Hunting Indian Valley Wildlife Area

Ive been way to busy recently to update this, but in october I went to Indian Valley Wildlife Area to go deer/pig hunting. Getting there is a bit tricky especially if you drive up there in the dark. There is a nice little campground near the lake with a bathroom, but you must bring your own drinking water. There is a campgrouind/RV park closer to the reseviour where you must pay to overnight there. if you want to do any fishing there you must also pay a day use fee, but on the other side you can go fishing without having to pay. There are plenty of does around (it a buck only zone). There is a firestation nearby so you can have your deer tag validated there which is nice. In terms of wildlife there, I saw deer, quail, turkey, and I did find a pig carcass. On the back side there are bears as well. I will upload pictures soon as I am short on time at the moment. To all of those who read these posts. I would highly encourage you to comment on your expiriences at any of these places if you have or do go visit them. DFG website link - http://dfg.ca.gov/lands/wa/region2/indianvalley.html

FIshing at Stevens Creek Reservoir

I went to Stevens Creek Reservoir yesterday. This is a nice man-made lake up in the hills of Cupertino. It is a nice place to go fishing for carp, rainbow trout, suckerfish, crappie, bass, bluegill, and catfish. This year, the water is the lowest it has ever been and I am concerned the whole thing may dry up before it rains. I usually use worms, which can be bought at the local liquor stores nearby. This time I caught a 3-4 carp, an 18 inch bass, and a 6 inch catfish and a small turtle. Usually I will only catch one or two species of fish here, but since the water is so low I believe they are all just hanging around each other. There is a nice picknic area half way around the lake where you don't need to pay for parking, while parking in the main lot is 5$. The park is open from 8am to sunset and the rangers do issue citations for those people who stay longer. They also stock the reservoir several times a year with rainbow trout. An important note for the fish here is that they are not edible. Their mercury level is too high.

Great chart on upland game species dates and restrictions

With turkey season coming up soon I thought I would post this neat little chart put out by the Department of fish and game (now Department of fish and wildlife) The link is http://dfg.ca.gov/regulations/upland-summary-12-13.html

Coyote Point Fishing

I went fishing at coyote point the other day for the first time with my brother. I really didnt know what to expect to catch there so i just threw in a fishing rod with 30# test a 3 oz pyramid weight and a size 4 hook with defosted squid and anchovy on it. Within 30 minutes we had a bite. We could feel it was a big one, so we fought it to make it tired and when we finally landed it we were surprized that we had caught a stingray in the 20-30# range. We caught several more after that. We were in the park, parking fee is 5$ or so. But you can also fish nearby from the parking lots around the area and not have to pay the parking fee. I am sure there are also sharks around that area, but unfortunatly we didnt catch any. THere is also a shooting range by the park. Ive attached links below for the park and the shooting range. Coyote point park website Coyote Point shooting range

Bulls Eye

So I was just stumbled upon this pretty sweet picture of some one who was target shooting, when a fly landed on their target.