The first time I posted it did not post every thing I wrote so have paitence and read the whole unabriged post as it was intended.


I go away for a couple of days and all hell brakes lose. I was just reading the post from the last couple of days and I noticed something that I want to address.

All comments to the 2-rod stamp post (except mine) and to most regulations questions on this board seem to concentrate on salmon and steelhead. I under stand that these two species are the reason most of us continue to draw breathe everyday but they are not the only fish out there. Many people in this state love fishing for trout and walleye in lakes. I assumed (that’s how you make a ass out of u and me) that when the talk of two rods came up we were talking about lake fishing. In my post I even mentioned that California does not allow two rods in the rivers and I may have misspoke about the salt. I will have to check on that and get back to you.


Anyone can make an argument about why not to use two rods in the rivers and even salt when we are targeting salmon. In fact anyone, and many at the local collage I attend do, can make argument against fishing at all for salmon and steelhead.

What I want to talk about is fishing in lakes with two rods and nothing else. California has a two-rod stamp that is good on the lakes and is used by everyone. If you are caught with out it you get a hefty fine and they take your pole. To say that it is a enforcement problem is unreasonble. Here we can carry our license in our pockets. In some states they call that an "enforcement problem" and require you to pin it to your cloths above the waist.


As far as lakes go fish are not allocated the same. We are mostly talking about planted trout and holdovers. They are going to plant a certain amount of fish and that’s it. Catching them is up to you.

I would also like to address what I believe is a misconception by most people, even those in the "business”. First I have to say that I have been trolling with multiple rods in lakes for trout for about 25 years on and off (no trout on camp lejeune) I was taught by my grandfathers when not fly fishing. Trolling with more then one rod does in no way catch more fish then trolling with only one rod. Now stop and read more before you crash a server with you reply’s. Yes you can get a double hook up, hell my son and me have had 4 on at once. Hooking a fish and landing a fish are very different things. First you have to find the fish then you have to pick the right lure then you have to present it in the right way then at the right depth..etc etc etc... Get the point. I have never successfully landed more then two fish at a time. Now using more then on rod will help you do all these things faster, maybe. But I can guarantee that the one lure the fish want on any given day will be the one you only have one of anyway!!!!!!!!. What I am trying to say is that first you have to have a good day to fish then you can catch fish. Having two rods in the wrong place with the wrong bait at the wrong depth is still a good skunking. Besides you can only catch your limit once a day. After that (as i have been told lately) you have to stop fishing.


Now a little word about funds, just because the state only gives the wdsfg so much money does not mean that if the wdfg can come up with a way to get more funds for them selves that the state won't let them. Remember that by not asking the answer is always No.


Tell me what you think about a 2-rod stamp on lakes only whit lures only that funnels all the money back in to the wdsfg. Ok now you can crash a server