Weather: sunny and breezy, 90's
Water Temp: 65-67 degrees
Who Went: Cari, John, Linda, Me
Cari finally found time in her busy schedule to come fishing this weekend so we planned an all day trip to Yuba Reservoir. The day before we left I talked to my father in-law and he told me that there was a kids for cancer charity walleye and bass tournament going on up at Starvation Reservoir. John and Linda were both going up there as John's company Marine Max was sponsoring the tournament. We changed our plans and headed to Starvation. We didn't fish the tournament cause it was $250 dollars a head. We got there around 8:00 a.m. to find no parking, and a very busy marina due to the tournament. We finally got it figured out and were on the water at 9:00. I headed over to Saleratus Wash to see if we could locate any Walleye only to find 20 boats in the spot I wanted to try! This seemed to be the way the story went for the first part of the morning, every point and cut was filled with tournament boats. I finally found a good cove where I have done well for smallmouth in the past straight across from the main boat ramp. Cari let me do the fishing as she decided to get a cold Pepsi and lay out on the back of the boat and soak up some rays. I started out throwing a roboworm rigged drop shot and soon landed this feisty smallmouth. 
Shortly after I landed the biggest smallie of the day with a nice 2 pounder. This fish got Cari pretty excited and now she was wanting in on some of the action. I rigged her up drop shot style and put on a live earthworm and within 5 minutes she had on her own smallmouth, but she wanted to take a picture with the big fish instead.
The color on this fish was awesome! It was now pushing 12:00 p.m. so we headed back to the marina to meet up with John and Linda so they could get on the boat and go for a ride! On our way back to the marina we saw this little speed boat going mach 1 across the main bay and throwing water behind it for what seemed like a mile.
We picked up John and Linda from the docks and off we went in search of some more smallies. They really liked our new boat and were excited to finally get out on it with us. They enjoyed the day and relaxed in the shade under the bimini top!
We fished for another hour catching a few here and there and then headed back in to see how the tournament fisherman did at the weigh in. We relaxed under the pavilion and looked at all the prizes for the winners. The fisherman had some decent bass but nothing to get to excited about. We loaded the boat, cleaned it up and headed for Mapleton for the Duncan Family Reunion. We drove down Indian Canyon merging into highway 6 and the scenery was absolutely gorgeous. We snapped a few photos but only this one came out okay.
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