Birthday Bass Bash and a Wedding
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Birthday Bass Bash and a Wedding
Its been a while since i contributed, largely due to having caught the Mulloway fishing bug ( no actual mulloway yet, hopefully getting closer).
:rofl:
I travelled to the mountains in Northern California early this June, that's where my Mrs, Hails from and having decided to get hitched, we've settled on getting married in India and America so that are rather large families can make it to what ever is more geographically suitable.
I was based out of a town called Placerville ,CA . About 90 min from Lake Tahoe and 3 Hours from San Fransisco
Its absolutely Gorgeous out there, touching distance to the snowline and every piece of water is crystal clear, snow fed.
There are some spectacular lakes and dams that these rivers feed into, full of trout and other salmonids in the higher reaches of the range and bass in the lower ranges.
Having prior knowledge of my travel dates, I decided to on a whim try and get in touch with someone over the interwebs , looking for advice on how to catch a bass , landbased. Figured If I was going to be marrying an American, It would be rude to have not a caught a bass first right?
A few enquires on the Hobie Kayak Fishing FB page had me talking with some guys who fish tournaments for Bass fairly regularly out of their Kayaks and one of them offered to take me out for half a day. To make things even sweeter, the only day he was free was my Birthday!
I arrived in the States on June 1st and had a few days prior to the upcoming nuptials which had me exploring the wilderness with my brother in law for a bit. He'd never fished before , but after spending a few days with me, he ended up getting some fishing gear and an annual license. :a_goodjob:
I was absolutely blown away by the scenery! Every turn I took was like walking into a Windows Screensaver in real life.
The morning prior to us getting married, my best man and I took an early morning stroll around a lake.
Trusty 2-4 Shimano Travel Raider + Stradic 2500 , handful of lures .
I had some Trout enthusiastically have a go at a Bent minnow a few evenings before and I started with that.
I had some Bass chase the lure out from the snags. Micro Bass. I switched to a size 0 Mepps Black Fury (Meppstas Would approve) .
Started catching them after that, Largemouth Bass and Spotted bass . 2 New species for me!
The wedding got over, smoothly. Everyone had a grand old time and it was great to see 2 families from different continents, heritage and race amalgamate.
Finally, it was my birthday! My wife(still getting used to saying that) dropped me off to the meetup spot and promised to pick me up later.
Alden, was an absolute gem. Had a Spare 2012 Outback that he loaned me for the day and let me use an assortment of baitcasters, spin reels.
We were fishing a place called Lake Comanche. Typical Blue water lake, with a maximum depth of over a 100m.
We were targetting largemouth and spotted bass, fishing open water drop offs between 8-15m , dropshotting plastic worms and carolina rigged creature baits.
Over 25 fish were caught that day, a mix of both species. I have told Alden, that if he ever wants to fish in Melbourne, hes welcome to come. Honestly couldn't have met a nicer bloke. International fishing expeditions are hard, and this sort of red carpet treatment was extremely generous.
Indebted for life.
I was sitting at the servo waiting to be picked up around 10:30 at night, tired, covered in slime.
I paused, and took a picture of the last bite of a Sandwhich that i was eating, just to remember that moment and was thankful for a a truly blessed birthday.
I honestly couldnt have been a happier man.
:super:
:cheers:
:water:
Looking forward to wedding No 2, There will be some Mahseer in that Wedding report.
:rofl:
I travelled to the mountains in Northern California early this June, that's where my Mrs, Hails from and having decided to get hitched, we've settled on getting married in India and America so that are rather large families can make it to what ever is more geographically suitable.
I was based out of a town called Placerville ,CA . About 90 min from Lake Tahoe and 3 Hours from San Fransisco
Its absolutely Gorgeous out there, touching distance to the snowline and every piece of water is crystal clear, snow fed.
There are some spectacular lakes and dams that these rivers feed into, full of trout and other salmonids in the higher reaches of the range and bass in the lower ranges.
Having prior knowledge of my travel dates, I decided to on a whim try and get in touch with someone over the interwebs , looking for advice on how to catch a bass , landbased. Figured If I was going to be marrying an American, It would be rude to have not a caught a bass first right?
A few enquires on the Hobie Kayak Fishing FB page had me talking with some guys who fish tournaments for Bass fairly regularly out of their Kayaks and one of them offered to take me out for half a day. To make things even sweeter, the only day he was free was my Birthday!
I arrived in the States on June 1st and had a few days prior to the upcoming nuptials which had me exploring the wilderness with my brother in law for a bit. He'd never fished before , but after spending a few days with me, he ended up getting some fishing gear and an annual license. :a_goodjob:
I was absolutely blown away by the scenery! Every turn I took was like walking into a Windows Screensaver in real life.
The morning prior to us getting married, my best man and I took an early morning stroll around a lake.
Trusty 2-4 Shimano Travel Raider + Stradic 2500 , handful of lures .
I had some Trout enthusiastically have a go at a Bent minnow a few evenings before and I started with that.
I had some Bass chase the lure out from the snags. Micro Bass. I switched to a size 0 Mepps Black Fury (Meppstas Would approve) .
Started catching them after that, Largemouth Bass and Spotted bass . 2 New species for me!
The wedding got over, smoothly. Everyone had a grand old time and it was great to see 2 families from different continents, heritage and race amalgamate.
Finally, it was my birthday! My wife(still getting used to saying that) dropped me off to the meetup spot and promised to pick me up later.
Alden, was an absolute gem. Had a Spare 2012 Outback that he loaned me for the day and let me use an assortment of baitcasters, spin reels.
We were fishing a place called Lake Comanche. Typical Blue water lake, with a maximum depth of over a 100m.
We were targetting largemouth and spotted bass, fishing open water drop offs between 8-15m , dropshotting plastic worms and carolina rigged creature baits.
Over 25 fish were caught that day, a mix of both species. I have told Alden, that if he ever wants to fish in Melbourne, hes welcome to come. Honestly couldn't have met a nicer bloke. International fishing expeditions are hard, and this sort of red carpet treatment was extremely generous.
Indebted for life.
I was sitting at the servo waiting to be picked up around 10:30 at night, tired, covered in slime.
I paused, and took a picture of the last bite of a Sandwhich that i was eating, just to remember that moment and was thankful for a a truly blessed birthday.
I honestly couldnt have been a happier man.
:super:
:cheers:
:water:
Looking forward to wedding No 2, There will be some Mahseer in that Wedding report.
There is always more to learn , fish to catch , places to see and friends to make.
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Re: Birthday Bass Bash and a Wedding
More pictures!
Hope you liked that!
Hope you liked that!
There is always more to learn , fish to catch , places to see and friends to make.
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Re: Birthday Bass Bash and a Wedding
Congrats on the wedding Mate, love that contrast between the two hands in the pic.
And don’t worry about getting used to the Wife Terminology, I had the same problem, it will eventually just fall in place.
I had to do the same with the weddings, have fun doing it all over again!!!
And well done on the bass too
cheers
And don’t worry about getting used to the Wife Terminology, I had the same problem, it will eventually just fall in place.
I had to do the same with the weddings, have fun doing it all over again!!!
And well done on the bass too
cheers
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Top report with some great pics mate!!!
Congratulations on the wedding and all the best for the future ahead :thumbsup:
Congratulations on the wedding and all the best for the future ahead :thumbsup:
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Congratulations on the wedding, great read and photos I find Americans once you get out of the major cities the friendliest people oh and another thing Coors is not beer it’s flavoured water
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Nude up wrote:Congratulations on the wedding, great read and photos I find Americans once you get out of the major cities the friendliest people oh and another thing Coors is not beer it’s flavoured water
hahaha , when in Rome :cheers:
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purple5ive wrote:Congrats on the wedding Mate, love that contrast between the two hands in the pic.
And don’t worry about getting used to the Wife Terminology, I had the same problem, it will eventually just fall in place.
I had to do the same with the weddings, have fun doing it all over again!!!
And well done on the bass too
cheers
Thanks buddy. Its actually not that bad , thankfully my boss let me have 2 months of paid leave this year so I can travel at will and not have to worry about job security. Mahseer gonna be a blast
There is always more to learn , fish to catch , places to see and friends to make.
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Lightningx wrote:Top report with some great pics mate!!!
Congratulations on the wedding and all the best for the future ahead :thumbsup:
Thank you! :thumbsup:
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Re: Birthday Bass Bash and a Wedding
I thought mahseer rang a bell it’s a fish grows pretty big too. I don’t think you’re travel rod will cut it for them
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I heard those masheer go very very hard and often caught in fast running water.