A buddy was mushroom hunting in the Dry Creek arm of Lake Sonoma only to view this!!!! STEELHEAD!!!
He was equipped with a knife for digging out mushrooms and had NO FISHING Rod & Reel with him.
I'm salivating!!!!!
Lake Sonoma is 25 miles north of Santa Rosa, CA off Hwy. 101
Wayne
Very nice. Someth8ng you just done see everyday.
Great photo and great place to fish ;D
Wayne ,
You leave those poor fish alone.....
It's been a long time since steelhead were in the Sonoma!
Jonathan!
Ahhhh.... man.....
And just think. We just missed the weekend long Lake Sonoma Sreelhead Festival on Feb. 10
What are we going fishing next???
http://lakesonoma.org/support-lake-sonoma/lake-sonoma-steelhead-festival/
Wayne
So how's that work? Most Army Corps operations have the hatchery below the dam and capture the anadromous fish and spawn 'em there. They never make it into the impoundment, unless they truck some of 'em around the dam. Or do they godda fish ladder to get 'em up into the reservoir? Can they spawn naturally in a place like Dry Creek? Would there be enough water of suitable temp. for the fry to survive the summer?
Can't find any info. on that web-site.
Gfish,
Yes there is a fish ladder which leads the fish to the hatchery. Check it out.
https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Fishing/Hatcheries/Warm-Springs
Fish ON!
Wayne
Did he spot any Chardonnay? They say it grows on trees near Dry Creek. :D :D
Wayne ,Dude!
Summer trip!
I'll check with the Head Mistress on dates.
Otherwise fishing opening day on the Endeavor 😎
Jonathan!
Summer Fishing trip is now ON!!!!
Called my mushroom hunting buddy asked for more photos and he just sent this one.
Steelhead at the top of the fish ladder.
Wayne
Quote from: swill88 on March 01, 2018, 09:37:37 AM
Did he spot any Chardonnay? They say it grows on trees near Dry Creek. :D :D
Swillmeister (aka: Steve)!
Aren't you in the hospital and on heavy medications for your knee surgery????
Reelly??? Chardonnay on the trees????
Steve, REST and heal, buddy Boy!!!!!!
Wayne
Quote from: El Pescador on March 01, 2018, 03:06:41 PM
Chardonnay on the trees????
Wayne
Why not, pot appears to be growing on trees here in parts of Oregon, but not in my county. I was teasing Alan and Bryan about pot shops on every corner and then ran into 2 in a 2 block stretch in Salem. On the way home I saw 2 in the very small town of Monmouth and they do not have a liquor store.
I wouldn't think that DFW hatchery personnel would transport spawners into the lake from the top of their fish ladder. That takes time and money, and I would think that if they had those funds available, that hatchery would much rather spend it on their Coho work.
If that first pic is a trib above the lake, those fish may be progeny from a hold over population from before the dam construction, probably crossed with some planters or other native rainbows.
I actually think this is below the hatchery. Warms Springs Hatchery produces steelhead and coho salmon. The first pic looks like a section of side channel that was constructed to mitigate the effects of the dam controlling flows and capturing sediment which tends to simplify stream channels (in terms of fish habitat) below dams-pretty common problem.
I's interested 'cause we have Alameda creek in Fremont, which had Steelhead & Salmon runs 'till the 50's or so.
They determined that the genetic remnants from these steelhead runs were trout-size fish in the Calaveras impoundment owned by the SF Water Co.(maybe "district"?). Damed-up circa 1916. To try and reestablish the runs, they were trapping the fish in a reservoir tributary and spawning 'em for planting in the creek.
More power to 'em, but couldn't see it workin in big metro. place like that(poaching), with the creek winding through miles of ranch land(toxic run-off, siltation, low summertime flows with high temps., etc.). Haven't heard anything about it for years, maybe they had some success!?
They get So Cal steelhead in some of those messed-up urban rivers still so all hope is not lost. "Reservoirs" of old genetics have been very important to restoring some fish runs/populations including greenback cutthroat which were found in California high lakes and returned to COlorado and lake trout from western reservoirs returned to Great lakes where they originated, for example. There is talk of using Chinook from New Zealand which were originally winter-run Chinook from Sacramento river to repopulate above Shasta Dam.
Photos of my mushroom-hunting buddy (work associate), Matt.
He dried the porcini mushrooms, and provided a bag to me for my use.
The knife was from his Grandfather, very cool knife.
Wayne
Wow! A lot of flavor in those white ones. How would you like some risotto with porcini mushrooms. Dominick
Quote from: Dominick on March 04, 2018, 12:17:25 AM
Wow! A lot of flavor in those white ones. How would you like some risotto with porcini mushrooms. Dominick
You're on Culinary Master!!!!
And the red wine is on me!!!!
Wayne
Those look good Wayne. My oldest brother made a living hunting Truffles in Italy, he's no longer with us. He used to send them in jars with olive oil, also from out trees.
Quote from: El Pescador on March 04, 2018, 01:28:31 AM
Quote from: Dominick on March 04, 2018, 12:17:25 AM
Wow! A lot of flavor in those white ones. How would you like some risotto with porcini mushrooms. Dominick
You're on Culinary Master!!!!
And the red wine is on me!!!!
Wayne
Don't give him a big head ::) :)
Quote from: Alto Mare on March 04, 2018, 01:50:53 AM
Those look good Wayne. My oldest brother made a living hunting Truffles in Italy, he's no longer with us. He used to send them in jars with olive oil, also from out trees.
Quote from: El Pescador on March 04, 2018, 01:28:31 AM
Quote from: Dominick on March 04, 2018, 12:17:25 AM
Wow! A lot of flavor in those white ones. How would you like some risotto with porcini mushrooms. Dominick
You're on Culinary Master!!!!
And the red wine is on me!!!!
Wayne
Don't give him a big head ::) :)
Sal, Wayne came over today and brought me a couple of ounces of dried porcini. I will make some risotto one day but I have a craving for a sugo with beef and porcini with rigatoni. I can't wait. Wayne you're in for the sugo also. Dominick
SUGO???
OK, Sal & Dominick, you are our resident Paisanos but you are talking code here,
SUGO???
What is that???
I'm sure if Dominick makes it will be tasty, but for now PLEASE let me know what this Italian Food Product called SUGO is all about.
Your resident Northern Italian (German Background) ;D
Wayne
Sugo is a sauce or gravy - like sugo de pomodoro ( Ithink I spelt it right :-\) - a tomato sauce. I believe it can also mean macerated meat/meat juices. Just never forget the parmigiano reggiano ;)
Quote from: Tiddlerbasher on March 05, 2018, 04:29:22 PM
Sugo is a sauce or gravy - like sugo de pomodoro ( Ithink I spelt it right :-\) - a tomato sauce. I believe it can also mean macerated meat/meat juices. Just never forget the parmigiano reggiano ;)
I usually give a choice of parmigiano reggiano or pecorino romano to go with the sugo. Thanks for clearing up the explaination for these troglodytes like the northern Italian. :D Dominick
Looks good. I love to see fish in the rivers.
-gary
Quote from: El Pescador on February 28, 2018, 10:07:39 PM
A buddy was mushroom hunting in the Dry Creek arm of Lake Sonoma only to view this!!!! STEELHEAD!!!
He was equipped with a knife for digging out mushrooms and had NO FISHING Rod & Reel with him.
I'm salivating!!!!!
Lake Sonoma is 25 miles north of Santa Rosa, CA off Hwy. 101
Wayne
Mmmmmm. Yummy