Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Here we are firmly into spring with the promise of warmer and longer days. California is recovering from a long drought and many of the lakes are at full pool. The streams will be flowing with water from all the snow pack and mountains that are part of the greater water shed. We should be seeing running water for months. That brings an optimistic outlook for fishing throughout 2017. If you haven’t yet got your gear ready for a new season, its time to re-spool with fresh line, check the i...
It appears that my retirement from writing was short lived. I have been asked to continue writing the fishing articles and I have accepted the request. Now that I no longer own Treasures eConsignment I have more time on my hands to pursue fishing and writing, the two things I have long enjoyed. While it’s good to be back to writing, the fishing is on hold for the time being. As we have all seen, the weather this winter has been much harsher than years past and the water and snow levels are u...
Fall is an awesome time of the year for fishing, whether you are heading for a mountain stream or to the lake. Even the surf fishing at the beach can be great. Whatever your choice or method one thing is for sure, the fish will be hungry. With dropping temperatures and shorter days, fish will be loading up on food to store up fat for winter. Trout stocking is now underway and if the stream or lake are you preference then get out as soon as you can. If you like to multi-species fish on lakes,...
A fish’s survival depends on its keen senses, including hearing, sight, movement, touch, taste, and smell. Anglers pay a great deal of attention to this sensory world too, such as the visual qualities of lures, size, shape, and color. They also pay attention to sound and movement. However, most anglers do not pay much attention to smell, even though fish respond to scents and utilize these scents as a way to find food and avoid danger. In short, anglers might catch more fish if they were more aw...
Summer is upon us and the kids are out of school, vacation time is here and perhaps some time to go fishing. One of the least talked about subjects when it comes to angling is proper catch and release technique. Now I know many of you are catch, filet and cook folks put for a few years now many anglers have taken to releasing their catch back into the lake or stream. For me I started practicing catch and release 20 years ago when sport fishing in the ocean. Back then, you could bag 20 fish in...
If you are thinking it’s time to jump in the RV and head to the beach for a few days or just take a day trip to the sand and surf, fishing will be getting under way soon. The recent storms have dirtied up the water but Mother Nature has a way of self-cleaning in short order. As the weather begins to settle down, the beaches will be ready for some great surf fishing. If you are not a fan of the sand, I assure you that the rewards are worth the effort. Surf fishing for me is one of the ultimate a...
I would like to wish all of you a happy, prosperous, and healthy new year! It has been a whirlwind of a year, many challenges have come, and gone, some successfully met, while others still need work. I am happy to say that my fishing challenges were all happy ones with great days on the water (I managed not to drown myself playing in the river) and many nice fish caught and released to play another day. As many of us do at the end of the year, we try to reflect on the past 12 months and take...
If you are the type of fisherperson who likes a challenge now and then but aren’t sure what to fish for, I would probably suggest Smallmouth Bass. Why you might ask? For many dyed-in-the-wool fishermen, including myself, we like light line fishing, meaning using spinning rods and 6 and 8-pound test plus fighting a fish that can pull hard and test your skills. Smallmouth are not nearly as plentiful or easy to find but they are plain awesome. These fish are unique in some ways and yet not so f...
This is one of the great times of the year to be at any of Southern California’s premier lakes that hold large quantities of striper. Castaic, Pyramid and Silver wood, to name a few, are great for catching the feisty hard fighting fish. If you have never chased after and caught Stripers you have missed some of the most exciting fishing Southern California has to offer. During summer the “line sides” feed very aggressively on lake shade, small bass and perch. During summer–Stripers are fish on...
While out at the lake a couple of weeks ago it was busy with people barbequing, swimming, and as always a few folks fishing. I always take a few minutes to watch what others are doing to see if someone is catching fish. It seems the order of the day was to have a lawn chair or some form of seat and kick back with a line in the water while consuming one’s favorite beverage. I am always struck by this kind of laid back style, taking it all in with some friends and casual conversation. It’s not...
Here we are again, its spring and the Sierra Trout season is in full swing. DFG did their trout plants last fall giving the latest arrivals the full fall and winter to adapt and grow. If you haven’t made the trip yet and you like to fish without crowds, now through early June is the time to make plans and book a campsite or one of the local hotels or motels. I know a lot of you are regular readers and have been following this series for some time but I thought a review might be in order, or f...
I know that many of us are looking forward to a season of fishing now that old man winter is behind us, or at least we hope. When I look forward to a new season I think about the new places or new species I might want to try for. For many years I have been playing with the idea of going up to Northern California for a species of fish I have yet to encounter, the American Shad. Currently, if you fish for large mouth bass or stripe bass you can catch Lake Shad with nets, a species of shad that may...
Wow, we are off and running with a New Year and January is already a memory. I don’t normally do New Years resolutions. I would rather take time to reflect on the things I wanted to do last year and did not get to. I find that over the course of the year I hear of new techniques, things that I am sure will help me to catch fish, or improving on things I am already doing. I am a bit of a gear head when it comes to my equipment, and finding new ways of presenting baits to fish in particular s...
As I was driving this morning here in Tehachapi, I happened to notice a few of the trees changing into their fall colors. I thought wow, the Sierra trout season will soon be closing (November 15) except for the special regulation areas. I reminded myself that I need to makes plans for a trip to the Lower Owens River for some late season fly-fishing. If you have never been to the Sierra Mountains in the fall, you are missing some of the best scenery California has to offer. Add in the many...
This month I thought I would depart from the “how to” and “what to do or not to do” to something perhaps a little more philosophical. Why do we fish? I started thinking about my own past and family-fishing traditions. It turns out my father was the only person in my family, on either side, that fished. In fact, we usually fished once a year on the family vacation to Yosemite. Occasionally my dad would take me to the lake and rent a boat, but he never taught me how to fish, so to speak. Therefo...
A fish’s survival depends on its keen senses, including hearing, sight, movement, touch, taste and smell. Anglers pay a great deal of attention to this sensory world too, such as the visual qualities of lures, size, shape and color. They also pay attention to sound and movement. However, most anglers do not pay much attention to smell, even though fish respond to and utilize these scents as a way to find food and avoid danger. In short, anglers might catch more fish if they were more aware of t...
