Bass Lake 03.16.13 and Kings River 03.17.13

[crazyfisher]

wow that is a hog deep_six.

I tried the flyrod and do see fish rising but no luck.

We will definitely be back at Bass Lake before the summer heat and the crazies comes out.

good luck with you as well.

[deep_six]

crazyfisher,

Good report and even better pictures.

We call that area "Octopus Point", it is the turn around spot for us while trolling, we then troll back to the point by Miller's Landing. We see lots of people bank fishing and catching at that spot. A lot of fish show up on our fish finder there, as your picture shows the bass masters doubled up there as well!!!!

Last week I landed a 6lb 3 oz rainbow planter very near there, my personal best trout even though it was a planter, I still was very pleased to land that fish. It fought hard, jumping and making hard runs when it saw the boat and then to run again as I tried to net it.

Have you ever tried your fly rod at Bass Lake in the evenings when the fish start rising???They are in casting distance of the bank, but I don't know what they are feeding on.

Continued good luck to you and your partner,

deep_six

[crazyfisher]

thanks fisherprice and doug...i'll give it a shot.

[FISHERPRICE]

When we got home and I was cleaning the fish, she felt bad keeping it. It had a ton of eggs in her I know planter still produce eggs. I kept the eggs in a zip lock bag. Haven't tried using trout eggs as bait before...should I try and cure the egg and use it for bait? Any suggestion? or should I just toss it out? Thanks.

I have always kept any eggs and curred them. Every time I go to any river I do very well with a little clump of eggs. Thats just my experience. I use them on all forks of the American and do very well every time I go. I have never tried them in a lake though, so for that I have no experience. It is not that hard and does not take much effort to cure. You just need to check on them while curing a couple of time's and flip um. Go to steelheaduniversity.com and check out there methods . Good luck

[RideNfish]

you could just do a simple canning salt solution to toughen them up for the hook. Best would be salt dissolved in water or you could just use salt directly on the eggs and watch that they don't become tough as pebbles. Just be sure the salt is non iodized is all.

[crazyfisher]

thanks for the suggestion on the roe. I'm not a fan of the taste of roe and it seem like curing it is a long process. Maybe I'll try wrapping it up and using it for bait just the way it is and see how it goes might be too much trouble for what its worth.

[hanahou7]

If you want to make caviar out of them you can. Soak them in a brine solution for 30 mins or so then rinse w/ warm water to separate from the skein, then soak back in the brine for an additional 30 mins. Rinse w/ cold water and and let sit colender to get rid of excess water. They'll be ready to eat after you refrigerate them for another 30 mins or so. Eat on a cracker w/ cream cheese and capers or however you want.

[tennesseemike]

Pro cure works excellent on salmon roe. You can buy the powder in many different colors to die the bait.

[shadbuster]

Nice report and cool pics! I just throw the eggs out, but you can cure them with some borax and freeze for bait. I used fresh ones on time before for bait and caught 2 trout on them so they work.

[crazyfisher]

When we got home and I was cleaning the fish, she felt bad keeping it. It had a ton of eggs in her I know planter still produce eggs. I kept the eggs in a zip lock bag. Haven't tried using trout eggs as bait before...should I try and cure the egg and use it for bait? Any suggestion? or should I just toss it out? Thanks.