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Pulling Flies For Lake
Davis Rainbows!
By Cal Kellogg
Fall trout fishing is exploding throughout the Sierras and
things are starting to pop in the foothills too at places like
Collins Lake and New Melones. My most recent trout fishing
adventure took me to Lake Davis.
Davis has a long and storied history as a trout producer and of
course a lot of drama surrounded Davis due to the introduction
of northern pike and the subsequent multiple poisonings of the
lake.
Well the pike are finally gone and robust trout plants have
rebuilt the fishery. Is it as good as it was back in the ‘70’s? I
have no idea as I spent more time in the early ‘70’s watching
Cal Kellogg experienced periods of strong wind while fishing Lake Davis, but his Hobie Pro Angler 14
Sesame Street than I did trolling for trout, LOL!
was up to the challenge.
Photo by CAL KELLOGG, Fish Sniffer Staff.
Having said that the trout fishing that exists at Davis these
days is pretty darn good. There are big numbers of 14 to 16
inch rainbows to be caught and the occasional 4 plus pound 24 plus incher
In fact, three of the largest trout of the trips, rainbows weighing about 3
shows.
pounds all came on my marabou white/brown flies trolled within the top 5 feet
Fall is one of the best
of the water column.
times of the year to
I continue to be blown away by how effectively I can troll for trout from my
intercept large trout in
Hobie Pro Angler 14. The craft is super stealthy and efficient, allowing me to
Lake Davis’s buggy, weedy target trout in shallow water and to peddled long distances for several hours at
waters and that’s why I
a time.
headed there on October
At times, actually much of the time I was at Davis, the wind was blowing
3 and 4. While I didn’t get
hard, yet the Pro Angler was up to the challenge. Despite the fact that I had
anything huge I got big
white water breaking over the bow several times I felt safe and kept right on
numbers of fish. In all I
hooking fish. As it often does, the rougher the surface became the better the
brought more than 50 trout
bite got and it was nice being able to stay out on the water and enjoy near
to the net and lost at least a
wide open fishing!
couple dozen more.
I’ll be back at Lake Davis soon, hoping to catch something in the 24 plus
The trout were holding
inch class,
in the top 15 feet and I
but before
worked them hard with my
that I’ll
hybrid leadcore outfits.
likely be
I caught fish on Crip-
hitting Lake
plures, Eel Spoons, Dick
Almanor
Nite Spoons, grubs and
looking to
flies, but flies were the
eclipse my
hands down best offering
personal
for me. I got fish on both
best 7
Arctic Fox Trolling Flies in pound
tui chub and orange colors
rainbow
and on my own signature
that I
series lead eye marabou
landed last
Here we see the largest rainbow of Cal’s Lake Davis adventure. The
Davis just after dawn! The lake’s shallow forage
trolling flies in white/brown October!
3 pounder blitzed one of Cal’s signature series trolling flies.
filled waters play host to an epic trout population.
and pink/brown.
Photo by CAL KELLOGG, Fish Sniffer Staff.
Photo by CAL KELLOGG, Fish Sniffer Staff.
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On Cal’s second day on Lake Davis he started out with a double hookup and
caught rainbows steadily for the rest of the day.
Photo by CAL KELLOGG, Fish Sniffer Staff.
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