATURDAY (12-15-01) FROM THE GARDEN DOWN TO FOUR ROCK THE ONLY THING THAT WAS BITING WERE LITTLE BOWS. NO LUCK ON HOOKING THE GREY GHOST:(
D&J <SWAPS@AOL.COM> -- 12/16/01 -- 17:07:01 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; AOL 7.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
FISHED STAURDAY (12-15-01) FROM THE GARDEN DOWN TO FOUR ROCK HOLE
THE ONLY THING THAT WAS BITING WERE LITTLE BOWS. NO LUCK ON HOOKING THE GREY GHOST:(
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 12/15/01 -- 21:55:22 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.12; Mac_PowerPC)
Conditions were about perfect at the SLR Saturday. Went out for
a couple of hours just before dark. River level was good, color
was just right. Had a couple good strikes and brought one nice
16" rainbow to the bank. All on a black wooley bugger.
checked out soquel crk.water is looking great..
the waves were clear up to the bridge..so,fish
made a run there for sure...
well ,we got 1 1/2 inches of rain last night.. In Ben Lomond.
checked SLR this morning.(friday).Water came up a little
and got a little muddy..Visibility is at about a foot..Might have
been just enough rain, to bring up some more fish.Lower gorge
is probably our best bet...Fish On!!!!
nitt <rizzodr@aol.com> -- 12/14/01 -- 07:57:29 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; AOL 7.0; Windows 95)
next time out to slr, planning to start at the garden and head downstream... first time doing this... does anyone have any suggestions on the best place to get back to the tracks downstream of the garden... thanx...
NL <nickolas.lima@asml.com> -- 12/14/01 -- 06:56:54 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)
"DID ANYONE WORK THE RICON HOLE~FOUR ROCK HOLE SECTIONS OF THE RIVER? ie.(WALL HOLE,LOWER SAND HOLE,UPPER SAND HOLE):)"
I was there sunday morning.....Nada
D&J <SWAPS@AOL.COM> -- 12/14/01 -- 01:10:23 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; AOL 7.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
DID ANYONE WORK THE RICON HOLE~FOUR ROCK HOLE SECTIONS OF THE RIVER?
ie.(WALL HOLE,LOWER SAND HOLE,UPPER SAND HOLE):)
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 12/13/01 -- 15:05:44 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.76 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.7 sun4u)
Doug, the Garden of Eden is a pretty good way up river from the Rincon area.
Usually it is accessed not from the Rincon fire road turnout, but
rather from a big turnout and dirt road a mile or so before getting
to the entrance to Henry Cowell Park when driving from Santa Cruz
to Felton on Highway 9. Follow the dirt road down to the
railroad track, turn right (down river) and follow the tracks till
a little sign at a clear trailhead points you to the Garden.
It is a beautiful spot.
Mike
Doug <dflo@pacbell.net> -- 12/13/01 -- 10:27:29 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 95)
Where is the garden of eden? Fished all over the rincon area on Sunday. This would be a reference point.
D&J <SWAPS @AOL.COM> -- 12/12/01 -- 21:45:14 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; AOL 7.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
FISHED FROM WATER MARKER DOWN TO GARDEN OF EDEN HOOKED A 3LB WILD STEELHEAD AND A 6LB HATCHERY (HEN) STEELHEAD BOTH ON FLAME RED ROE AND ORANGE/YELLOW PUFF BALLS. PRAY FOR RAIN:)
nitt <rizzodr@aol.com> -- 12/12/01 -- 17:17:31 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; AOL 7.0; Windows 95)
fished the slr wednesday late morning, early afternoon... nada... although i think i saw troy hook that 2 pounder a little upstream of the garden of eden... thanx for the directions...
nitt <rizzodr@aol.com> -- 12/12/01 -- 17:13:08 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; AOL 7.0; Windows 95)
fished the slr wednesday late morning, early afternoon... nada... although i think i saw troy hook that 2 pounder a little upstream of the garden of eden... thanx for the directions...
Troy <troy@ecomenterprises.com> -- 12/12/01 -- 13:16:27 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98; T312461)
I also fished the SLR Wednesday morning and hooked one but but lost it, probably a 2 pounder.
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 12/12/01 -- 11:02:27 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.76 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.7 sun4u)
fished the SLR Wednesday morning. Water was low and clear.
Had two hookups, but no fish landed (both felt small).
I'm with the Kid, I don't think there are alot of fish in
the river right now and the ones there have all been caught
twice already.
went out sunday to SLR,Fished from the garden up to water marker.and got skunked..checked out the river today.and the water is low and clear..Most of the fish have pushed up..There
may be some straglers spred out behind..we need another storm to bring up a fresh run of fish......
Ryan <born2rchpi@aol.com> -- 12/09/01 -- 15:58:45 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; AOL 7.0; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90)
12-8 Fished Soquel Creek, cought a approx. 4 pounder in the morning hours, and my friend cought a 2 pounder later in the day. Tried upstream with no luck, seem to be in Soquel Village area.
Fished SLR..4 Rock was the place to be!!!Started off with a 4 pound Wild Buck..Then a 9 pound hatchery hen.And 4 egg eaters to 3 pounds..The fish were stacked up and everyone there was hookin' em..
..By 9:30 7 nice fish were caught all above 4 pounds..Moved on
and fished down to rock hole only getting 2 more egg eaters..
Then went up to cowell bridge and gold gulch area and got
skunked up there...seems like the fish are mostly in the gorge..
HEY,
JUST WANTED TO ADD,WHOEVER IS CATCHIN' AND THROWIN' THE SUCKERS UP ALONG THE BANK ARE
ASSHOLES...Went down to cowell bridge to check water conditions..only to find 6 suckers tossed on the bank to die..
this is not o.k...makes all fishermen look bad,,please respect our
river!!!!!!
checked out SLR ,water is looking great..
o.k.flow, with a perfect green color..Fish
have moved up and may be stacked up
somewhere..
nick <jma3498847> -- 12/07/01 -- 12:40:08 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; AOL 5.0; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90)
fished wednesday at soquel. caught a wild Buck, 20 inches.
Had A GREAT DAY !!!! Water was perfect,greenish with a little mudd.Started off at 6:30 A.M. at 4 rock with a 4 pound hatchery buck..Fished down to the wall, Hookin' 2 wild
Hens both around 5 pounds.And 6 egg eaters too 2 pounds...
All on a nightcrawler & a corkie.....
D&J <SWAPS@AOL.COM> -- 12/05/01 -- 16:25:16 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; AOL 7.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
FISHED COWELL BRIDGE AND GOLD GULCH AREA HOOKED THREE EGG EATERS WITH ROE AND PINK PUFF BALLS.
Jonny <jpwisor@netscape.net> -- 12/05/01 -- 12:29:11 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; Q312461)
Fished Rincon Road vicinity with roe 6:30-9:30. One juvenile and one hatchery egg eater about 15". No one seemed to be having much luck and there were plenty of folks there. The egg eater had a dark red splotch about the size of a penny on it's side about 3" forward from the tail. Anyone know if this is a disease (it seemed otherwise healthy) or maybe a sign that it's ready to spawn?
Jeremy <jeremyborgeson@hotmail.com> -- 12/05/01 -- 12:03:40 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98)
Fished Lagoon (dry line, burlaps etc) wed morning (pre-dawn until 7:30am) on a falling tide, with no luck. River looked great but LOW (even at a relatively high low tide)! Headed up to court house hole and fished glo bugs. Again nothing. Have they all headed upstream?
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 12/05/01 -- 09:22:28 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.76 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.7 sun4u)
Fished the SLR wednesday morning. River in good shape with good
visibility. But, no luck swing flies or bouncing an egg pattern.
just checked out SLR..water has dropped,and is clearing up..
Still a little muddy,with 1 1/2 ft. of visibility..tomorrow is looking great...water schould be perfect by morning..Fish On!!!!!
Dave <dpmckenzie@earthlink.net> -- 12/03/01 -- 19:25:38 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)
I'v been making long drives up to the Feather for some good fishing..But I would like to fish water a bit closer to home(san jose). If anyone would be so kind to show me around the SLR or any other streems localy I would be more than happy to try to put them on some stipers , Largemouth or North Delta smallies ...I fish the big lake and the forbay also from a very comfortable newer bass boat..what ever they want at my expense!! when the conditions are good or fish are on...NOT LOOKING FOR SOMEONES FAVORITE HOLES..just some general direction and ideas..I want to find my own fish but would like to spend a day with someone that knows the river and how to get around the area(roads)..I gear fish for steelhead but wouldn't mind tagging along with a fly caster..please catch and release.
Thanks for any help.
Dave
Fished SLR sat moring.water was in good shape, with good flow.
Had a slow morning only catching 7 egg eaters all uner 2 pounds.biggest fish of the day was a 3 1/2 pound sucker..
by noon the river was blown out..couln't fish on sunday...
checked water mon.afternoon.still high and muddy...
I'll post river conditions 4 SLR tomarrow...wed is lokking
good....
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 12/03/01 -- 13:33:02 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.76 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.7 sun4u)
Fished Rincon, Wall and Sand Holes Saturday morning and despite near
perfect conditions didn't catch anything. It was as crowded as I've
seen the river, but only saw one fish caught (16" steelhead). Does
anyone know how a big blowout like the river had Sunday affects the
fishing? It peaked above 6000 cubic feet/second early Sunday morning.
fished SLR on saturday morning from Henry Cowell bridge down. 10 fish total the biggest being 16" native buck
Fished Scott Creek on 12/1 after fin clipping at the hatchery. Caught two
16-18" steelhead right away, then just lots of hand sized fish. All appeared
to be steelhead not coho salmon.
Lou Young <personalitee@earthlink.net> -- 11/28/01 -- 23:37:22 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)
Sorry - phone number is 408-252-2145
Lou
Lou Young <personalitee@earthlink.net> -- 11/28/01 -- 23:34:59 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)
11/28/01 My first trip to the SLR this season. I went to Pogonip. Water very low and putting a toe in the water released a cloud of silt. Nothing but 6-8 inch silver fry - I should have looked closer at them as they might have been coho smolts. I NEED HELP FINDING MY ROD! I got an upsetting cell phone call about construction on our house and drove off with my rod on top of the truck. It must have fallen close to the Pogonip parking place. Anyway, it is an 8 footer with metallic green wraps trimmed with metallic silver and it has my name on it, since I made it. Has a beat-up Pflueger 1494 on it. If you found it or see it please call me at 408-52-2145. Reward, of course. Lou
nitt <rizzodr@aol.com> -- 11/28/01 -- 17:38:44 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; AOL 6.0; Windows 95; DigExt)
sounds like i missed a great day... i hope there are more to come...
Fished SLR and had a great day.Landed 13 fish.All egg eaters
to 3 pounds,execpt for two nice fish.One bright chrome,wild buck.
Going 5 pounds.And my second silver in SLR this season.Going
4 pounds..Looks like some bigger fish are starting to move up with the rains..Where's the next storm???
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 11/28/01 -- 10:54:59 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
Wednesday morning the river was in great shape. Brought one nice
20" steelhead in, hooked a couple others. Used a Skykomish Sunrise
tied on a #6 hook.
nitt <rizzodr@aol.com> -- 11/28/01 -- 07:06:28 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; AOL 6.0; Windows 95; DigExt)
i'm in the air force and relatively new to the area... i flyfished slr a few times at henry cowell and rincon... any other good places to fish (scott creek?)? could someone give me some quick directions? my internet searches have been unsuccessful... thanx...
barb <bungersma@infi.net> -- 11/27/01 -- 19:59:52 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.73C-CCK-MCD {C-UDP; EBM-APPLE} (Macintosh; U; PPC)
I was at Scott Creek on Sunday afternoon. Many small rainbows which took a beadhead nymph and an Adams. No big hits for me, but I did see one good Steelhead taken on a polar shrimp. A dad and a young boy about 7 or 8 years old had the good luck. I think the boy was thrilled to fight the fish, and the dad carefully released it. Good lessons all around.
just checked SLR.Water back to low and clear..
Fished the mouth Sunday morning; muddy, lots of trash, 6in. visibility.
Was skunked in the morning.
checked ou SLR this morning,water has dropped and is starting to clear up..so wednesday is looking really good ..better make plans to go hook em up...see you around the bend,fish on!!!!
Ben Lomond Kid
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 11/25/01 -- 20:32:48 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.12; Mac_PowerPC)
I also was skunked on the SLR Sunday. Visibility was about 3 inches although the water level was great. Tried the holes around Rincon in the morning and 4-Rocks area just before dark. Anyone fished Scott's Creek this year?
nitt <rizzodr@aol.com> -- 11/25/01 -- 18:10:08 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; AOL 6.0; Windows 95; DigExt)
slr was up but tough to fish on sunday... very muddy... spent a couple hours with no luck...
san lorenzo came up alot with the rain friday night.
still pritty muddy but can be fished,wednesday schould be
great when the water clears up..fish on!!!
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 11/24/01 -- 18:29:54 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
OK, what is a Paul's special 2/0?
Paul B. <chefbataille@hotmail.com> -- 11/24/01 -- 18:03:31 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.5; Mac_PowerPC)
Sat. 11/24 , who say's the river is too cloudy to catch fish ? !
Fished SLR from Ben Lomand down thru the Gourge today , coffee with cream water but tie on a Paul's Pride 2/0 and FISH ON !! Three in total , 4 - 8lbs . More tomarrow so let the waters rise !!!!!!!!!!!!
jeff <jeffwinter66@earthlink.net> -- 11/24/01 -- 07:02:04 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Mac_PowerPC)
11-22-01
fished san lorenzo from the garden of eden>down to rincon.
caught over 20 fish,all egg eaters with the biggest around 3 pounds(18 inches)landed a 3 1/2 pound siver..right above the garden of eden hole..water was low and clear..hard to fish..
schould be good this sunday,we're getting alot of rain up here
in ben lomand on saturday morning!!!= fresh run of fish..
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 11/22/01 -- 23:15:34 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.61 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.12-32 i586)
caught 6 small fish (8" - 12") on #12 beadhead nymphs and dry flies.
One was solid silver, the others were rainbows I guess. Not much
color and large dark circles on their sides. Anybody know the story
here? I thought that steelhead were sea-run rainbows and the silver
color was for the fish who had spent time in the ocean and returned
to the river.
NITT <rizzodr@aol.com> -- 11/18/01 -- 18:04:31 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; AOL 6.0; Windows 95; DigExt)
fished the san lorenzo @ henry cowell early afternoon... caught 2 12" steelies (natives), and hooked 3 others (small)... had a great time... let's get some rain to get the big ones up the river...
Barry <troutman_17@yahoo.com> -- 11/18/01 -- 16:14:31 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; CS 2000; Windows 98)
Caught many fish between Rincon and Garden of Eden. Most were 12" chromers with one beautiful 18" rainbow being the largest. Had a couple big ones that were "on then gone". Overall not a bad day let's get some more rain and bring up the big ones.
D&J <SWAPS> -- 11/18/01 -- 11:36:17 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; AOL 6.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
NOV 16/01 CAUGHT ONE 3LB. SILVER (WILD) IN POOL BELOW SOCIAL SECURITY
HOLE.
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 11/17/01 -- 12:58:05 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.76 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.7 sun4u)
Caught one small steelhead and hooked 3 other fish (also felt small)
on the San Lorenzo Saturday morning. All on a small wooley bugger. River
is pretty low, but above the usual summertime level. Color was just
right. Not sure there are any fish from the ocean up there yet.
NITT <rizzodr@aol.com> -- 11/17/01 -- 08:06:27 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; AOL 6.0; Windows 95; DigExt)
how is the fishing in the san lorenzo?
nick <animaleta@aol.com> -- 11/16/01 -- 19:24:22 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; CS 2000; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90)
On friday i caught three fish in Soquel, one was fourteen inches
jb <borgeson@qwestinternet.net> -- 11/11/01 -- 12:16:24 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98)
Mouth is (and has been intermittently) open. Unfortunately, someone has seen fit to bring a bobcat in late at night (and illegaly) numerous times over the last few months and opened the mouth to drain the river. From everything I have heard from local fisheries biologists, the lagoon formed by the mouth closing during the summer months is extremely important as rearing habitat and anyone opening the mouth is in violation of both state and federal laws. If there were, in fact, many fish in the lagoon this summer, one can only imagine the effects of opening the mouth and letting the water fall several feet in a few hours, with nowhere for the fish to go (certainly not upstream). Apparently the city is stumped and does not know who is responsible.
Fish in the river: I looked at the "buckeye hole" on Friday and today and did not see evidence of fish (though water is a little discolored now). Upper river has fish in MANY pods numbering a dozen fish or more with some appearing MUCH larger than 12 inches. I watched fish in the upper gorge on saturday rolling and jumping out of the water (mayfly hatch). Great to see but the water is very low.
Water also looks great in sycamore grove but there are MANY homeless camps right on the river banks...more than I have ever seen there. Lots of garbage and of course you know what. Really disturbing, especially since I was there with my 2 year old. I also heard the 'founder' of the "Camp Paradise" encampment has several CDFG violations. Anyone know how widespread poaching is?
Good luck to all on Friday.
Barry <troutman_17@yahoo.com> -- 11/09/01 -- 21:50:40 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; CS 2000; Windows 98)
Does anyone know what the status of the mouth on San Lorenzo is like?
Has anyone heard of fish in the streams?
MIke <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 10/22/01 -- 17:07:43 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.76 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.7 sun4u)
Wow - we are falling down as local fisher people with Ernie's board here.
Jeremy - there is good steelhead fishing in the San Lorenzo. The
season starts Nov 15 and ends at the end of February. Fishing on open
and closing days, Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday and some holidays.
You can catch steelhead pretty much from the mouth
of the river down by the Boardwalk all the way up past Felton.
There are good access points at `Rincon fireroad' a few miles up highway 9,
and in Henry Cowell park. Stop in at Ernie's and you might be able to
talk him out of one of his marvelous maps of the river that show all the
named holes.
I have tried FF at New Brighton Beach and off the jetties at the
harbor but never had much luck (some bass). Just my own incompetence I
suspect.
Good luck, Mike
Jeremy <jman@cats.ucsc.edu> -- 09/21/01 -- 12:10:20 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0b; Windows NT 5.1)
Hi, I'm new to the area and would love to get into some Santa Cruz area flyfishing. I've heard that the San Lorenzo can be good for steelhead. Would anyone be willing to share where a good access point is? Also, what flies work? What sort of salt water action can be found here? any help would be greatly appreciated. C&R only.
Jeremy
ron <sanlorenzoriver@hotmail.com> -- 08/08/01 -- 11:18:36 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 4.0)
Anyone santa cruz anglers fish the Feather River at Thermalito recently? If you have, please reply to my email: sanlorenzoriver@hotmail.com
Glenn Yoshimoto <glenn.yoshimoto@gte.net> -- 06/30/01 -- 14:55:29 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
I caught one Halibut (18-in 3 pounder) at New Brighton Beach from the surf on June 25. I got my first one from the surf at Palm Beach on June 9 (smaller flattie). I've been really fishing for Perch caught only one Walleyed so far but I'm still on the hunt. Rusty Squirrel Clouser has been the pattern so far. The trip to New Brighton was after hearing about a lot of action from the beach on Halibut (over the week before). There was a lot of floating seaweed that you have to deal with on almost every cast. It seem to have cooled by the 25th and the bait fish seemed to have moved out. I haven't heard any reports since.
Anyone else have any Halibut or Perch action on the local beaches?
Thanks, Glenn
ron <sanlorenzoriver@hotmail.com> -- 06/27/01 -- 12:33:48 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0)
How's the halibut/salmon fishing these days?
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 04/16/01 -- 20:06:52 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
Had a good morning tossing poppers with rubber legs at Loch Lomand.
Caught four bass between 2 and 3 lbs and hooked one much larger that
broke off.
Wayne Salmon <CaptSalmon@aol.com> -- 03/10/01 -- 18:03:56 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
I'm looking for Andy Reeker spoons, particularly #3, #4, and #5. Can anyone help me?
Elias <eliasp@jps.net> -- 03/01/01 -- 10:11:09 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98)
Fished San Lorenzo yesterday (2/28) from 7 am-11 am. Caught a nice 7-8 lb wild hen, gave me the fight of my life, took a quick picture, and released her (I practice catch and release, even on hatchery fish) Not bad considering this was only my 2nd time steelhead fishing. 2 for 2. Both fish were wild. Probably just beginners luck. Caught her on plastic eggs. Saw one smaller fish caught (4 lbs) at the cement wall. One guy told me he hooked 5 and landed 1 at the same hole I caught my fish. I'll be back next year. Hopefully things just keep getting better. (Time for salmon!!)
mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 02/28/01 -- 12:48:16 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.75 [en] (X11; U; OSF1 V4.0 alpha)
well, the season is over. Wednesday morning the river was in
great shape, lots of fishermen out there. Fished from 6:15 till
10am with no fish to show for it. Did not see any fish caught.
The year's total is a 16"er, couple a little smaller, a 6" and 3"er!
Wooley buggers and skunks accounted for all of them. Maybe next
year.
Fished the San Lorenzo with Lou Young on Saturday morning, 2/23, in the rain. The river
was high and muddy and getting higher. We gave up after 3 hours or so. I went again on Sunday afternoon starting
above the Garden of Eden and finishing at the 4 Rocks area. The river was still high, but dropping and clarity
was almost 1 foot. Nothing but snags and tangles till I got just below 4 Rocks where I landed
a 14" egg eater on roe. There was just too much water in the falls to fish there and the small pockets along
the shoreline didn't give up anything. It should be perfect by Wednesday for those of you that can go. Good Luck!
mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 02/25/01 -- 09:05:25 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
Sunday morning early the river was high (560 cfs) and pretty
muddy -- visibility maybe 3 or 4 inches. Noone else on
the river or at the Rincon parking lot. No luck fishing with
Roostertails or roe.
Lou Young <personalitee@earthlink.net> -- 02/21/01 -- 22:13:22 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)
Sorry I missed the action last weekend on the SL - The Smith was awesome but water was low and clear. After some rain it picked up. We bank fished. Brad got 2, lost one. I landed one native and lost 3 or 4 others. hard to get used to long line after fishing close in the SL. Lost lots of gear on the rocks. Wednesday on the San Lorenzo - water pretty high and muddy. No fish caught between dawn and noon at 4 Rocks and later nothing at Garden of Eden, fishing along the fast water and in the near pockets.
Elias <eliasp@jps.net> -- 02/17/01 -- 23:48:06 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.7 [en] (Win98; I)
Went steelhead fishing for the 1st time today (2/17) and talk about
beginners luck. Went up Hwy 9 until the closure and parked. Fished
a hole with a cement wall along one side. Started at about 7 AM.
Fished the whole pool from top to bottom with no luck. Was joined by
another angler and a companion lady angler. They ended up hooking 4-5
nice fish (6-9 lbs.)and saw them land 3 out of the same spots I had fished.
They left and I continued fishing the same spots cause I knew there
were fish here. At 10:30 thought I was hung up on a log and pulled
for about 1 second before I saw that it was a huge fish (9-10lbs).
Major rookie move. As soon as I saw it, it was off my hook and over.
Switched baits and kept fishing. At 11 AM, BAMM, no log this time I
immediately set the hook and my 8 1/2 ft rod bent over like I've never
seen it bend before. For my 1st fish I was excited. Fight the fish
was awsome. Anyways, I landed it. A nice wild hen. The two guys there
that saw me land it said it was a 9lber.(I think it was between 8-9 lbs)
It was HUGE. As you can tell from the length of this report, I'm
excited and I think I've caught some sort of "steelhead fever".
P.S. I caught on some plastic eggs called "steelhead candy".
The fish I lost would've been hooked on a "steelhead slayer"
Asim Malik <amalik@ucla.edu> -- 02/16/01 -- 10:45:02 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)
Sorry to post again, But what are the regs on hatchery fish? Adipose fin clipped?
Asim Malik <amalik@ucla.edu> -- 02/16/01 -- 10:39:46 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)
Looks like this is s pretty solid page--no graffitti yet!
Im planning on heading out to the San Lorenzo this weekend, for the first time...AAnybody nice enough to hand out tips on where some of these locations might be... Dont worry, im a relatively new steelheader, with much respect...My olny expereince steelheading was earlier this winter in Oregon....can I say, TOUGH with no rain! I would appreciate any suggestions, thanks guys
Lou Young <personalitee@earthlink.net> -- 02/15/01 -- 07:50:45 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)
Wednesday, Feb 14 San Lorenzo. There were about 8 of us at 4 Rocks. Lots of fish stacked up. At one time 5 of us had fish on. At about 8 am everything went flat although Brent had a couple of brief hookups. At 10:28 I hooked a real FISH on a F7 Flatfish. She jumped and ran so fast that the rooster tail off my line was about 12 inches out of the water. She took me over the rapids while I slipped and slid my old body over the rocks downstream.She wrapped the line around a big rock so I had to let the line go slack until I could get close enough to lift it over the rock. She was still on when I reeled up but had rested so whe was off again. I finally landed her at about 10:44 - one of the longest fights I've had from a San Lorenzo Steelhead. The lure hook was hanging from a little bit of lip -another couple of minutes and she'd have self released. Except for the minute or so of slack line, I had a lot of pressure on the fish. She was in the upper end of the 10-lb class, a real beauty.
We fish at dawn,......Fished Scotts Creek today,the water was perfect;if not just a little on the low side.The runs have good color a slight tint,the holes on the other hand are another matter altogether,PRIME.Ok enough hype,started the day at Big Creek FIRST CAST....FISH-ON!!!.A nice wild buck silver w/kipe ~2lbs.(ROE) Worked downstream to the old water tank hole made a few casts,BAM....FISH-ON a nice hatchery hen ~8lbs.(ROE)Continuing downstream a few holes.....are you ready for(BAM),FISH-ON nice eggeater~2.5lbs.Going further downstream(BAM)a nice&fiesty bow ~15in great color,great fight.Even farther downstream,(bink)a NICE trickster~12in. left around 11.30am.Went to Soquel Creek fished from Skolnicks up to Soquel Creek bridge got 1 trickster ~10in.Had a report of a 9lb fish landed,another reported 3-4lb fish landed, others lost.Also heard 20+ fish were put over the dam on San Lorenzo last couple of days,biggest fish was reported to be over 14lbs :) P.S Did I mention what a beautiful day it was?,Sunny AND warm.7 days left make the most of them.... :)
Fished the 4 Rocks area Saturday morning, 2/10. Landed one 27" wild
buck on roe using a #2 circle hook. As advertised the circle hook caught
him in the jaw. Lost another large fish and hooked a few egg eaters.
Four other large fish were caught (at least that I heard of). It rained
off and on and the water was clearly on the rise but visibility was
on the order of 1 foot. Off to the Smith next weekend.
If anyone catches a catfish out of the mud flow this weekend, let me know. I may come down Sunday with sludge gear, a led ball and 40lb test! Other than that, I suppose the steelheading is pretty much shot. Fish-off . . . .
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 02/10/01 -- 19:55:23 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
I headed to Rincon late saturday afternoon. The river level was
good, the visibility was not good (couple inches). Who is tossing
the suckers up on the shore? There is a whole school
of them now. If is doesn't rain tonight (Saturday), it will be
perfect on Sunday.
I'm BACK.....Here's the skinny,San Lorenzo River is muddy but will be fishable on sat-sun(vis 6-8in).Soquel should be fishable on sunday(depending on next storm,due sunday),if the storm comes in late FISH-ON.Otherwise go elsewhere...No report for Scotts Creek,if nothing else,GET YOUR ASS OUTSIDE AND TRY...... :)
Ron Racilis <sanlorenzoriver@hotmail.com> -- 02/09/01 -- 12:42:11 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 4.0)
If anyone sees the SL this evening, please let me know if the rains have blown it out beyond fishability. Unfortunately, I don't live as close to the river as I prefer. Thanks!
Wow. Starting from the Garden, I fished the SL all Saturday morning and didn't see a soul(not until I got to the weekender's Wall Hole)! Even though I had to fish really hard for my fish, it was very nice the whole time. So thanks, guys, for sleeping in. The fishing report: I put two wild steelies on the bank, both bucks--one about 2lbs, one about 6lbs, a heavy six! Anything happen on Sunday?
JOHN <steelheadman@aol.com> -- 02/04/01 -- 18:22:55 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; AOL 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
Just wondering how the fishing has been this weekend on the San Lorenzo?
Dan <Danbo1@wans.net> -- 01/31/01 -- 22:48:05 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
Hey Lou, Thanks for the tips on fishing the 4 rock hole, enjoyed catching that 6 lb stealhead, although chasing it downstream through two falls was a little challenging. See you out there next time.
P.S. Tom, Hopefully we can coordinate our schedules and head over there together next time.
Tom <tmj@jps.net> -- 01/31/01 -- 16:18:51 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows 98; Compaq)
Lou,
Looks like I went home to early (11:30)I hooked and lost 2 nice fish in the 8-10 lb range after I saw you in the fall hole. Hope to see you back on the river when we get another good rain.
Jeremy <borgeson@qwestinternet.net> -- 01/30/01 -- 22:23:58 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.5 [en]C-CCK-MCD (Win98; U)
Fished to of the gorge on sat and sunday. On Sat, hooked 8 to 10 pound fish on glo-bug (floating line, black stonefly with size 8 glo bug dropper). Fish rolled, took me into my backing. Chased it downstream where it rolled and then sulked. Tried to horse it in after about 10 min. and pulled the fly out. Devastating since this was my biggest steelhead on a fly. Sunday fished the same water from sun-up to 10 am. Hooked two, landed one eggeater (juve--was releasing milt???). Actually had my guides ice-up (first time on the San Lorenzo). The river was noticebly lower on Sunday, with a greenish tint. It seems to fall more quickly than in past years. On Sat eve fished Buckeye (above Riverside ave): nothing. Looked for fish at Buckeye hole on Sunday afternoon/eve., saw nothing./
Lou Young <personalitee@earthlink.net> -- 01/30/01 -- 21:37:23 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)
Ron, and others - The sand is coming from the ancient sand dunes upstream on Bean Creek near Scotts Valley. Most seems to come from the Kaiser digs bus some must also surely come from constructions sites around Scotts Valley. It flows down Bean Creek into Zayante and thence into the San Lorenzo just above the dam. When the dam is up, the pumps suck up a lot of water, which causes the sand to build up behind the dam. When the water flow goes down and they deflate the dam the sand washes slowly downstream and settles in the lower river. The last several years we have had generally low flow due to low rainfall (not including El Nino year which is the source of the great fish we are seeing this year) and a lot of pumping upstream and down from the dam and from wells. I've walked the streams from the source of Bean Creek to the San Lorenzo and also from Felton to the Tannery, and it is all sand. I speculate a major effect from the Loma Prieta earthquake in '89. Immediately after the 'quake the water level came up and stayed up for quite a while. After the ruptured acquifers drained, I think a lot of the water now goes back underground.
Ron Racilis <sanlorenzoriver@hotmail.com> -- 01/30/01 -- 08:16:36 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 4.0)
A couple people mentioned all the sand in the river, which I noticed is pretty bad, too. Does anyone know of any landslide activity upstream in a tributary? That'll usually do it. Or maybe the roadwork is pushing sand into the river? Nice to hear a lot of good fish are being caught, anyway. . . .
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 01/29/01 -- 20:14:58 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
Hmmm, I (like Dave and Pat) fished this weekend with no luck
and although I saw several people fishing, didn't see anything
caught either. Worked the Wall hole, Rincon hole and a couple of
the smaller holes along that stretch of the river. That was Sunday
morning from 6:30 - 10am. Saturday night fished the lower river
at the railroad bridge and the Riverside St. bridge with no luck.
The deep water under the Riverside bridge is no more -- mostly
filled in with sand.
Dave <iluv2fish@hotmail.com> -- 01/29/01 -- 16:09:28 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT; Yahoo-1.0)
Referring to previous post. Where exactly is everyone catching fish?
On 1/27 I parked at the HW9 road closure on the Santa Cruz side, at a place with a well worn trail and it might be a state park. After walking down the trail and going upstream, I passed the popular hole with the cement wall, and hiked around the bend to a few deep holes with sandy beaches. I fished here for two hours, and went back to the cement wall hole for an hour or so. I saw about ten people fishing using various techniques, yet I saw only one sucker fish and no steelies.
Lou Young <personalitee@earthlink.net> -- 01/29/01 -- 14:49:19 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)
Wednesday 1-24 San Lorenzo Pogonip - just one eggeater, but upstream of the rock hole I heard of a 6-lb wild hen.
Saturday 1-27 San Lorenzo 4 Rocks - A great day, Brad W had a 9-lb hatchery buck on shrimp, I landed 2 bright 9-lb wild hens on roe and an 8+ lb wild buck on roe - he got airborne and even tail-walked! We left at 11:30 AM by which time we had seen 9-10 fish hooked and most landed. I heard that later in the day there were several more hookups. Shrimp, roe, single eggs, worms, spin-glos with worms or roe all seemed to work.
Sunday 1-28 San Lorenzo - I was by myself so I took the easy trail to the cascades above Tunnel Hole - lots of smolts all the way down to 4 Rocks. Lots of people clustered around, and several fish had been hooked on roe, worms, Flatfish, and Little Cleo by the time I got there at 9. The water was pretty clear but I just got small fish on a Flatfish. I hung around and watched the guys using floats hook several nice fish and finally at 12:15 satisfied my soul with a lovely 10-lb class wild hen that put up a good fight, although I don't think the fish are as strong this year as in past years when the water has been higher (e.g. less sand). I got her on my last piece of roe but one.
The amount of sand really bothers me- It is very deep so the bulk of the flow is through the sand and the rest runs off the top at high speed, making it hard for the fish to get upstream because there are few holes for them to hold in, and the water gets shallow fast.
TJ <tmj@jps.net> -- 01/29/01 -- 13:50:47 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows 98; Compaq)
Fishing was excellent this weekend. Fished Sunday for 3 hours hooked three landed 1 all bright fish in the 8 - 10 lb class. These fish are wild and full of enegry. My buddy fished Saturday and saw 10 caught. Looks like a banner year.
Ron Racilis <sanlorenzoriver@hotmail.com> -- 01/29/01 -- 09:18:08 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 4.0)
. . . that last post was for yesterday, Sunday.
Ron Racilis <sanlorenzoriver@hotmail.com> -- 01/29/01 -- 09:15:50 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 4.0)
Fished the San Lorenzo, beginning at the Garden. The water was go-green and great. I hooked about an 8lb hen that was very silver and had a knarly seal scratch on her side. But unfortunately, no sea lice :( The wild steelhead are a really feisty breed in our stream, and their flashing silver scales really glow nicely in green water! I caught it on God's lure: the F7.
rey <g_prime69@hotmail.com> -- 01/27/01 -- 22:26:40 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.05 [en]C-PBI-NC404 (Win95; U)
Fished the gorge this morning and I caught and landed a beautiful 8-9lb wild steelie. It rolled and jumped several times before I landed him. I was fishing a crawler with a spin'n'glow. My buddy Mike was fishing roe and hooked into a nice trickster. Hot damn, I'm ready for more.
Patrick <patrick@o2source.com> -- 01/27/01 -- 18:46:04 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90; Compaq)
Fished garden of eden for 2 hours, caught nothing, fished henry cowell for 2 hours again nothing, saw one guy hook a steelhead but it got off right away, another guy pulled out a sucker by the tail. I fished using shrimp, eggs, and tried a spin and glow. Hope someone caught something, no one I saw did, I heard a could 6" were but, no steels
First a river report...The river is up about~2ft from a storm high of about~3ft,muddy but clearing,vis 6-8in.Now for the report,fished Henry Cowell area (downstream from the bridge) at lunch,landed 1 eggeater~1 1/2lbs 15-17in.Got'em on a CRAWLER w/spin'n'glow :).My bud Rey was fish'n roe with not much luck.He did hook a NICE TRICKSTER>12in.PRAY FOR RAIN,time's running out.... :(
Ron Racilis <sanlorenzoriver@hotmail.com> -- 01/24/01 -- 15:40:50 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 4.0)
Hello fellow steelhead junkies! Does anyone know how the fishing was this past weekend or today?!
TJ <tmj@jps.net> -- 01/16/01 -- 12:17:42 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows 98; Compaq)
fished 4 rocks on Monday hooked two fish landed one both in the 4-5lb range. People if you take beer don't leave your cans behind the river is not a dump!!!!!!!
1/13/01 Saturday at Four rocks on the San Lorenzo. Brad W. caught 4
wild fish 4-7 pounds and I hooked 5, landed 3. Smallest was 7 lb native,
largest was 9 lb hatchery hen. I kept the hen, as all were caught on
roe or shrimp. we each also had several bright egg-eaters. One of the
smaller male wild fish I caught was dark with a big red stripe and the
beginnings of a kype. Not a down-streamer, just had been in the fresh
water for a while. All were pretty skinny. All were caught between 7:15
and 9:45 AM.
1/15/01 Monday. Had Pogonip all to myself, it was darn cold.
Water low and clear. I landed a bright and feisty hatchery hen of
4 1/2 to 5 lb in the willows and turned her loose. Also got one
small egg-eater out of the rock pool. I left by 10:45 to count harbor
seals in the lagoon. Too many.
Lou
Fished Scot's Creek on Sat 1-13-01 biggest fish of the day was a 3lb CHROME eggeater,Best fish 'o' the day was a fiesty 15in bow(gorgeous fish),numerious tricksters >10in.SUNDAY 01-14-01 fished Soquel Creek from Scolnicks up to Olive Springs Rd, hooked ~9lb Steelhead under a log jam(nice aerial).Fished San Lorenzo today 1-15-01 S.S Hole to Texaco hole.(NADA,NOTHING,ZERO,ZIP...).Did here of a eggeater ~2-5LBS caught @Texaco hole..;Also heard fish were caught in the gorge(unconfirmed).
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 01/14/01 -- 18:29:59 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
Sunday morning caught a couple of tiny fish in the Rincon
area (6" and maybe 3"). The river was in great shape, but
not many fish. sunday eve hooked (and lost)a large fish on a
green-butt skunk at the Riverside street bridge.
Jonny <jpwisor@netscape.net> -- 01/14/01 -- 13:24:40 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.73 (Macintosh; I; PPC)
Caught 6 fish in the 8-12" (that's inches, not pounds) range. Kastmasters in the Cowell/ Felton area. Not a bad day if I hadn't been fishing for something larger. Guess the rains didn't bring the monsters in.
Also visited Scott Creek, looked like it had broken through during the storm, but it's already low and clear and I had no luck there.
BRING ON THOSE STEELIES!!!!!!!!!hhehehehehe :)
mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 01/07/01 -- 18:50:10 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
caught a feisty 18" steelhead down near the Riverside St. bridge
sunday at sundown. Used a purple-butt skunk.
Thanks for the clarification. I was a little suspicious of reports of carp (which are Asian in origin). Does this mean that the fish people are catching are "Squawfish" (golden, with only a dorsal and no adipose fin)? I have not seen any in the San Lorenzo, though I've caught them on the Rogue. Where do they hold? Anyone catch them on flies?
I've noticed a trend in posts refering to CARP. I'd like to clear the air,CARP have barbles(down ward pointing wiskers 2),SUCKERS have downward facing mouths and NO barbles.Regardless what you call'em they should be released unharmed,as they are by-nature scavengers and pose no threat to steelhead.Besides I'd rather catch suckers,than nothing at all....C&R..:)
Pat <patrick@o2source.com> -- 01/03/01 -- 20:07:55 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90; Compaq)
No luck today in two hours of fishing, three of us. We caught carp again,those suckers are starting to get real big. Hope someones catching steels.
Mike <snapperkat@yahoo.com> -- 01/02/01 -- 15:45:10 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.7 [en] (WinNT; I)
went up and fished the Mad over New Years. Due to clear water, I switched down to 6 lb test and immediately hooked one on roe. I fought it for 20 minutes and eventually lost it (farmed it!). The MAd was very crowded so went to the Eel. My buddy hooked (released) a nice 3-4 pound native but that's all we got. Just curious. I've seen a few postings that mention carp. Are people really fishing for these things? Or is this slang for another species. I wouldn't even want to touch one! Happy New Years and Good fishing to all.
Mike <snapperkat@yahoo.com> -- 01/02/01 -- 15:42:59 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.7 [en] (WinNT; I)
went up and fished the Mad over New Years. Due to clear water, I switched down to 6 lb test and immediately hooked one on roe. I fought it for 20 minutes and eventually lost it (farmed it!). The MAd was very crowded so went to the Eel. My buddy hooked (released) a nice 3-4 pound native but that's all we got. Just curious. I've seen a few postings that mention carp. Are people really fishing for these things? Or is this slang for another species. I wouldn't even want to touch one! Happy New Years and Good fishing to all.
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 01/02/01 -- 08:12:00 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
Sunday morning fished Big Rock hole and Bend hole. Finally saw
a school of the legendary San Lorenzo carp, but no steelhead. New Years day saw two 20" fish in the dead tree limbs under the Riverside
bridge, but the water is crystal clear and they saw me too.
Pat <patrick@o2source.com> -- 01/02/01 -- 06:29:55 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.73 [en]C-CCK-MCD compaq (Win98; U)
Fished New Years, 3-5:30 between a friend and I we caught four monster trout, the biggest of which was about 6 inches.
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 12/30/00 -- 19:27:27 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
wednesday the 20th, fished from Rincon hole up to 4-rock hole. Beautiful morning, but no fish seen (or caught of course). May
have to give up till the rains come. Anyone catching anything
at the lower end of the river? do fish come in on the high tides?
Pat and Ron <patrick@o2source.com> -- 12/20/00 -- 14:40:49 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)
Fished Henry Cowell today 12-1. Between Ron and I we caught 4 Carp. Not quite what we wanted, but still fun. All on eggs
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 12/17/00 -- 11:17:53 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
Fished Sunday morning in the Rincon/Big Rock hole region. Saw a couple
small fish holding in the holes, saw another couple flash on
the surface. Caught zippo.
Fished the San Lorenzo today with my nephew Scott,started out in the gorge saw 1 eggeater landed~2-1/2lbs heard of another about same;Looked promising until Scott lost a shoe ;(. Had to make a KAMAKAZAI run back to Cruz,for 2nd pair of wading shoes ;(. Ended up at social security hole,to make a VERY long story short Scott (10) Landed his 1st bullhead & his first sucker 15in.Not bad considering the rough start.As far as me 2 bullhead, 2 suckers,but alas no steelies.Did here of a 10lb steelie landed on lower gorge.PRAY FOR RAIN....(GULLY WASHER). :)
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 12/15/00 -- 11:27:15 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.75 [en] (X11; U; OSF1 V4.0 alpha)
Anyone been to Scotts Creek or Pescadero Creek? Two weeks ago
Scotts was not open to the ocean. The recent rains may have
allowed it to break on through.
Fished henry cowell on the 3rd 8-10:30, just one steel, 19" 2+lbs. Eggs.
Fished henry cowell on the 6th 8-10am and 4-4:30pm. Caught 2 10" hatchery in the morning, 2 16" steels in the evening, all on salmon eggs.
Fished henry cowell for 3 hours on the 9th 12-3. Caught 1 10" hatchery, 1 carp 16", and 1 2lb 16" steel.
Fished henry cowell for 1 hour on the 13th got nothing. Saw a ton of 15+ inch carp, any ideas what they bite on?
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 12/13/00 -- 18:52:13 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
fishing the Rincon area wednesday morning in a light rain. Nothing
caught, no strikes. River is still pretty low despite the bits of
rain we are getting.
Mike <snapperkat@yahoo.com> -- 12/13/00 -- 17:36:57 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.61 [en] (WinNT; I)
Anyone know a good place to fish from shore in Santa Cruz area? I'm bored waiting for rain! Thanks--
gabe <gsilva6951@aol.com> -- 12/10/00 -- 13:07:45 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; AOL 4.0; Windows 98; DigExt; JUNO)
fished this morning got bit once thats it i went to big hole rock , rincon rd first time there, its beautifull i will be back wed. question would i be beter of going up to cowel and fishing down stream or start at big rock and work down stream just trying to learn the area
Fished the San Lorenzo(gorge)today,landed 5 fish 15-20in.PRAY FOR RAIN.....
Jonny <jpwisor@netscape.net> -- 12/09/00 -- 11:31:14 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.73 (Macintosh; I; PPC)
Not a report this time but a question. Anybody know where there's public access to Scotts Creek? I know that you can fish from the mouth up to the confluence with Big Creek, but I can't seem to find any public land in that area on the maps. Thanks,
Jonny
gsilva <gsilva6951@aol.com> -- 12/07/00 -- 14:28:52 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.61 [en] (Win98; I)
i hope its ok to use this site as a message board. i will try te san lorenzo first time ever
it sounds great i was born and raised in san jose i fish the guadalupe, penitencia, and the coyote have caught steel in all of them
and salmon in the guadalupe matter fact i bellong to a restoration group for the guadalupe . i do most of my trout fishing in the sieras any way
hope to learn and explore some nice areas along the san lorenzo
thanks gabe
Fished the San Lorenzo (Henry Cowell); landed 1 eggeater 18+in ~1 1/2 - 2 lbs.(wild) PRAY FOR RAIN....
customer <buy@somewhereelse> -- 12/05/00 -- 13:32:27 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.61 [en] (WinNT; I)
I stopped by Ernies earlier this week hoping for some useful info, or to simply enjoy being in a flyshop. Ernie, you were so rude to me that I will never stop in again. Too bad to see the local flyshop so hostile. Sorry if you don't think I "look" like a fly fisherman, or if you think I am from (GASP!) LA or something, but you blew a good sale. Good luck man.
customer <buy@somewhereelse> -- 12/05/00 -- 13:31:58 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.61 [en] (WinNT; I)
I stopped by Ernies earlier this week hoping for some useful info, or to simply enjoy being in a flyshop. Ernie, you were so rude to me that I will never stop in again. Too bad to see the local flyshop so hostile. Sorry if you don't think I "look" like a fly fisherman, or if you think I am from (GASP!) LA or something, but you blew a good sale. Good luck man.
Mike <snapperkat@yahoo.com> -- 12/04/00 -- 13:48:00 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.7 [en] (WinNT; I)
Saw some nice fish (maybe 18'') in Felton -- caught none.
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 12/03/00 -- 09:18:07 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
Caught a 12" steelhead saturday morning at the
top of the Gorge on a black muddler (#8 hook). Got
skunked at the Riverside Street bridge and the railroad
bridge on Sunday morning.
Fished the San Lorenzo today; landed 1 eggeater ~18in 1-1/2lb.Watched about a 5lb Silver roll several times .PRAY FOR RAIN....
Jonny <jpwisor@netscape.net> -- 12/02/00 -- 09:51:37 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.73 (Macintosh; I; PPC)
Caught one 10" non-hatchery juvenile in the Henry Cowell/ Felton area this morning. When will the rain bring in its mommy and daddy?
Fished around Henry Cowell today @ lunch ~1hr,LANDED a gorgeous 15-18" SUCKER FISH,but alas no steelies to be had.PRAY FOR RAIN........
Jonny <jpwisor@netscape.net> -- 11/22/00 -- 12:56:37 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.7 [en] (Win98; I)
Caught one 10" non-hatchery juvenile in the Henry Cowell/ Felton area this morning. We need more rain!!!
gabriel potter <gabriel_potter> -- 11/21/00 -- 09:00:58 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; Yahoo V1.0)
First season steelhead fishing on the san lorenzo and hooked and landed three beautiful fish up to 26 inches. All the way up in Ben Lomond my partner added a couple more. Is there rainbows in this river? Newspaper said they plant them.
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 11/19/00 -- 18:11:27 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
Fishing the morning of the 18th and 19th from the mouth of the
San Lorenzo back to the bridge (railroad). Tried a big muddler
and a couple of `rouge river' special streamers. Nothing. There were
sea lions cruzing.
Jonny <jpwisor@netscape.net> -- 11/18/00 -- 11:38:12 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.73 (Macintosh; I; PPC)
11/18/00, fished 6AM-8AM in Henry Cowells Park close to Felton. Hooked and lost two small steelies about 14-16 inches, maybe even the same fish. Whatever happened to Troll Camp is what I want to know.
Josh G <jgon@inreach.com> -- 11/10/00 -- 14:59:22 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)
Can anyone tell me if the mouths of the San Lorenzo and Soquel are open? I am hoping that this rain will open it up for us....
Mike <bolte@cruzio.com> -- 10/30/00 -- 13:53:38 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.75 [en] (X11; U; OSF1 V4.0 alpha)
I think it would be nice to have more posts here and I guess I therefore
need to make my own contributions. I've been flycasting medium-sized clousers
minnows off the north side of the yacht harbor jetty on incoming
tides and catching small kelp bass. Best place seems to be inside
the jetty near the end. Anyone else shire flyfishing around Santa Cruz?
Paul <pbaymill@pacbell.net> -- 10/29/00 -- 07:20:23 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98)
Rain Rain.....some think it's a pain, but I just think of Stealhead fishing :-)
Bill <longhike@aol.com> -- 10/28/00 -- 17:09:01 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.5; Mac_PowerPC)
Looking for someone who wants to camp and fish for salmon or steelhead in the Trinity River during the next two weeks. I hear good things along Hwy 299 near Weaverville. Any local Santa Cruz fishing nut please e-mail soon, those salmon don't stay in the river forever!
Ron <sanlorenzoriver@hotmail.com> -- 09/22/00 -- 16:53:32 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 4.0)
does anyone know of individuals who have kayaked the San Lorenzo during the fall/winter?
Bob Phillips <rspskater@hotmail.com> -- 09/10/00 -- 11:46:58 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)
Fishing rules. The best bait is crawdads.
Peace
Cliff Volstorff <CliffV@elyxir.com> -- 02/19/00 -- 19:29:18 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; MSN 2.5; Windows 98)
Lot of nice fish in the Soquel ,to bad you can't keep em!
Fished the gorge today, fish 2,me 0; got one to leap about two feet out of the water, GONE...another eggeater 2-3lbs.Second fish, FISH-ON,FISH-OFF,felt about same weight.Saw a NICE 10lb fish LANDED,another hooked.(ROE)
Fished the gorge today, fish 2,me 0; got one to leap about two feet out of the water, GONE...another eggeater 2-3lbs.Second fish, FISH-ON,FISH-OFF,felt about same weight.Saw a NICE 10lb fish LANDED,another hooked.(ROE)
Ron Racilis <racilis@sfsu.edu> -- 01/31/00 -- 12:04:13 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.05 (Macintosh; I; PPC)
On Saturday I caught three steelies below the Garden of Eden. Someone
better tell the guy with the fish truck to stop stocking the river
with 3-4 pound stealhead every Friday night! They're a blast but
nothing like the bigger fish they normally stock the river with!
Paul <pbaymiller@earthlink.net> -- 01/29/00 -- 22:52:16 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.7 [en] (Win98; I)
The Water was beutiful, but it seemed most of the fish came through earlier in the week? Hooked and landed one small 3lb fish on Silver Flatfish. Didn't see too many fish caught today not like last Sat.
Scott Joyner <scottj.ihwy.com> -- 01/29/00 -- 20:25:19 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 95; DigExt; ezn/32/63/ie)
Didnot catch any steelhead today.
But caught six rainbow trout ranging from 14" to 16" with alot of girth.Two to three pound range.
Please Practice Catch & Release.
Protect Our Future!
Fished San Lorenzo on Saturday. Caught 2. Both above highlands park. First on 24 inches.
Second one 16 inches. Still waiting for the big ones. I don't know where they are. I went
from Ben Lomond all the way to Brookdale and nothing.
DANIEL VIVIANI <valariev@emu.com> -- 01/29/00 -- 18:58:06 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.5 (Macintosh; I; PPC)
Fished the gorge today. Hooked 7 Landed 4.
2 1/2 to 8 Lbs. Heard of a few others.
Looks like things are picking up!
Ron Racilis <racilis@sfsu.edu> -- 01/24/00 -- 11:31:12 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.05 (Macintosh; I; PPC)
Looks like Saturday (Jan. 22) was the day to be on the SL? Thank
god I was there, too! I put one on the bank about 4 lb.s (why do they
seem so small this year?), and Sunday I slayed one about the same
size on Scott Creek. I'm still working on a 15 lb.+ fish, though.
Maybe this Saturday that will change?
Josh G <jgon@inreach.com> -- 01/24/00 -- 10:21:28 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)
Hooked and played a nice 4-5lb. fish on Soquel Creek Saturday.
Paul <pbaymiller@earthlink.net> -- 01/23/00 -- 13:13:58 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.7 [en] (Win98; I)
Wow, what a day! I thought we were gonna be in trouble without the rain, but it's here and so are the fish. The wait was definitely worth it! Fish the San Lorenzo yesterday, using spinners and fresh roe. Hooked 5, landed 2 one was over 8lbs the other maybe 4 or so. Had one on that was a real brute. It's good to see things right again
guess who? <guesswho@yahoo.com> -- 01/23/00 -- 12:40:17 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
Hooked 10 fish Sat and landed 5. 2 of the 5 landed were in the 6-7 pound range.
Claude <claude@cruzio.com> -- 01/23/00 -- 05:25:20 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.08 [en] (Win16; U)
Hooked and played an 18 incher 1/4 mi above Felton dam trolling in a
canoe. Hard hit and a good fighter non-hatchery.
Fished the San Lorenzo today (1/22/00). Hooked and landed one Eggeater 2lbs,Saw another hooked
Andy <delee@thegrid.net> -- 01/16/00 -- 22:23:44 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.61 (Macintosh; I; PPC)
Ive been fishing the Moke River for about a year now, I havnt seen any fly fishermen there, has anybody ever fished this river???
Ron Racilis <racilis@sfsu.edu> -- 01/13/00 -- 11:48:14 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.05 (Macintosh; I; PPC)
Does anyone regularly fish Aptos Creek?! If so, I'm wondering where
the main access points and good fishing holes are? Also, how does
that stream hold up to heavy rain compared to the San Lorenzo? Thanks.
JOE CLASSEN <JCLASSEN@BAYAT.COM> -- 12/28/99 -- 14:25:54 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows 95)
12-28-99 I've been to 5 of our rivers and hooked up 5 so far one was 25" about 7lbs not to bad for not having any rain, but always having faith.
JOE CLASSEN <JCLASSEN@BAYAT.COM> -- 12/28/99 -- 12:34:47 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows 95)
I've fished the 5 rivers from sam mateo to santa cruz since opening day and have caught 5 steelies so far one was a 25" about 6 to 9 lbs i'm sure i will check back later with a better report. love this site! signed, THE BEST
salmon slayer <salmonslayer69@hotmail.com> -- 12/02/99 -- 14:16:34 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows 95)
I see nobody uses this board. Any fish in the river or what. How about the lagoon. email me let me know
thanks
SS
Bu <Bungersm@sjm.infi.net> -- 07/15/99 -- 09:36:16 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.05 (Macintosh; I; 68K)
What happened to this bulletin board? Isn't anyone fishing out there?
I was hoping for some news about surf fishing this summer. I signed up
for the discussion group, but that doesn't seem to be functioning
either. Did Ernie lose his techie guru?
Ron Racilis <racilis@sfsu.edu> -- 04/12/99 -- 13:58:58 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.5 (Macintosh; I; PPC)
E.P., I see you recently fished the Gualala. . . that's a nice stream but I have yet to catch a steelie in it. Next time you're up in those parts you should try weting a line in Alder Creek; it's reminds me a lot of the SL and the fishing can be awsome if the conditions are right. The only thing is that it's a bit of a drive for locals around here--but definietly worth the drive, I'd say.
E.P. <toile@pacbell.net> -- 04/05/99 -- 15:49:19 -- Browser: Mozilla/2.02E-PBME (Macintosh; U; 68K)
Fished Gualala river on tuesday and wednesday. We worked the upper part both days.
The river was in great shape, glowing green and not too high. Zero fish landed but
I hooked one on a puffball/ roe combo just behind a redwood stump that had a nice hole
behind it. Saw lots of others in driftboats but didnt here about any fish caught
We will try agian next year for sure!
e.p. <toile@pacball.net> -- 03/14/99 -- 11:14:33 -- Browser: Mozilla/2.02E-PBME (Macintosh; U; 68K)
Fished the opening day of salmon season out of santa cruz. We trolled rotary killers on the inside of the soqual hole in 100' to 240'.
We only had short strike. We tried mooching around some bait we found at 200' but no action either
Ron Racilis <racilis@sfsu.edu> -- 03/11/99 -- 10:35:01 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.05 (Macintosh; I; PPC)
I know the steelhead season is over for us here localy but has anyone
fished the Garcia, Gualala, Alder Creek areas lately and caught fish?
Cliff Volstorff <CVOLSTORFF@elyxir.com> -- 03/05/99 -- 21:14:29 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; MSN 2.5; Windows 98)
i'm ready for the salmon hope there's no furbags.I eat them.HA HA!
Tom Joseph <tmj@jps.net> -- 02/25/99 -- 11:09:09 -- Browser: Mozilla/3.01 (Win95; U)
Does anyone have a report for last weekend on the San Lorenzo ?
E.P. <toile@pacbell.net> -- 02/24/99 -- 18:15:04 -- Browser: Mozilla/2.02E-PBME (Macintosh; U; 68K)
Feb. 24. fished Soquel creek hooked a nice fish which I lost after it took me into a
willow tree.Also caught two trout of 12" to 14". The water was perfect. Anyone else get out there today?
This is my first input to the site. Glad you're doing this, Ernie.
2/13 San Lorenzo 4 Rocks water flow at Felton 370-350 cu ft/sec 12 inch vis.
Young Bret landed 2 that I saw, several others caught & released.
2/14 4 Rocks water flow at Felton 350 dropping to 320 14-16 inch vis.
Fish caught on roe, spinners, spoons, flatfish. I lost one on a gold
Hotshot. Only one kept that I know of, a 10-lb class hatchery hen
caught on a silver Hotshot. Fish are big and most (90%) seem to be
native fish. Barbless hooks are a bitch when the fish start to roll,
I've lost 6 so far this season.
2/15 4 Rocks the water was perfect. Flow at Felton was 290 dropping
to 280 by noon. Visibility was more than 18 inches. Relatively few fish
were caught from Sand Hole up to square Hole. One big hatchery buck caught
in 4 Rocks. I lost another one about 7 pounds.
This AM Wednesday 2/17 I just couldn't drag my old body out at 4 AM again
(I live in San Jose) and after the rain the river is running at 522 cu ft/sec
so I'm sure it's muddy. Don't anyone tell me it wasn't!
2/12/99
Left Santa Cruz Harbor at 8 am. weather was slight overcast, water
temp a balmy 52.9 dgrees. Arrived at outer Natural Brigdes Reef at 120
feet. We were fishing with white scampi's tipped white squid. We had
a slow pick until about 1-2 pm. The light E breeze subsided along
with the current. We proceeded to hook quality Bolina, Vermilion and
Canary Rockfish to 2.5 pounds along with a bonus 12 pound lingcod.
We wrapped it up at 4 pm with limits for 5 people(myself included) for
the best day for the 99 season.
Hope the Salmon season does as well. Good Luck
Capt. Joe Stoops
Bob <bobrem@idiom.com> -- 02/14/99 -- 10:40:18 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows 98)
Fished the San Lorenzo 2/13. I pretty much agree with Ernie's analysis: pretty muddy water. I didn't hook or land any steelhead (although I caught two pretty hefty sucker fish, which I released). Didn't see any fish roll or swimming in the river (although, admittedly, visibility was not very good). This leads me to believe that the water is fishable and they can see the bait. You need to locate the fish and offer them what they want (whatever that is, presumably roe). One fellow angler said he hooked a fish, but lost it. He also said he heard of three fish caught earlier that day, upstream from where I was fishing (closer to Felton, I presume). Good luck everyone.
Robert Davis <davis4@pacbell.net> -- 02/13/99 -- 13:34:20 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.04 [en]C-PBI-NC404 (Win95; I)
2-13-99
I landed my first two steelhead right here in Santa Cruz County.
I was fishing a hole in Ben Lomond with a spin and glo when I hooked up
two steelhead to eight pounds on an ultra light setup. I think it is
great we can drive less than 15 minutes and catch steelhead.
E.P. <toile@pacbell.net> -- 02/09/99 -- 13:55:39 -- Browser: Mozilla/2.02E-PBME (Macintosh; U; 68K)
Fished the San lorenzo on 2/6. Hooked two nice steelhead. Landed one about eight pounds
Saw many other fish hooked. It was wide open!
Does anyone else use this report page.
E.P. <toile@pacbell.net> -- 02/05/99 -- 10:52:34 -- Browser: Mozilla/2.02E-PBME (Macintosh; U; 68K)
jan.1/30 landed a nice 5 pound native buck on san lorenzo. I saw two other fish
er fish hooked and lost. On 2/3 I fished same area to no avail. As I understand
erstand the regs. it's single barbless hooks only. I must have seen ten
guys useing flatfish with treble hooks. whats up with that.
JEFF <funbums@mindspring.com> -- 01/03/99 -- 16:50:28 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows 98)
Hi ernie,fished the San Lorenzo on 1/2/99,landed a small fish(20")
in Rudy's hole,that was all the action,pretty slow.
greg <goodlife@jps.net> -- 12/15/98 -- 22:10:25 -- Browser: Mozilla/2.0 (compatible; MSIE 3.02; Update a; Windows 95)
fished San Lorenzo last wed (9th). Caught one 19" steelhead in the Ben Lomond area,it was a nice surprise. I didn't expect anything that far up yet. The river today (tue. 15th) looks low but there still is some color in it from Sundays rain.( I was in Bou
lder Creek) Hey Ernie,where's your update???????
Rick <kacocre@earthlink.com>
-- 12/10/98 -- 09:02:43 -- Browser: Mozilla/3.04 (Macintosh; I; 68K)
To bad Bigworm is'nt out using his big worm for fishing.
I scouted out Corralitos Cr. on Wed 12/9. Water is very clear and
somewhat low in the section near Varney Rd bridge. Didn't see any
fish. On Sat 12/5, fished at Corralitos Cr. and hooked up w/ a few
small fish.
Looks like we need more rain. Has anybody had any luck in the main
Pajaro R.? How about you San Lorenzo R. folks,anybody caught any
fish up there in past week?
Rick <kacocre@earthlink.net> -- 12/03/98 -- 06:15:15 -- Browser: Mozilla/3.04 (Macintosh; I; 68K)
San Lorenzo on Wed 12/2/98. Fished in area of pumping plant. Few
small fish hooked. Fished in afternoon until dark, saw no other
people fishing this section of river. Did you have any luck?
Brad <costumes@poseyent.com> -- 12/01/98 -- 19:09:47 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.05 [en] (Win95; U)
12/1/98 Looks like there was enough rain to get a good flow going over
the bar at high tide, couldn't tell if the were any fish in the lagoon.
Brad <costumes@poseyent.com> -- 12/01/98 -- 19:06:41 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.05 [en] (Win95; U)
12/1/98 Looks like there was enough rain to get a good flow going over
the bar at high tide, couldn't tell if the were any fish in the lagoon.
David Delmue <dandj@garlic.com> -- 10/25/98 -- 18:58:13 -- Browser: Mozilla/2.0 (compatible; MSIE 3.0; Windows 95)
we went to the feather river and cought oure limet of salmon every day. we used red beeds with a red hook.
Dean Henry <dean.henry@skynet.be> -- 08/05/98 -- 22:57:24 -- Browser: Mozilla/2.0 (compatible; MSIE 3.02; Update a; Windows 95)
Just got back from the West coast of Ireland where I spent 4 days fishing for salmon and seatrout at Ballynahinch Castle Hotel in Recess. The weather was lousy (raining sideways most of the time) and the river was way up, but I managed to luck into one gr
ilse (small summer run salmon) of about 4 pounds and several small seatrout and browns arount 1/2 pound and smaller. It was nice just to be fishing. The fly the salmon fell to was a silver rat double. I'd like to say we put him back, but as it turns out
, I killed him and gave him to my ghillie for his birthday.
Mogan Deatherage <troublewebtvnet.> -- 06/29/98 -- 13:36:18 -- Browser: Mozilla/3.0 WebTV/1.2 (compatible; MSIE 2.0)
I enjoy your fishing show and would like to hear from you. Please e-mail me at the address above.
Greg <goodlife@jps.net> -- 01/25/98 -- 22:37:15 -- Browser: Mozilla/2.0 (compatible; MSIE 3.02; Update a; Windows 95)
Just got off the San Lorenzo(sunday),beautiful day,landed an 18"er and a 7 pounder,both bright chrome,both on a black leech.Doesn't seem like it's Slow to me!!Would have been nice to have the updated river conditions BEFORE the weedend!!
I fished the San Lorenzo today. The water was reletively
low with about 4'of visibilty. The fishing was pretty tough
and not many fish were caught. I was fortunate to catch a
10 to 12 pound fish using a #3 brass Mepps. I originally thought
it was a Silver Salmon but now I'm not so sure. Being new to
Steelhead fishing, I don't know a good way to distinguish
between a Salmon and a Steelhead. Maybe somebody could post
some information to help.
Fish Master <kaj;sdljkf> -- 12/11/97 -- 18:55:08 -- Browser: Mozilla/4.04 [en] (Win95; I ;Nav)
This whole website is a joke! The creator of this website cant'
even keep up with any kind of information. I recommend to everyone who visits here, to just keep on clicking because it sucks. I live locally, and i love to steelhead fish. I figured this place could help out immensely since Ernies store has been aroun
d, and this is it! He spends more time on personal matters than on "Up to date information" that we web browsers are in search of. Get your act together Earnie!
Ted Ceder <fishdoc1@juno.com> -- 09/18/97 -- 17:35:33 -- Browser: Mozilla/2.0 (compatible; MSIE 3.01; AK; Windows 95)
how about a flyfishing report on salt water fishing for rockfish in the Santa Cruz/
Capitola area. Has El Nino affected it much? Please E-mail a response.
Ryan Ollenburger <Ollyburger@aol.com> -- 07/30/97 -- 19:32:21 -- Browser: Mozilla/2.0 (compatible; MSIE 3.0; AOL 3.0; Windows 95)
Fished the Big Sur River in the beginning of July; It was a five mile hike to the closest legal place to fish (Ventana campground). We packed everything in and spent the night. I wouldn't recommend a day trip as the hike is pretty difficult. The area was
absolutely beautiful and the fishing was fun. I was rather dissapinted in the small size of the rainbow's but we still caught a lot of fish. Most were taken on very small (14-20) E.H. Caddis and Parachute Adams. These are very spooky fish because the wate
r is so clear so walk lightly! If you want any more info you can e-mail me. Tight lines!
May 1, 1997--Opening day for commerical salmon fishing. My fishing pals (Paul Meyer, Phil Christ & Ed Raphael) and I put in at the Santa Cruz harbor at 6:50 a.m. I expected to see a crowded parking lot--it was only half full--launched in no time at all.
I took a 150 degree heading out of the harbor (that put's us just to the left of the one mile bouy) and drove out 7.5 miles. Not many boats including the com guys. Wind died down early and it was a fine day. The bad news is we only had TWO bites. Th
e good news is that I had them and landed two 8 lb. salmon. Both fish were hooked at between 40 and 48 pulls in 320' to 350' of water. I used a single hook rig with the line threaded through the anchovy and the hook protruding at the head. A half hitch
completes the rigging. With the bigger hooks I find the one hook rig better that the two hook rigs I use to use. My boat's name is "On Location." Give me a call on VHF channel 11.
Chuck
Jeff Kinzli <kinzli@cisco.com> -- 03/15/97 -- 14:08:29 -- Browser: Mozilla/3.01 (Win95; I)
Great fishing today (opening day of Salmon Season) in the Santa Cruz/Monterey Bay area. Many, many anglers reporting limits, with most fish in the 8-12 pound range!