Alan Fong Outdoors We landed two over twenty pounds spooning at the infamous Pyramid Lake! Definitely need to know where the fish are at different times of the year as that dictates what to use. ► 🔴 If you're new, SUBSCRIBE to learn more about fishing and hunting → ua-cam.com/users/AlanFongOutdoors ►👍Please be sure to hit that LIKE 👍button. We'd greatly appreciate that.
How did the last four stripers I have caught only one of them had a fish in the stomach I’m just curious there’s tons of bait fish I would think their stomachs would be full
Cui-ui is a prehistoric fish not a bait fish they go to mouth of river to spawn rest of the time they stay all over they lake at the bottom of the lake
Mr fong tanks for your time and your reports congrats on your fishing adventure tanks for posting your videos I’ll appreciate everyone of them tanks have a wonderful day or evening out there
Good video. Thanks for sharing. Side Note: Lake record is 41 pounds (caught in the 1920's before the drawn down of water and massive fish kill). A few fisherman have caught fish in the low 30 lb range in recent years. Fish in the high 20 lb range have been caught at least every year over the last 5 years. Some of those fish were weighed in at Pyramid Store (formerly Crosby's).
In the video we talk about the large baitfish chubs and cui ui. Sucker fish.. Chubs get about 6-7 inches n bigger and fat n full of protein. Alan hooks one in the video. The lake is well managed so they get pretty big..
I am a local resident and member of different pyramid lake fishing forums on social media and have not heard that. I also fished the lake two times last week and did not hear or see any dive or cleanup crews out there, they have strict regulations about using artificial bait like power bait or any other live bait. Most fishermen respect the rules wouldn’t be using that and if they got caught there would be Stiff fines. Additionally you can only use barbless hooks and unscented baits. I mean anything is possible for people to catch fish but breaking the rules could be bad karma especially on an Indian reservation.
@@djgmix916 this story was in the San Francisco Sunday news paper and a guy in the story said some places on the bottom it was four glass bait containers deep
When is the best time to fish Does he guild what kind of boat have what does charge For fishing please e mail me this also about the runner fuller rich 🎃
The lake opens Oct 1- June when it closes. Anytime is a good time but you have to check the wind and weather. On boat I wouldn’t go out with wind gust over 10-12 mph. It get rough but yet the shallow bite turns on at the beaches and bank fishin is off the hook. Right now the fish are going to start transitioning to their winter patterns where they’re going to get spread out so trolling and finding schools would be the best method to find them and then you can get on top of them and jig and spoon like we were doing in the video. January through March is also awesome as they get ready for their spring to summer migration to spawn. The fish will move near the shallow beaches and hang off the ledges to feed before they start making their way to spawn around may n June. The fishing is just good throughout the whole season you just have to figure out the weather patterns and wind and go out and find them!
Great video. Next week, I will be fishing Pyramid on my kayak, launching from the main boat ramp. Recommend areas on the west side, accessible via kayak? Thanks!
Head left in yak.. try spider point.. the whole area holds fish and popular with yak fisherman. You can also drive to shot dog.. take the road down and launch.. with cooler temps and pre winter fronts.. fish should be moving up shallow.. you can also fish near pelican rocks but have to be off bank 200 yards to give bank fisherman space.. that whole area will be on fire come Nov-Dec and onto spring
No downriggers we were not trolling.. we were vertical jigging flutter spoons and traditional jigging spoons by Blade Runner Tackle and white gitzits as well as hook up baits. Some boats were trolling however with riggers to get down to deeper fish but they were also all over water column chasing up bait.
@@ggwoutdoors2a I also rarely use riggers at Pyramid and still do Fairly well. Fish will be moving up in shallower water column so fall-winter and early spring you can get them without riggers but it’s all relative to where bait is and where fish are holding at depending on area of lake. Late spring to early summer before lake closes riggers are effective. But I like to target the larger roamer fish who are feeding outside of schools.. then schooling fish stay together but also average 6-10 pounders.. the bigger ones are usually roaming alone in various depths. And we have caught them 12-18 lbs with a few in the 20+ lbs range.
Alan Fong Outdoors
We landed two over twenty pounds spooning at the infamous Pyramid Lake! Definitely need to know where the fish are at different times of the year as that dictates what to use.
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Lake record is 41 pound
Trout are the best tasting fish if you cook them right! very crispy with eggs and hash browns….yum
Yes they are!
Great job guys
How did the last four stripers I have caught only one of them had a fish in the stomach I’m just curious there’s tons of bait fish I would think their stomachs would be full
Lots stripers are just moving into the delta and are skinny. They'll start to feed all winter now until they spawn.
Where do you get the salmon lures you guys were using on your show?
Bladerunner spoons n flutter spoons you can get Fisherman's Warehouse, Tackle Warehouse and Reggie's Tackle.
Rec. Is 41 lbs
Yes there are lots big trout in Pyramid Lake. Any trout over 15# is big
Those fish are Beautiful Super clean.
I Wanna.
They are! I'm going back next week if weather permits
@@AlanFong Am I going with You?
Cui-ui is a prehistoric fish not a bait fish they go to mouth of river to spawn rest of the time they stay all over they lake at the bottom of the lake
How heavy are the spoons or laser minnows you used?
1 3/4 bladerunner spoons and his flutterspoon in both sizes. You can use up to 2oz spoons
Mr fong tanks for your time and your reports congrats on your fishing adventure tanks for posting your videos I’ll appreciate everyone of them tanks have a wonderful day or evening out there
Thanks for watching!
Alan, does your friend take people out at Pyramid?
Contact JD Richie just google his name. Tell him I sent you, he good friend and from Sac. Now living in Tahoe
Good video. Thanks for sharing. Side Note: Lake record is 41 pounds (caught in the 1920's before the drawn down of water and massive fish kill). A few fisherman have caught fish in the low 30 lb range in recent years. Fish in the high 20 lb range have been caught at least every year over the last 5 years. Some of those fish were weighed in at Pyramid Store (formerly Crosby's).
Yeah.. knew that.. I got confused with a recent current big one that was caught. 41 lbs in 1920 before my time.
Only been there once and if I took my boat with my electronics I think I could find some big ones lol
You definitely want to be creative, and yes,hoochies give a much better action on any spoons.
I've found some days it works better and some days nada! learn to switch up once in awhile
What's the Latest status for salmon at american river and the delta?
Water temps dropped a little to 68* but the salmon are just passing thru. Got to be lucky to get one to hit
Looking forward to episode 2!
Thanks for the Great informative lessons
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice fish Alan.
Yes, thanks caught lots big fish that day
Why are the fish so big there?
In the video we talk about the large baitfish chubs and cui ui. Sucker fish.. Chubs get about 6-7 inches n bigger and fat n full of protein. Alan hooks one in the video. The lake is well managed so they get pretty big..
It's well managed by strick regulations, slot limits and closure during the spawn.
@@AlanFong Its closed in the summer, they spawn in the spring while the lake is open to fishing
A cleaning crew last week went into the water and found 5 thousand glass bait containers on the bottom of that lake!
Humm haven't heard anything about that
I am a local resident and member of different pyramid lake fishing forums on social media and have not heard that. I also fished the lake two times last week and did not hear or see any dive or cleanup crews out there, they have strict regulations about using artificial bait like power bait or any other live bait. Most fishermen respect the rules wouldn’t be using that and if they got caught there would be Stiff fines. Additionally you can only use barbless hooks and unscented baits. I mean anything is possible for people to catch fish but breaking the rules could be bad karma especially on an Indian reservation.
@@djgmix916 this story was in the San Francisco Sunday news paper and a guy in the story said some places on the bottom it was four glass bait containers deep
@@dogsense3773 interesting.. well that’s news to me.. wish I could find it online.. thanks
Pardee was no good on Saturday
They been planting every Friday fish might still be in the harbor? Boats have to go outside the marker bouys. Stay close around the marina
keeping the trophy size fish like that is a real shame
Yes it doesn't matter what species of fish, release the bigger spawners for healthier off springs.
Does Gabe do charter Fishing trips
NO but JD Richie guides on Pyramid
Can you send me contact information Please
Alan looks good
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When is the best time to fish
Does he guild what kind of boat have what does charge
For fishing please e mail me this also about the runner fuller rich
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I texted you
The lake opens Oct 1- June when it closes. Anytime is a good time but you have to check the wind and weather. On boat I wouldn’t go out with wind gust over 10-12 mph. It get rough but yet the shallow bite turns on at the beaches and bank fishin is off the hook. Right now the fish are going to start transitioning to their winter patterns where they’re going to get spread out so trolling and finding schools would be the best method to find them and then you can get on top of them and jig and spoon like we were doing in the video. January through March is also awesome as they get ready for their spring to summer migration to spawn. The fish will move near the shallow beaches and hang off the ledges to feed before they start making their way to spawn around may n June. The fishing is just good throughout the whole season you just have to figure out the weather patterns and wind and go out and find them!
Great video. Next week, I will be fishing Pyramid on my kayak, launching from the main boat ramp. Recommend areas on the west side, accessible via kayak? Thanks!
Head left in yak.. try spider point.. the whole area holds fish and popular with yak fisherman. You can also drive to shot dog.. take the road down and launch.. with cooler temps and pre winter fronts.. fish should be moving up shallow.. you can also fish near pelican rocks but have to be off bank 200 yards to give bank fisherman space.. that whole area will be on fire come Nov-Dec and onto spring
This is a cool interactive map with drop points on where to fish from shore.. keepcalmandflyfish.com/2018/12/pyramid-lake-fishing-access-map.html
There some deeper ledges north of the boat ramp. I've only been there once so I don't have to much info
@@djgmix916 Very helpful. Thanks
Those were some nice fish Alan! Were you guys using downriggers? Where do I buy one of those Alan Fong Outdoors T-shirts?
No downriggers we were not trolling.. we were vertical jigging flutter spoons and traditional jigging spoons by Blade Runner Tackle and white gitzits as well as hook up baits. Some boats were trolling however with riggers to get down to deeper fish but they were also all over water column chasing up bait.
@@djgmix916 Thanks for the details!
@@ggwoutdoors2a I also rarely use riggers at Pyramid and still do Fairly well. Fish will be moving up in shallower water column so fall-winter and early spring you can get them without riggers but it’s all relative to where bait is and where fish are holding at depending on area of lake. Late spring to early summer before lake closes riggers are effective. But I like to target the larger roamer fish who are feeding outside of schools.. then schooling fish stay together but also average 6-10 pounders.. the bigger ones are usually roaming alone in various depths. And we have caught them 12-18 lbs with a few in the 20+ lbs range.
No trolling jigging spoons and flutterspoons n gitizs. I'll have T's & sweatshirts pretty soon first run logo messed up lol
Dang you drove right by, if I had known i would have extended a lunch invitation to you
Oh you were out there that day? OK next time
@@AlanFong No, I'm just off of Pyramid
Alan, you had very nice weather on this trip. Please mention that Pyramid can WIND up big time. So, be prepared for good and windy weather - Mark.
Yes when you see dust in the horizon get off the lake. Pyramid lake get dangerous when the wind blows flipping lots boats over.
Thanks Alan,
What kind and what test line were you using?
20# mono works best for spooning
Y’all should try some @rhatackle