Rancho Seco?

[Jfitalia]

Yay! Good job, Matt for 2010. Now, where is the big fish for 2012?

why dont you try fishing for them? My buddy pulled an 11.5 last year as well as many other large ones. Just gotta know how to fish them.

[fisherman4Ever]

Yay! Good job, Matt for 2010. Now, where is the big fish for 2012?

There are a lot of big fish caught out of that same spot (right at the launch). I caught a 10, and many others below 10 pounders. Reason is that at that time of the year, the trouts are released in that area and so the large mouths will come around there to feed.

[EarlyFish]

There big fish there. My friend Matt has caught big fish from there.
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Matt Allen: Help from above | Bassmaster

Yay! Good job, Matt for 2010. Now, where is the big fish for 2012?

[fisherman4Ever]

Wacky a watermelon with red or purple flake Senko at it. That should not fail you... Oh, if that failed, use live nitecrawler hook to the head only. If that fails, have a beer and sit back.

[Owlman2]

I said I knew there were fish there....big fish.

I just said I never catch any of the dang things....

[knucklehead510]

Not to be rude, but I won't believe it until I see a pic of it. I have not seen anything bigger than 10 lbs from there.

There big fish there. My friend Matt has caught big fish from there.
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[basskeeter1]

Dude i went there a few weeks ago , and seen big bass just strolling along th docks, they are there for sure like you said but they arent your ordinary bass, those are some super smart bass, im sure they laugh at alot of the basfsherman there, ...my bet is the radiation from the old plant made them awesome lol jk

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Big fish don't get big by being stupid! I"m just saying/IMO

[BIG_ONE]

I would not eat anything from there, be prepare for radiation! Haha.

[EarlyFish]

Back to the subject of Ranch Seco...

I don't know what the deal is with me and that little lake. I have fished it several times since first trying it when I was a teenage in the late '70s. I have fished every part of it, and when I was younger and more motivated I used to walk the entire perimeter of it. Despite all that, I have never caught a single bass there.

Some of you are probably muttering "guy doesn't know how to catch bass"....trust me....I do....at least to some extent. But for whatever reason Rancho Seco and I are on different wavelengths. I would usually try it in the spring, and I do remember being somewhat "put off" by the extremely clear water. I also remember wishing I could reach the structure just out of casting distance from the dam....but none of that changes the fact that I have never caught a fish there.

I know the bass are there....I have heard too many reports from different people to believe otherwise....so I don't know what my problem is there. I guess Rancho Seco and I are just not a good "fit"......

I don't blame you.. Most of the fish are already kept. Especially when spawning seaon, I've witness people snagging big girls and throwing them into coolers.

[bassmaster87]

I don't know why but around this time of year I don't catch much bass if any at all. Every other year around this time (summer) I catch them but this year I've been skunked. But over there I say spring time is best. I caught a few decent ones with 6 pounder being the biggest.