A Big lake Tahoe Rainbow that was Patrolling the Shore (CA)

[@johnhutton2500]

Great video. I’m an old man, been fishing my whole life. Ended up fly fishing, Oregon and BC mostly, swinging flies for the world’s largest steelhead, fishing for picky browns with size 22 tricos, stuff like that. I don’t regret the time spent in rivers and lakes. You’re a real fisherman. Keep it up young man.

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

I'm over 50 so thanks for calling me young! Sounds like you saw some good action up that way. Like you, I've been fishing my whole life as well. Been fishing since I was a kid and hopefully I can get a lot more in during the days to come. I'm certainly going to try. I have a lot of good backcountry fishing, river fishing, and lake fishing action on my channel playlists if you haven't seen a lot of it and are interested. Hundreds of videos. Once the snow clears in the backcountry I plan to hike and fish a lot this year. Thanks for tuning in.

[@Prev3nted]

That's my favorite fishing spot thanks to your videos a couple years ago. Get myself some Tahoe House and fish away.

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

That's an easy spot but it will be crawling with people real soon. I try to fish there once or twice each year when it's still cold. I'm switching over to Lake Tahoe shore fishing off of the boulders real soon after seeing all of those crawdads stuffed in that fish's stomach.

[@Prev3nted]

@@wildernesswithamani1027 yeah that's true, I'll have to give the boulders a try.

[@davejones5728]

Wow what an awesome huge rainbow!! I love watching your tahoe videos and so glad you didn't get skunked. So awesome that fish like that can be found at a local beach area. Super cool that you are taking it to a friend to feed his family. All around good stuff. Thanks for sharing this awesome video!👍🎣

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

It's so cold I think the fish are everywhere. Even though I know it's going to be some degree of shallow I kind of want to try to fish the area of Emerald bay where it joins the main lake. Not sold on trying it but I'm interested. That's how the journey often starts!

[@seantaylor2046]

NICE. I had a couple 1.4 pounders at the high flow Feather Middle Fork yesterday and no luck at a windy (and very high) Prosser on old 89. Your fish was spectacular. Love the flesh that comes from those Dads.

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

I was loving this big rainbow. I fished the Truckee in CA for Patreon today and it was raging and quickly got really windy. It was tough. Got a nice brown. I was thinking about the Middle Fork of the Feather but I was worried it would be flooded out on the sides and be stained. I might go look at it. Rivers are going to get wild once it really starts to heat up.

[@zeebee3606]

Yep thats a stud rainbow. Nice job Amani

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

That was my only bite. Glad I was able to make it count.

[@shaneburks2522]

Great carch! It's a beauty!

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Yeah, that thing was in pretty close.

[@JoeD.294.]

Nice rainbow. That crawdad was a gift especially when seeing what was in the fishes stomach.

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

I was bummed I didn't get the fish on the magical crawdad that walked up but oh well. I'll take a trout like that any way I can get it.

[@Jaime-b4c]

I'm going next week I can't wait now becuz your video

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

When the lake is really cold is always best for fishing. The fishing is tough right now because of the warmer water and the lake activity. I have a Lake Tahoe fishing tips playlist that might help you find some deeper water. It'll be a zoo with people but get out early and hope for the best. The particulars of how I rig up can be found in videos on my fishing tips playlist. I have fishing and hiking from all around the area on my various channel playlists. Good luck. I wouldn't waste time going to any of the Tahoe Tributaries I have on my river fishing playlist because they are all probably really low and warm. That's something you have to catch Late spring when they open and by early in the Summer. I have good backcountry options on those fishing and hiking playlists depending what your appetite for hiking is. Good luck.

[@scrick7112]

Very cool content Amani. See on your next video.

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Right on. I might try to shoot a video tomorrow but as usual, I have no idea where I would go!

[@fishingtimeletsgo598]

That was a nice rainbow trout, man I never tried bacon and eggs after all those years, marshmallow salmon eggs or salmon eggs off the bottom - that crawdad you caught was running from that trout LOL👊🎣👍

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

I wanted a fish on the crawdad that presented itself to me but I just wasn't getting the luck. I let that thing soak for hours out there. Oh well, I'll take a rainbow like that any way I can get it.

[@josephpetty5989]

Great video! Going on Thursday hoping to grab a few!

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Good luck. The shore fishing has been tough but maybe it will heat up a little once it starts to warm up a bit. I'm ready to start hitting the boulders I like to fish on the other shore across the way soon. I feel the late Winter weather has delayed and shortened the usual Spring fishing patterns on the lake but if we attack soon we may score!

[@tommynoel9929]

Hell of a catch my man! Nice work 👏

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Right on. That was my only bite but it was enough!

[@UR2Compliant]

Goodb job man...gratz! About to hit Jenkinson's Lake in Camino, with a kayak and a fish-finder. Wish me luck😏

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Sly Park? I used to fish there a lot when I was a kid. I bet Ice House Lake is starting to fire up but I think they are repaving ice house road which could make getting there a nightmare. I wanted to fish Loon Lake up there this Spring but I'm not sure with that road construction. Maybe go in from the other side over wrights lake. Anyway, good luck when you go. Hope you get a good one in the net.

[@UR2Compliant]

@@wildernesswithamani1027 yeah, Sly Park is about 20 minutes from my house here in Placerville and so it's always convenient to work that lake. Got a nice Mackinaw out of there about a month ago. Icehouse will be off the list, unless I go through Georgetown/Wentworth Springs rd. etc., because of construction on Icehouse rd., coming soon! Meanwhile, I think I might work the river down at Lotus and Coloma (river spots). Stumpy Meadows and maybe even a trip up to Loon Lake… Loon has some massive crawdads too!

[@use1kcf]

Awesome fish!

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Yeah, I was loving that thing. The action was slim. By "slim" I mean that's the only bite I got!

[@noedelatorre6597]

Nice fishing 🎣

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Thank you. Beautiful day out there.

[@SteveJohnson-r2y]

Right on Bro.🎉

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Those big rainbows are great eating.

[@jimmelino3361]

Damn - nice! Waiting for a bus that’ll never come - LOLOL! Then, boom - and on salmon eggs you found!

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

To be honest, I find a lot of tackle I catch fish on! I was stoked because it was a brand new jar of salmon eggs. I've waited for the bus that never came a few times before when I was kid. Always sucked when you missed the last one!

[@theexotichomestead1961]

Crazy how you only have 9k subscribers. You should do catch and cooks, I love those videos from KZbinrs and im sure a lot of people do and you will get more attention towards your channel!! Don't worry tho I have been subscribed for over a year now and it will stay that way! Love the videos brotha keep it up🙏❤️

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

I have a few cooking videos on my cool stuff/variety playlist and I catch and cook in a few other videos on my lakes and reservoir playlist but they don't get a ton of interest. Cooking is not my strongpoint. If I was better at the social media game and had a stronger presence on other platforms my channel would probably have grown much faster. I had never been on social media before I started this channel! I was just going to put up a few videos on a fishing tips playlist to help people new to fishing learn to catch fish and have an idea of what tackle to buy! 650+ videos later things just kind of turned out this way!

[@davidmaxwell1821]

Great video,great fish. So, when are you hitting the mono county creeks/lakes?

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

I'm going soon. I jsut want to wait long enough for there to be a few more solid options. I'll probably scout it out in the next couple of weeks.

[@davidmaxwell1821]

Yeah, I feel that the creeks will be swollen & torrential. My marine corps son is having back to back deployments so looks like we're not going in June. Stay tuned.

[@PMAINTX1]

Nice fish bruh!

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Right on. Loving every minute of that battle.

[@larrywoloshyn8055]

Hi Amani. Did you use same bait holder hook for the crawdad ? Also where and how many times put hook through the worm

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

I did use the baitholder hook for the crawdad. I weave the worm on there with the hook going through it a few times. I believe I show a close up of how I do it on my "rigging up for reservoir trout" and "my general strategy for deep water reservoir trout" videos on my fishing tips playlist.

[@use1kcf]

you can also break the crawdad til off and peeel it for a smaller, but still natural, bait.

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

I was definitely considering just that.

[@theoldsurffisher1943]

If there's a fish to be caught, you will catch it. Many hunters "home process" and package for freezing their big game. South of Tahoe City, near Tahoe Pines?

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

He gave me a bit of the ground elk to bring home and I just had some with rice and veggies. It was awesome. He had that one processed for him but I think the plan is for him to do it himself next time. He's moving to Montana next Fall so he needs to learn!

[@theoldsurffisher1943]

@@wildernesswithamani1027 Mt. Goat tough Caribou gamey, then elk, then moose, finally Mt. sheep most prized for flavor and toughness. Bacon 'n eggs? Huh?

[@dylanvelez4498]

Do you use a drop shot rig or something else?

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Every detail on how I rig up for bait fishing in general and the modifications I make specifically for fishing Tahoe can be found in a couple of videos on my fishing tips playlist. I even have videos for the hooks I use, bait, etc.

[@solukhumbu911]

amani , is this logan shoals?

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

That is a public beach right off the 89 after it starts following the lake shore. This spot will be crawling with sunbathers and swimmers any day. I'm guessing starting this weekend. Good Winter spot.

[@WOWDOWN]

Did you inflate the crawler with the bacon and eggs special to catch that big rainbow? Good work as always Amani!

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Yes, I inflated it. In a spot like that the bottom is an option too. If I am in a spot where the bottom is uneven or there are big boulders I always inflate it.

[@530Wrangler_Bullyz]

Bacon and Eggs Baby 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤙🏾

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Right! That was the classic combo back in the day!

[@530Wrangler_Bullyz]

@@wildernesswithamani1027 Hell yea! thanks for the Tip lol

[@jeffpoindexter2569]

Where about on 89?

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

About 4 miles after the 89 starts following the lake shore. I suspect it's crawling with people swimming, sunbathing, launching kayaks and paddleboards, etc. Right now, probably better to go with some of the harder to reach shorelines I fish in other videos on my Lake Tahoe fishing playlist.

[@jeffpoindexter2569]

@@wildernesswithamani1027 thank you for the tip.

[@707SLAYER]

I WAS THINKING STEAK AN EGGS MEANING THE CRAWDAD AN WORM ... LOL

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Steak and lobster sounds like it could work!

[@Popcornbeetle]

Cured eggs or artificial eggs?

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

They are the cured pautzke salmon eggs. I thought I was seeing things when I looked down and saw that sitting there without even seeming to have been used at all! This day that little salmon egg adjustment might not have made the difference but it certainly didn't hurt!

[@MiguelrocksYea]

What’s this beach called in Tahoe?

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

I don't know what it's called. It's right off the HWY 89 as it follows the shore for a few miles.

[@theoldsurffisher1943]

I think it's just below Tahoe Pines HOA Beach and Pier; miles south of Tahoe city. I've biked by there. Place where road goes near shore for 1/4 mile or so.

[@MiguelrocksYea]

@@theoldsurffisher1943 thanks man, I’d like to fish it before the crowds as well haha

[@edwilkinson6021]

Can WE get you an microphone ?

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

External mic sucks with my camera for reasons I've gone over a bunch of times. I used one for a while but after losing audio on several nice fish I threw it in the trash.

[@707SLAYER]

I MEANT STEAK AN LOBSTER ...

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

I'm a big fan!

[@brucepoole8552]

So few places to bank fish tahoe, bummer

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

I fish all over the Lake with Success. Some spots are just harder to get to and deal with than others. During the colder months, I just look for anywhere that has at least 10 feet of water and public access. As it warms up and activity on the lake increases I go for deeper water spots.

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

You can see how the spots can vary in the content on my Lake Tahoe fishing playlist.

[@OntheHook55]

Pautzkes Green Label…you can’t miss with them if you’re gonna dunk Salmon Eggs

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Bacon and eggs, it's a classic combo!

[@OntheHook55]

@@wildernesswithamani1027 we used to knock the hell out of the Rainbows at Frenchman and Davis using Pautzke’s and 1/2 a Marshmallow on one hook, and a baby crawler sandwiched between two or three Pautzke eggs

[@gonfishn]

I've seen a number of people over the years in my boat snapping rods by jerking the rod past 12 o'clock doing a lip ripper hook set. But if that's your style, have a party. Whatever works right?? It's all good.

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Who's snapping rods? After I successfully land dozens upon dozens of big trout in rivers and lakes on the 5' ultralights I use eventually they give in but it's never one fish. My drag is loose to compensate for my ultralight tackle. The so called "lip ripper" hook set you refer to is probably a problem with the larger and stiffer rods you use because that's what you need. I prefer it to always be a challenge when I'm battling larger trout in rivers and lakes so I go with the lightest tackle I can get away with and that requires a little more muscle on my hook set and force to get the fish out of danger. I don't know where you see these rods breaking but it sure as heck isn't in any of the hundreds of fishing videos on my channel playlists. Your diminishing crack "have a party" just tells me you are a clown without much experience in fishing light tackle because you probably can't handle it. It takes experience. Just because you don't understand something doesn't mean it's beneath you. Fish on champion.

[@gonfishn]

Not you....people in my boat doing lip ripper hook sets.

[@gonfishn]

I wasn't criticizing you about that. You took it wrong.

[@gonfishn]

I use very spendy ultra light stuff and clients have snapped em in half jerking overhead hook sets. They pop like a firecracker every time.

[@gonfishn]

I wasn't being critical of you Armani, I meant some clients of mine snapping rods. I think you mis understood my intent. I love watching your videos. Great stuff!

[@gonfishn]

Yeah it's a real clown show!!

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Yeah, that's probably why you watch. It's perfect for you.

[@gonfishn]

I noticed you break the fisherman's golden rule of never holding your rod straight up at 12 o'clock when reeling in a fish. Heck u even go way beyond that and put it pointing backwards past your shoulders! Big bozo no no. The rod should always be directly in front of you for utmost control. Reel in more line so you don't have to point the rod to the sky.

[@FishFarts4Dinner]

With all of your big bozo rules it sounds like you should be the one making the videos.

[@jimmelino3361]

Do you wear big red shoes and a round nose whilst abiding by the ‘golden rules’ of fishing?

[@patrickdavis6954]

Welcome to fishing where everything is made up and the points don’t matter. Clearly he knows what he is doing and it’s working.

[@gonfishn]

​@@jimmelino3361, full on clown suit for me when I'm fishing. The trout love it!!

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

That's out of habit when I'm fishing Tahoe because I use a 5' ultralight rod usually and I need to have the rod over my head to keep the fish out of the boulders I'm usually fishing off of in my videos on my lake Tahoe fishing playlist. Out of all of those videos, nearly 50, you don't see me lose any of those big rainbows with my ultra light rod over my head so maybe I'm doing something right given the circumstances. Most people wouldn't even try to fish ultralight tackle off of those giant boulders I frequent. This beach, not so necessary but it's the only spot in Tahoe I fish without a bottom consisting entirely of giant boulders or having submerged trees all over the bottom like in Emerald bay. Whether I'm fly fishing or using spinning tackle, I do a lot of things that are unorthodox but I have hundreds of videos across my channel playlists that I believe show definitive proof they work like a charm.