11-27-2013, 09:29 PM
I find that you are using comprehensive logs is quite incredible. I wish I would have done that years ago. I have fished for pike in Alaska, Canada, Russia, the mid west and of course Utah. It was the appearance of trophy Pike in Yuba that lit my fire and it has almost consumed me since the first 20 pounder came in the boat several years ago.
I am getting old and have limited funds, but there have been many, many days I wanted to fish for tiger muskie on pine view and have closely watched the incredible growth rates of tigers on Joes Valley. All summer I planned on going to Joe's but when I finally found the time after a summer of fishing wounded warriors and kids with disabilities on my big boat, the ramps were closed so I will have to try again next year.
Being old allows one to be opinionated and I certainly am, especially when it comes to Pike and Yuba. with the high limits on pike that are proposed in the management plan and little or no protection of the big spawners, I fear that the great fishery we are experiencing is doomed. Time will tell and I hope I am wrong.
The bright thing I see is using tiger muskie as a management tool in waters like Joe's Valley. I believe that as more and more anglers experience a 20 pound fish smashing a lure and the adrenalin rush the fight entails, there will be a demand for improving the Esox fishery statewide. Unfortunately, I might not be here to see it.
For now all I can do is enjoy it and hope that I am wrong about the decline of the northern fishery in Yuba.
I too, hope our paths cross in the years ahead and I will have something that you can include in your data base. From this day forward I will keep a log on my days on the water. Forty years ago I did that when I was a fly fisherman and those logs went a long way to knowing when a particular hatch would come off on any of the waters I fished almost daily. I wished that I still had them to read even though I rarely fish with the long rod any more.
Thank you for your input and the time you have devoted to replying to an old fisherman's inquiries. I send my warmest regards to you and yours on this Thanksgiving holiday. Captain Steve Henline, founder Hand in hand Outdoors. [url "http://www.handinhandoutdoors.org"]http://www.handinhandoutdoors.org[/url]
I am getting old and have limited funds, but there have been many, many days I wanted to fish for tiger muskie on pine view and have closely watched the incredible growth rates of tigers on Joes Valley. All summer I planned on going to Joe's but when I finally found the time after a summer of fishing wounded warriors and kids with disabilities on my big boat, the ramps were closed so I will have to try again next year.
Being old allows one to be opinionated and I certainly am, especially when it comes to Pike and Yuba. with the high limits on pike that are proposed in the management plan and little or no protection of the big spawners, I fear that the great fishery we are experiencing is doomed. Time will tell and I hope I am wrong.
The bright thing I see is using tiger muskie as a management tool in waters like Joe's Valley. I believe that as more and more anglers experience a 20 pound fish smashing a lure and the adrenalin rush the fight entails, there will be a demand for improving the Esox fishery statewide. Unfortunately, I might not be here to see it.
For now all I can do is enjoy it and hope that I am wrong about the decline of the northern fishery in Yuba.
I too, hope our paths cross in the years ahead and I will have something that you can include in your data base. From this day forward I will keep a log on my days on the water. Forty years ago I did that when I was a fly fisherman and those logs went a long way to knowing when a particular hatch would come off on any of the waters I fished almost daily. I wished that I still had them to read even though I rarely fish with the long rod any more.
Thank you for your input and the time you have devoted to replying to an old fisherman's inquiries. I send my warmest regards to you and yours on this Thanksgiving holiday. Captain Steve Henline, founder Hand in hand Outdoors. [url "http://www.handinhandoutdoors.org"]http://www.handinhandoutdoors.org[/url]