This past Friday I was able to take work off and go fishing with my dad at Rollins Lake in California. We started out around 9 o’clock. The water clarity was really bad though. Probably about 6 inches. So it gave me little motivation to do any fly fishing. I decided it was going to be a lazy day of fishing, meaning trolling. We started out with some spinners and didn’t have any luck. We then looked to try and find some areas that had some shallow areas. I had never fished at Rollins Lake before, but there are some point on the lake that are very deep, like 140 feet deep. So we moved into a cove and started fishing some meal worms. We had a couple small takes, but nothing in the boat. We decided to give trolling another try. This time we went by the dam and threw on some Rapala lures. In a couple minutes, I had a fish on and it was a decent size rainbow. That pretty much kicked it off. My dad and I start catching fish left and right for a good hour. By the end of the day we probably had 10 to 15 fish between the 2 of us.
While fishing with my dad, he is half the entertainment. He saw the rod bend down and got excited; he jumped to grab the pole and set the hook and the rod fell right out of his hands landing on the back of the boat. He bent over fast and did his darnedest to grab the rod, he missed and the rod began to fall into the water. Of course, at this point I’m sure he is thinking that he is going to lose out on the biggest fish of the day. He laid out like Michael Crabtree for a touchdown pass and grabbed the rod, pulling it up setting the fish and getting the fish in the boat. It was the smallest fish of the day… Gotta love it!
Overall I was very surprised at how many fish we caught given the clarity of the water. Even with our success I would probably still go somewhere else before I would go back to Rollins Lake. Once the water clears up I want to give it another try and do some fly fishing. It was a great time with my dad and hopefully next time we go will be just as successful.
While fishing with my dad, he is half the entertainment. He saw the rod bend down and got excited; he jumped to grab the pole and set the hook and the rod fell right out of his hands landing on the back of the boat. He bent over fast and did his darnedest to grab the rod, he missed and the rod began to fall into the water. Of course, at this point I’m sure he is thinking that he is going to lose out on the biggest fish of the day. He laid out like Michael Crabtree for a touchdown pass and grabbed the rod, pulling it up setting the fish and getting the fish in the boat. It was the smallest fish of the day… Gotta love it!
Overall I was very surprised at how many fish we caught given the clarity of the water. Even with our success I would probably still go somewhere else before I would go back to Rollins Lake. Once the water clears up I want to give it another try and do some fly fishing. It was a great time with my dad and hopefully next time we go will be just as successful.
