Today I guided Bob and Les for stripers. With the water dropping I decided it was time to head down South, so we trailered the boat down and launched at Knight's Landing. We launched around 6:00 and headed up stream for 5-6 miles. As we rounded the corner there was a tree laying in the water with a huge break behind it and it looked too good to pass up so I slid over to it and tied off. As soon as the boat was sitting right I put on a live minnow and slipped it over the side. Les had not had his line in the water for more than a few minutes when he had a pull down but it didn't stick. When you are fishing live minnows form anchor you have to let the fish pull down the minnow and then lean the rod tip down until you get steady pressure and then set the hook. Les was having a hard time getting the hang of it as he missed 6 fish in the first 5 minutes. Bob on the other hand couldn't get bit but he finally did and soon had the first fish in the boat. Les caught on and then it was a battle who was going to get the next fish! We stayed in this spot for a couple of hours with steady action the whole time and then it died off, so we moved on. At each and every stop we would catch a couple fish and then it would die and we would move on. We fished several different locations today and caught fish at all of them. We ended the day around 1:00 having boated a box full of nice fish and a few shakers. It was a great day on the water despite the howling North wind.
Casey
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