06-12-2003, 03:00 PM
[cool]I saw that fish. I was living in Sacramento at the time, and had a good friend who lived up on Crystal Bay on Lake Tahoe. I was up there to fish with him and he took me to see the fish where it was on display on ice. Man, what a hog. It had a belly that looked like it had eaten a PETA member.
For anyone who has never fished Tahoe, it is an interesting fishery. It is so deep and so clear, that about the only fish taken near the surface are small hatchery pet rainbows, before they wise up and go deep. The macks are often over 200 feet deep, and the more successful locals troll for them with paddle boards wrapped with wire line. They drop down big lures, sweetened with fish meat or whole tui chubs, and dredge the depths. When they hook a big fish, it is truly hand to fin combat as they try to keep the wire line from turning their hands to hamburger while they wind the wire back on the boards. That's how that big boy (girl) was taken.
Hey, Southernman, I appreciate the vote of confidence, on your wild guess. But macks have never been much of a targeted species for my donut dinghy. I'm more of a light tackle, shallow water kinda guy. If the quarry requires a big boat, big tackle and large lures, I don't try to prove how stubborn I am. I use the right stuff for the job.
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For anyone who has never fished Tahoe, it is an interesting fishery. It is so deep and so clear, that about the only fish taken near the surface are small hatchery pet rainbows, before they wise up and go deep. The macks are often over 200 feet deep, and the more successful locals troll for them with paddle boards wrapped with wire line. They drop down big lures, sweetened with fish meat or whole tui chubs, and dredge the depths. When they hook a big fish, it is truly hand to fin combat as they try to keep the wire line from turning their hands to hamburger while they wind the wire back on the boards. That's how that big boy (girl) was taken.
Hey, Southernman, I appreciate the vote of confidence, on your wild guess. But macks have never been much of a targeted species for my donut dinghy. I'm more of a light tackle, shallow water kinda guy. If the quarry requires a big boat, big tackle and large lures, I don't try to prove how stubborn I am. I use the right stuff for the job.
TubeDude
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