Any opening day reports from the A?

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

[QUOTE=STEELIES/26c3;110115]on a more positive note...

Thanks Steelies/26c3

I think it is good for people to see that there are really nice Steelhead in the Lower American River, even if they are not catching anything.

If I was to go down there a fish hard for a day right now and did not catch anything, my ego is not so big that I would assume there are no fish in the river.

I would die to just hook one of those fish....so cool.

I might have to go back to "nightcrawlers".......?

[Blueracer]

No, don't do it Bill.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

When I was a teenager (50 years ago) my folks would drive me to Watt Avenue on the Lower American River in the fall and I use to catch lots of Steelhead on those big old "Night Crawler" worms.

We use to go down to around 27th and C Street in Sacramento in the evenings and crawl on our knees with a little flash light on our mouth and a bag in one hand. As we saw the gleem from the night crawlers we would grab them quickly and then slowly pull them out of the ground.

[mr. 3 wt.]

Nothing wrong with that Bill. We all started there.

[STEELIES/26c3]

That's 3 different fish... One on a spoon, one on roe, one on egg imitation.

Today I got my arse handed to me 4 times for a big (0)

FISH ON!

[Mark Kranhold]

We all started somewhere, but i avoid bait now a days for the deep throat bleeder. I stopped that years ago! Artificial is ok in my book, but bait is calling for a floater! Nothing like a tug.. Rip.. or grab on a swung fly. Congrats on the chrome 26c3

[Bug]

I agree, nice pics. Jed's Peter could learn a thing or two from you. Much better then laying fish in the mud. If he took note maybe he wouldn't have to delete incriminating pics.

[Ed Wahl]

Nice Bill. I'm what I like to modestly call a 'master' nightcrawler hunter. I started when I was young under the tutelage of my dad in Illinois. Nightcrawlers were my main bait growing up in the midwest, mostly because they were free.
Most recently I caught them for my turtles, and in the process taught my grandson how it's done.
Hunting for your bait before going fishing sure seemed like a natural progression for a young fisherman. I'd bet it's still being taught by dads to little fishermen even now.
Ed

[Mark Kranhold]

Love it .. I wish I were young and innocent again... That way you don't get frowned about, but the older I get the more sour I get ! Does this really happen?

[OceanSunfish]

Hunting for your bait before going fishing sure seemed like a natural progression for a young fisherman. I'd bet it's still being taught by dads to little fishermen even now.
Ed

I sure hope so.....