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Hey Jimbo is good to hear from you again. I don’t know what happened to the other Cali Cat Yakkers but Yakdat and myself have continued to fish the same hole year after year. You are right we stop fishing around 1pm before it gets too hot. Hopefully I’ll see at the lake one of these mornings.Take ca...

Is hard to believe that it has been a year since my last report but once again I’m posting the results of another great day kayak fishing at Calaveras with the catfish whisperer Yakdat. He finished the day with 38 catfish mostly in the 4-6 lbs with one cat aprox. 10 lbs (no scale available.) I finis...

Jumbo, I finally updated my account. Yes Yakdat and I have been fishing every other week mostly on Fridays. Yakdat caught 38 catfish’s and I had 15 cats last 21 August 2020. Join us this Friday 28 August at the kayak launch. BTW I sold my Native Watercraft Mariner 12.5 and bought an Old Towm Sportsm...

I went back to the lake this am 10 August and caught a huge 33 inch Redfish after going for a sleigh ride. The catfish are very active hitting tilapia heads and chicken livers. I totaled 15 catfish between 0700-1200.
Remus

Is not the same without Rick and the rest of the gang.
I'll be there this Saturday.
Chicken liver beats Big Marv.

Remus

Greetings to all, I'm happy to report that Yakdat and myself had a really good day fishing the Cove in Calaveras Lake Friday 2 August. It has been a long time since we caught so many catfish. Yakdat was non-stop pulling catfish after catfish with a total of 27 cats averaging 3-5lbs on chicken liver....

Great! Is going to be another hot one!
See you tomorrow Friday am.
Remus

I'm planning to be at Calaveras this Friday 2 August in the am. Plan is to pedal to the 1st Cove and fish for cats. See you'll this Friday.
Orange Native Watercraft Propel Mariner 12.5
Remus

Hey Jimbo
That is what I was told by another kayaker. Are they stocking reds?

No problem. See you 27 July.
Remus

Yakdat and I had a pretty good day this past Friday 5 July at the lake. Totals
Yakdat 5 cats 3-5 lbs
Remus 7 cats 3-5 lbs, 1 red 29inch/7lbs
Bait- Cut Tilapia/Shad and chicken liver.

See you all this Saturday in the am.

Remus

Hey Jimbo, good to hear from you.
I tried Big Marv Cheese bait in two occasions with no takers. I don't know what is happening to the catfish .
Remus

Good to hear from Mike. I thought that I was going to see you more often at Calaveras since your retirement from the city of SA. John and I are the only ones from the group still fishing the hole at Calaveras. The catfish population has declined in the last few years. Last week John caught a catfish...

Looking forward. I already bought the chicken livers. Friday is the best day anyways. The forecast looks wet and windy for Saturday and Sunday. See you.
Remus

Thanks

Did you catch the cats on Tilapia or other type of bait? Yes the grass is terrible.
I was not able to find the dam on the depth finder.
I'm planning to go this Saturday 15 June. and Friday 21 June. Hopefully you and others can join me.
Remus

Yakdat perhaps next weekend. I went this Friday and found some live shad and baby tilapia's for bait . The bottom is full of moss and difficult to use the cast net. I had no bites.
Let me know next time you are going to the lake.
Remus

It has been a while since I last posted in this forum. I guess there is no computer access in the nursing home where all of the Cali Catyakers are now living, he, he, he!! I was wondering if the live bait has returned to the launch area? June is the time to get busy fishing at the lake at least for ...

The weather has been completely different than the previous years that I've been Kayak fishing. Soon it will stabilize I hope.
See you at the lake!
Remus

Jimbo,

I was very active last year up until the fall. YakDat John fished with me a couple of times but no one else from the old group fished or posted anything. Yes I'm planning to return on a regular basis in May. Let me know if you are going to fish so that I can look for you at the lake.

Remus

That was a big Red you caught. I may have to have to skip this weekend due to prior commitments. I'm going to use the bellies of tilapias as bait to see if I get more bites. It used to be that Shad heads and then Tilapias heads were the preferred channel catfish baits but lately I've been catching a...

Greetings. Had a slow day at the lake fishing the 181 cove with only one 24 inch Redfish and two (4 and 5lbs Channel Catfish) caught in the morning. All three fish were caught using live Tilapia. Chicken liver and Big Marv drew zero interest. I imagine the weather played a roll since the sky was ove...

The line moves pretty quick.

Those memories are worth a million.
Great job Dad!

Jimbo, I caught my only Channel catfish of the day using your favorite stinky bait...Big Marv.

Remus