In spite of all the fires in NorCal (I understand half of Humbolt
County is higher then a kite due to the burning #1 cash crop of the
county), I wanted to try more striper fishing.

I left the house very early, 0500, and was on the water and trolling
by 0620. The water was warm at 75°, the lake was choppy under a
breeze. The sky was smoky from all the fires and I thought it was
going to be a lousy day.

At 0920 a 2¾ Lbr. took my rolled anchovy at 20 feet, and I was able to
reel him in. Some time later I had a larger fish on, but lost him just
as he was about to give it up. Rats. He also took the 20 foot deep
'chovy.

Both hook-ups were near the first island just inside the mouth of the
narrows. Several of us trollers were working the area. One couple
claimed five fish. I saw them lose one, and that was the only lifted
net I saw all day. Another couple of trollers each claimed one.

The wind died and it was nice and calm by 10:00.

I was off the water a bit before noon. By starting early I planned to
get off the lake early so I could avoid the lice - that plan worked
well.

Photo - such as it is - at my website: www.FishWisher.com

FishWisher wrote:
In spite of all the fires in NorCal (I understand half of Humbolt
County is higher then a kite due to the burning #1 cash crop of the
county), I wanted to try more striper fishing.

I left the house very early, 0500, and was on the water and trolling
by 0620. The water was warm at 75°, the lake was choppy under a
breeze. The sky was smoky from all the fires and I thought it was
going to be a lousy day.

At 0920 a 2¾ Lbr. took my rolled anchovy at 20 feet, and I was able to
reel him in. Some time later I had a larger fish on, but lost him just
as he was about to give it up. Rats. He also took the 20 foot deep
'chovy.

Both hook-ups were near the first island just inside the mouth of the
narrows. Several of us trollers were working the area. One couple
claimed five fish. I saw them lose one, and that was the only lifted
net I saw all day. Another couple of trollers each claimed one.

The wind died and it was nice and calm by 10:00.

I was off the water a bit before noon. By starting early I planned to
get off the lake early so I could avoid the lice - that plan worked
well.

Photo - such as it is - at my website: www.FishWisher.com


When you say, "rolled anchovy," are you referring to a technique, a
piece of bait cut from a whole anchovy, or a rolled anchovy out of a can
from the supermarket?

I've been buying salted herring at the local market for bait. The fish
are whole but gutted, and about 7" long. They work very well as bait,
either whole or as cut bait.

On Jun 26, 7:01 am, HK wrote:
FishWisher wrote:
In spite of all the fires in NorCal (I understand half of Humbolt
County is higher then a kite due to the burning #1 cash crop of the
county), I wanted to try more striper fishing.

I left the house very early, 0500, and was on the water and trolling
by 0620. The water was warm at 75°, the lake was choppy under a
breeze. The sky was smoky from all the fires and I thought it was
going to be a lousy day.

At 0920 a 2¾ Lbr. took my rolled anchovy at 20 feet, and I was able to
reel him in. Some time later I had a larger fish on, but lost him just
as he was about to give it up. Rats. He also took the 20 foot deep
'chovy.

Both hook-ups were near the first island just inside the mouth of the
narrows. Several of us trollers were working the area. One couple
claimed five fish. I saw them lose one, and that was the only lifted
net I saw all day. Another couple of trollers each claimed one.

The wind died and it was nice and calm by 10:00.

I was off the water a bit before noon. By starting early I planned to
get off the lake early so I could avoid the lice - that plan worked
well.

Photo - such as it is - at my website:www.FishWisher.com

When you say, "rolled anchovy," are you referring to a technique, a
piece of bait cut from a whole anchovy, or a rolled anchovy out of a can
from the supermarket?

I've been buying salted herring at the local market for bait. The fish
are whole but gutted, and about 7" long. They work very well as bait,
either whole or as cut bait.

I refer to the technique. I use the Krippled Anchovy harness, it's
shown he http://www.krippled.ca/recreation/anchovy1.htm

I troll about two mph and it gives the bait a corkscrew roll. I troll
'em on downriggers, one at 20' deep and 140' back, the other at 30'
deep and 120 feet back. That gives the fish that may ignore or shy
away from the first one, another one just a bit above and almost at
once. It seems to work well, the higher one gets most of the hits.

Dale
www.FishWisher.com

FishWisher wrote:
On Jun 26, 7:01 am, HK wrote:
FishWisher wrote:
In spite of all the fires in NorCal (I understand half of Humbolt
County is higher then a kite due to the burning #1 cash crop of the
county), I wanted to try more striper fishing.
I left the house very early, 0500, and was on the water and trolling
by 0620. The water was warm at 75°, the lake was choppy under a
breeze. The sky was smoky from all the fires and I thought it was
going to be a lousy day.
At 0920 a 2¾ Lbr. took my rolled anchovy at 20 feet, and I was able to
reel him in. Some time later I had a larger fish on, but lost him just
as he was about to give it up. Rats. He also took the 20 foot deep
'chovy.
Both hook-ups were near the first island just inside the mouth of the
narrows. Several of us trollers were working the area. One couple
claimed five fish. I saw them lose one, and that was the only lifted
net I saw all day. Another couple of trollers each claimed one.
The wind died and it was nice and calm by 10:00.
I was off the water a bit before noon. By starting early I planned to
get off the lake early so I could avoid the lice - that plan worked
well.
Photo - such as it is - at my website:www.FishWisher.com
When you say, "rolled anchovy," are you referring to a technique, a
piece of bait cut from a whole anchovy, or a rolled anchovy out of a can
from the supermarket?

I've been buying salted herring at the local market for bait. The fish
are whole but gutted, and about 7" long. They work very well as bait,
either whole or as cut bait.

I refer to the technique. I use the Krippled Anchovy harness, it's
shown he http://www.krippled.ca/recreation/anchovy1.htm

I troll about two mph and it gives the bait a corkscrew roll. I troll
'em on downriggers, one at 20' deep and 140' back, the other at 30'
deep and 120 feet back. That gives the fish that may ignore or shy
away from the first one, another one just a bit above and almost at
once. It seems to work well, the higher one gets most of the hits.

Dale
www.FishWisher.com


Thanks...I've never heard the term before in connection with fishing.
Interestingly, I work extra hard when using live bait or even a whole,
small, dead fish (like a herring) to rig the bait so it doesn't roll,
but "swims" straight and upright. I learned this from a couple of really
good kingfish mackerel fishermen in Florida, where the baits of choice
are live pogies or cigar minnows, and, if not available, whole dead pogies.

I use deep diving plastic baits to get down about 30' and attach them
with a leader to a triple swivel. I then rig a dead herring to the other
swivel. The deep diver pulls itself and the herring down. I'm a lazy
fisherman these days, and won't make any extraordinary efforts to catch
our local "big" fish, striped bass. Extraordinary effort includes
downriggers, outriggers, planer boards, umbrella rigs, et cetera. :)

I like the less is more approach, which is why I find flyfishing so
appealing.

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:53:11 -0700 (PDT), FishWisher
wrote:

In spite of all the fires in NorCal (I understand half of Humbolt
County is higher then a kite due to the burning #1 cash crop of the
county), I wanted to try more striper fishing.

I left the house very early, 0500, and was on the water and trolling
by 0620. The water was warm at 75°, the lake was choppy under a
breeze. The sky was smoky from all the fires and I thought it was
going to be a lousy day.

At 0920 a 2¾ Lbr. took my rolled anchovy at 20 feet, and I was able to
reel him in. Some time later I had a larger fish on, but lost him just
as he was about to give it up. Rats. He also took the 20 foot deep
'chovy.

Both hook-ups were near the first island just inside the mouth of the
narrows. Several of us trollers were working the area. One couple
claimed five fish. I saw them lose one, and that was the only lifted
net I saw all day. Another couple of trollers each claimed one.

The wind died and it was nice and calm by 10:00.

I was off the water a bit before noon. By starting early I planned to
get off the lake early so I could avoid the lice - that plan worked
well.

Photo - such as it is - at my website: www.FishWisher.com

That size is good for eating!!

On Jun 26, 9:12*pm, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:53:11 -0700 (PDT), FishWisher
wrote:





In spite of all the fires in NorCal (I understand half of Humbolt
County is higher then a kite due to the burning #1 cash crop of the
county), I wanted to try more striper fishing.

I left the house very early, 0500, and was on the water and trolling
by 0620. The water was warm at 75°, the lake was choppy under a
breeze. The sky was smoky from all the fires and I thought it was
going to be a lousy day.

At 0920 a 2¾ Lbr. took my rolled anchovy at 20 feet, and I was able to
reel him in. Some time later I had a larger fish on, but lost him just
as he was about to give it up. Rats. He also took the 20 foot deep
'chovy.

Both hook-ups were near the first island just inside the mouth of the
narrows. Several of us trollers were working the area. One couple
claimed five fish. I saw them lose one, and that was the only lifted
net I saw all day. Another couple of trollers each claimed one.

The wind died and it was nice and calm by 10:00.

I was off the water a bit before noon. By starting early I planned to
get off the lake early so I could avoid the lice - that plan worked
well.

Photo - such as it is - at my website:www.FishWisher.com

That size is good for eating!!- Hide quoted text -

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It's amazing that someone that claims to know all about fishing never
heard the term "rolling" before.......