Stocker Trout Fishing News

Short video of the fish finder we used today. It is the Lowrance Hook 3x DSI. Really like the down scan imaging! Also, using the dry box to mount the fish finder and hold the battery pack and excess power/transducer line worked well today! PS: Thanks to the fisherman who showed me how to detach the fish finder from the mount! So simple, did not see any instructions in the manual!

Fishing and Lonestar… Great combo! Fished Bethany Lakes with a Four Weight Rod and a Near Deere. Fish were there. No Bruisers but still was fun to catch Bluegill and Sunfish on the fly! Water was clear, and the waterfall was only a trickle. Was surprised at the number of little fish lurking in the pool below the waterfall. Tried a live stream using Twitter’s Periscope app. Test went okay but still need to work on the video format. For now, used the original video from the camera.    

Liking this report from the Blanco River!   Ruffhouse: Blanco River Fly Fishing Went and stayed in Blanco, TX this weekend to visit some friends. I managed to sneak away for a bit to hit the river with my fly rod. New species for me. Rio Grande Cichlid I believe (correct me if I am wrong). I saw this guy sitting beneath a large rock so I casted my Hopper right to him to see if he would take it. It took a couple of tries but he came up and nailed it at the surface. There is very little that is more exciting to me than watching a fish come to the surface to strike. Sorry about the bad angle. He decided to flop right as I took the picture. Also managed to pull this guy out along with a few REALLY little blue gill that I didn't get any pictures of. Sunday was much slower I was only able to get 1 blue gill to take a fly and it got hot pretty quick. So I called it a day. I had never fished the Blanco River...

Great info on access to the Tailrace! Bass33: Re: Needing access pointers below PK dam Take the road by the fish hatchery building & it will take you up near the base of the dam. You will have to walk less than 100 yards from there. There are numerous paths that will take you down to the water (fairly steep but manageable). Good populations of LMB, stripers/sandies, catfish & carp are there. Same goes for the area under the Hwy 16 bridge. With the lake levels back to normal there have been steady crowds of fishermen at both places on the weekends. It is MUCH quieter on the weekdays if you can make it out there. Retrieved from http://texasfishingforum.com/forums

Latest on White Bass on Lavon!   Fisherman13: Re: Community Lakes Here is the latest report from Carey Thorn on FB about where the main school of sandies is right now anyways..... Retrieved from http://texasfishingforum.com/forums    

Fished Texoma yesterday; put in at Highport Marina. Struck out but did get some video of the fish that were lurking in the area. Murky conditions made it tough to see but you do get a glimpse of fish. Good to know that there were fish looking at our lures!

Went kayak fishing at Lake Texoma today. Put in at Highport Marina and fished a rocky shoreline in hopes of Smallmouth Bass. Had caught them there before but it looks like things have changed. Luckily, was able to see what was lurking in the area… looks like Gar and Buffalo! Still editing the video but here are some snapshots from the Water Wolf Camera. Nice size Gar…! Gaspergou anyone?

Caught several White Bass today off the point by the Island at Clear Lake Park (Lake Lavon). Others were doing well casting; opted to troll for them in hopes of a underwater shot of a fish striking the lure. Still editing today’s video but we may have gotten the strike this round! Of the White Bass caught this round, only one was a Keeper. No worries… good workout in and still got to go fishing! Here is the video of yesterday action, and below it are pictures from today. Will get a video of today’s action posted as soon as we can… stay tuned!   One keeper, off the point by the island, tan is maintaining! #kayakfishing #lakelavon #whitebass A photo posted by COAF Field Team (@coaf.field.team) on Jul 21, 2016 at 6:39pm PDT Upper left cntrclockwise. Fish reacting to lure trolled through school. #kayakfishing #waterwolfhd A photo posted by COAF Field Team (@coaf.field.team) on Jul 21, 2016 at 9:24pm PDT

Caught a little Crappie and a White Bass while kayak fishing today. Working on the video but did note one fish that looked at our lure but opted not to strike. Here is a series of pictures taken as it passed by… cannot tell what it is. Maybe a Gaspergou? Caught two fish #kayakfishing today. Got some pics of others on the #waterwolfcamera like this one. A photo posted by COAF Field Team (@coaf.field.team) on Jul 20, 2016 at 8:35pm PDT

Another one to take note for Lake Lavon.... Been using large cuts of shad, perch and drum for bait . Fishing above the thermocline in the 10-15ft depth range.  Fishing has been slow but seem to manage a few on every trip with a few quality fish being landed also. Retrieved from http://forum.lakelavonfishing.com

Here is one from this past Sunday that may be of interest! Fished out of my fishcat Sunday before the party people showed up and ended with 16 keepers in 4 hours using black/chart on 1/16 black head jig in 16' fow . Retrieved from http://forum.lakelavonfishing.com

Made a quick trip to Bethany Lakes today. Started with a Near Deere but only got a Frisbee Golf frisbee(?) with it. Switched to a Foam Grasshopper and hooked a few until losing it to a “tree fish”. Looked in the fly box to see what other goodies were available. Lots to chose; settled on an Orange/White Tenkara Fly. In short order the Tenkara Fly was getting bit. Ended up catching a few more Bluegill before we had to go. Left them biting though… Fun stuff!  

Had a fun time kayak fishing Clear Lake Park (Lake Lavon) Sunday morning. Only one White Bass but did get some underwater action shots with the Water Wolf Camera. Was good to see what was happening underwater. Did notice the Slab and Jig Rig attracted more fish than a Slab alone. Also, noticed the Slab and Jig was fouled as we paddled past the “Island”. Lots of wind and waves, so opted to keep paddling to a less windy spot before checking the line. Fouled lures may explain the missed hook sets. Also, tried a swim bait that did get one fish to look at it. Swim bait was about 4″ in size, so whatever looked at was at least three times the length of the swim bait.

Liking this post! fishr3: Match the hatch - catfish ? I took a long walk along Mason creek here in Katy and saw schools of baitfish swirling, swimming, and skimming after the mowers had cut the grass. I saw a few pods of these catfish and several pods of threadfin shad. Has anyone tied a catfish fly. I recall someone saying the bass will hammer these little catfish. I'm thinking a black woolly bugger should work. Catfish video   Retrieved from http://texasfishingforum.com/forums  

Made it to Brockdale (Lake Lavon) Saturday. Put in the kayak and rigged up with a Crappie Jig and Slab Rig. Lots of wind and waves making the water visibility tough for the Water Wolf Camera. Luckily, did get a glimpse of a little gar! Will have to try again once the water clears up!  

Another round of kayak fishing today. This time went to Clear Lake Park (Lake Lavon). Brought the Water Wolf Camera in hopes of clear water and a possible action shot. Water was clearer than Brockdale but still tough to see. Windy day but did manage to hook into one White Bass. Also, did see there were others that wanted the Slab and Jig Rig we used but after reviewing the video, noticed the Slab was fouled on the leading Crappie Jig. Murphy’s Law happened and that was when several strikes occurred. Oh well… did get some good video and a workout in! Still editing the video. Plan to combine it with yesterday’s video. Really good to see that the fish were interested, just gotta work on keeping the rig clear! This one want the Slab!

Made it out kayak fishing this afternoon. Tried trolling a slab and jig rig behind the Water Wolf Camera. but the water was too murky to see anything. Did not get a strike but no worries… got the chance to get back on the water with the kayak. Hopefully, the next trip will get a bite! Oops: Spoke too soon! Still reviewing today’s video; gotta glimpse of fish including this one… Struck out #kayakfishing . Did troll with the #waterwolfhd camera. Water was murky but did get a #gar picture! pic.twitter.com/FuVOnpGJip — StockerTroutFishing (@iFishRadio) July 17, 2016   PS: Fixed the “flat tire” with some ShoeGoo! Maybe this one last a Season or two more!

Did a little fishing Monday at Kroger Pond. Caught about ten Bluegill using the Marilyn Monroe Tenkara Fly as well as bread for bait. Good to see some nice looking Bluegill lurking in the pond. Had to deal with the turtles; regardless, was able to get a shot of two Bass that looked at our fishing fly.

Posted a new online article, “Water Wolf Camera “, that provides suggestions and tips on using the camera. Still working on testing the camera while trolling; more to come. Till then, do check out the video posted by author and avid surf fisherman John Skinner who has been using the camera to capture video illustrating what he details in his book!  

Fished Murphy City Complete Pond Saturday morning. Same pond where we caught the Catfish on video with the Water Wolf Camera. This round we struck out but it was good to see lots of fish activity was happening underwater! Did have several Catfish and Bass take our bait but failed to keep them on the hook. Of one solid hookup, we missed it when we did not properly secure the clip we were using. Oh well, cannot get them all!    

Only one Catfish but was able to get the action shots we were looking for. Also, was great to see it was fish instead of turtles that were toying with our bait – live Bluegill! Really like being able to get frame by frame snapshots of the Catfish taking the Bluegill. Interesting to see multiple passes were needed before finally taking the bait. Also, was a nice surprise to see a Bass was also interested in the same bait. As for the other action shots taken, was very good to see Bass and Catfish were trying to take our bait; previously had thought the turtles were the culprits! Fun stuff!

Did some fishing with the Wine Cork Micro Fly Rod while working on getting u/w video action shots of the fish in a couple of ponds. Caught a number of Bluegill/Sunfish with a Tenkara Fly. No action shots of fish taken our bait but did get a lot fish activity plus turtle activity! Still learning how to get good action shots with the Water Wolf Camera; hope to get one of a fish taking our bait sooner than later!      

Made it back to Bratonia for more jug lining. Caught six Catfish, largest went ~8 lbs!  Also, caught a little Gar on a jug line, and a Gaspergou with the cast net. Windy day with most of the morning spent trying to get Shad with the cast net.  Did get a couple of Catfish later in the morning as well as lose a couple more.  Later, near Noon the bite picked up and were able to get four more in the boat! Fun time working jug lines for Catfish!

Latest report from Steve in Australia has trout caught on the fly with a Tenkara Rod! Steve sends a picture of one trout – first one on a Tenkara Rod and a brief summary of the trip below. I went up to Marysville on Tuesday afternoon and fished my tenkara rod in the recently stocked lake. Once I got used to the limited casting range, I really enjoyed it. With the 8 foot rod, 12 foot level line and 6 foot of 3 pound tippet, I could reach out over 20 feet, which was quite adequate. I tried soft hackle flies and nymphs but had no luck with them. Changed to a black Woolly Worm and caught and released 6 nice pan size rainbows. All up pretty happy with the outfit, even if it was a little under gunned for lake fishing. Looking forward to trying the tenkara rod in the local creeks in September. For more pictures from Australia as well as fish of interest sent by Readers, do check out the Fishing Bulletin Board !