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Old Jul-31-2005, 10:44 PM   #1
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6.11 DVL Trout

The Big DVL

Took the saltwater boat in Saturday for repairs after breaking the T-top last weekend in a failed tuna effort where I also lost my wife overboard at 21 knots, 60 nm out! Got all my errands done and the wife was insistant that we go fish at DVL. Trout were biting furiously on Needlefish trolled at 50' to 65' off the downrigger at the West Dam. We culled through an easy 20+ fish to get nice double limits, including this really nice 6.11 lb fish, April's biggest non-steelhead rainbow to date.

For reference, April is the general counsel for United Anglers of Southern California (UASC). So when you see them winning battles or getting legislation passed, much of the work behind the scenes is being done by April. Just felt you "guys" would like to know that you are being represented by a true fisherwoman who knows her stuff.

P.S. Looking at the photo, I see that I forgot to clear my Mexi downrigger spool to her left. It's a spool of dacron with a 2 lb cannonball and a release clip that I cleat off. 10 pulls per my outstretched arms gets me 60'.
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Old Jul-31-2005, 10:51 PM   #2
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That is absolutely epic dude!!!! April ROCKS! On behalf of so many of us anglers, a big THANK YOU for all the hard work protecting our rights!!!!!!


DVL is an amazing fishery....that fish is a perfect example of why!

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Old Aug-01-2005, 04:11 PM   #3
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I've heard DVL was going to produce big trout and that is one impressive fish.
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Damn nice trout and a thank you to you for pulling the Mrs out of the drink.
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Seriously, the incident with my wife going overboard happened so fast I did not have time to get scared. I could only react. However, the thought did briefly flash in my mind that a number of people, besides myself, would be deeply disappointed had I lost April in such an incident. Thank god she popped up unhurt and I was able to pull her in.

April started her position at UASC by volunteering, which was an outlet from the stress going on at her employment. The finance company subsidiary she worked at was sold in a portfolio sale (i.e. people did not go with the portfolio) to GECC and she retired and went to work at UASC. It was supposed to be a 2 day a week retirement gig. I can tell you that she's working longer hours than her corporate job, but she loves it. I tell everyone it's her idealist law school change the world job that she always wanted. She brings valuable corporate experience to the fight and you can already see the effects. The industry folks love her, which is good for my tackle habits I'm not at liberty to tell you all that she's working on, but there are big things in store for UASC.
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