Catching Trout Trolling at Courtright Reservoir (Fresno,CA)

[@rollout2926]

Stop pounding our local lake trout Amani lol. Love your videos bro. These are my neck of the woods. I just came back from Lake Tahoe basin. Caught a few cut throats from echo lake and fallen leaf thanks to your videos. Me and my girlfriend were watching your videos in the condo we rented and because of that I was able to convince my girlfriend to hit a few lakes.

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Right on. Sounds like fun.

[@snipetime21]

With our leadcore we will run almost 150-200 out with gold and silver 2 flasher. Vrg got some trailers from affordable bait there. Green and orange bees.

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Right on. Trolling is not a major part of my game so I'm not the best at it but I'm getting better.

[@AndranikAvakian]

Nice video! What is your leader setup? Length, type of line, lb test? And are you attaching it to lead-core via swivel or direct? Keep up the content tx!

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

I fish Suffix lead core line which sinks about 7 feet per color now and then about a 20 foot leader of braided line. I tie the braided line directly to the lead core with a swivel at the end where I clip on a lure or flasher/dodger set up. I usually put a flasher/dodger on and then about an 18" 10lb mono leader before I tie on a lure. To be fair, I am not the greatest at trolling but I catch fish. Sometimes it's all that is working so it's a good extra arrow to have in the quiver. Most of the basic fishing strategies I use in the hundreds of videos I have across my channel playlists have detailed videos on my fishing tips playlist but trolling is one where I just try to do the best I can giving a quick rundown of what I am doing in the actual fishing video.

[@snipetime21]

And thats at courtright what we run

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

That lake is cool. I love the granite domes towering over the lake.

[@Hoodville13]

Whats the trout limit/ size limit in Fresno? Lets say if i were to fish at Lost lake or whatever?

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

I recommend always checking the official regulation book. My basic understanding is, the general limit in California is 5 trout per day. Fish you release aren't counted in your limit. I always take a quick look at the special regulations list when I am fishing new water because some waters have a zero bag limit, catch and release only, or have a special bag and size limit. Most reservoirs in California follow general regulations but it is always good to take a quick glance. I believe the general size limit for rainbow trout is 6": If I am cooking whole trout on a fire 10"-12" is what I shoot for because they cook fast. On this trip I only kept one fish trolling on day 1 to bring home. I think I kept 4 or 5 smaller fish for my campfire cooking demo on the 2nd day.