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Happy Birthday all way from the west coast. Hope all your wishes came true for you on this day.

Happy Birthday Mike. may this day bring you all you have wished for, all the way from the west coast

Thanks guys,means a lot to me from my east cost friends

Meet up with Mike Tripp at Holiday Harbor this morning, we had a low layer of fog with some drizzle. It was great seeing the lake up so high. We came out of the harbor and headed north. Now for those of you that do not know Mike , he has been Kokanne powers Angler of the year 3 years running. So today was to be a day of teaching or showing Mike about Big boards, Dipsy Divers on Braid and Steel line rods, different tackle for Kings. Well Mike pulled a FISHSTALKER on me and hooked up a Spotted Bass, 1st fish in the boat. By noon not sure how many fish we had landed but it was some where around 9 or 11 fish. Mike out fished me today with his rolled shad, but did fall in love with the 42 spoon. The surface temp was running at 46 to 47 degrees all day, the big surprise to me the Kings where down deep 90' to 125' first time I have seen them down this deep so early. Mike it was a great time spending the day on the water with you on my birthday. Thanks a lot.

Oh come on now Bob, I had Nick telling me what to say

Yep and bigger so us old guys can see them. Aloha

Ray you and your family will be in our prayers

If any of you have friends or family that have moved to California,Oregon or Nevada They can still get there tournament fix for land locked Kings in California. We have 4 tournaments and 1 fund raiser. Here is a link to share with them. At this point there are only 3 listed , but the web guy will have the other 2 up vary soon. Sure would like to see some east coast guys take home the money and prizes. http://www.wcftournament.com/

Get-A-Way Welcome home to you as well. Back in the old corp we had a saying. Another Marine reporting Sir, I have spent my time in hell. So sorry to hear about your friend

42 years ago in a far away land, in a country called Vietnam The bloodiest part of the war started Jan 31, 1968, It was called the TET Offense. So to the heroes I served with, those who died and those who made it home, I hold my glass high one more year in your memories Semper Fi

Well Big Jon, has hit California in a big way. $ 4,500.00 in cash and prizes for 1st place. California is thankful for these tournaments, Big Jon Sports has brought to the west coast. With a whole new level of fishing tournaments. The Big Jon King of the Lake tournament on Lake Berryessa California April 3,2010. Then Big Jon Classic on Lake Don Pedro April 24,2010 with another $ 4,500.00 in cash and prizes. With a special THANK YOU to the members of the LOU board that have help make this possible, with leaders like L+M, Muskybob, Billyv, Yankingtrolling, Matt French,schoolsout and many others that helped out. http://www.wcftournament.com/

lavarock64 I have a friend on lake Tahoe that made his out of oak. so far he has only put a hole in one glass boat that got to close to him. His work just fine so far

JT Wait until you hook up the bottom one time, just might want to save the thanks

Things will be upside down for a good two weeks once this ends by 1-21

The Shasta lake has come up 11.71' just since this storm started, two days ago. Here are some pictures . Another 18 miles north they already have 4' of fresh new snow and expecting 10' to 15' total in the next 7 days The privy is going to be a little hard to use Sugar Loaf Ramp is gone , dock is under water on the right Normally you would drive around to the left, but the road is almost under water The new culvert that was put in on the road to the ramp Looking north up the Sacramento arm Work on the new bridge at Lakehead, the old bridge will be roved. The paved road is straight ahead is the Antlers boat ramp. About half way down you can see the water shooting a good 6' in the air Sacramento River behind our house Water cascading down the hill to the river

Rod in Oregon it was the hot ticket until winter. Then in 10 degree weather they would ice up so bad that you could not get all the line back on the spool.

Vic When I have a 20 Lb weight on the end along with my probe, I feel a lot safer with cable than I do with thread. But hey that is just me

Glen There a mix, of stocked and wild. The ones in the picture are all what is known as the Pit River Rainbow. They are usually darker with big brown spots also thicker through the gut. Then we have the Rainbow Trout and another strain call the Eagle Lake Trout which come from only Eagle lake California where the water is vary alkaline. Both these species can be found on the net

Man I do not know how you guys can sit on ice with a fishing rod 2' long, going in a 10 " or 12" hole in the ice. My hat is off to you frozen ones

Bob my friends in Oregon that got on that craze a couple years have all pulled it off. In the winter when temp are below 20, they ice up real band and impossible to get all back on the spool at times.

I run Okuma Blue Diamond roller rods myself and love both of them.

I have had my Depth Raider for a coup years also, would not trade it for anything. My 1st unit was a Cannon, it was in and out of the shop more than Ray K gets on the water.

Steve welcome aboard, I live just down the road from you. This is a great place to hang your hat

Ray we did not lose then on the bottom, We where in 125' flow. They where being pulled off the planer boards. With the lake so low, tree tops where just below the surface. Hell I even hook into a pine cone that was still attached to the tree, when it broke lose the treble hooks where baried into it. Hey thanks for the heads up on where to find the bottom