It's the Terra Ballet Fishing Radio Show on Gold
Country Radio. Here's your fishing expert and
host, Michael Ruffino. Welcome back to Terra
Ballet Fishing, everybody. We are going to talk
about, well, we're going to talk about fishing,
of course. But, man, the weather's been beautiful.
Stocking has been... aggressive. And I'm sorry
about last week. I was out of town, so you heard
a repeat of one of my older shows. But we do
want to talk about the second segment of today's
show. We're going to go over the stocking schedules.
So that's really, really important to stay tuned,
because as we talk about the stocking schedules,
you want to really tune in to those legal size.
the legal size will bring up the big giant fish
and you want to catch those. You don't want to
catch the legals. You want to catch what's eating
the legals. You know, it's got to be a pretty
big fish to be swallowing an 8 to 10 inch rainbow
trout, right? So, you need to stay tuned for
that. This coming up is going to be my favorite
event of the year. and it's on June 7th. So,
not this weekend, but the following weekend.
On June 7th at Lake of the Woods. This is a free
fishing weekend June 7th and 8th. So that's a
big deal. You don't need a license. You could
use more than one rod. You could just have fun.
Take the family to the lake, to the river, any
body of water and just have a good time. and
we'll talk about some really good spots you can
get the kids to catch fish, but I guarantee you
the kids will be catching a fish at Lake of the
Woods starting at 9 a .m. on June 7th. What we
do, we have two different areas that we stock
heavily with fish. Trophy size, too. Big fish.
one is for the six and under and those that are
challenged in many different ways. Anyway, those
children are going to have a separate area and
we'll have people there with nets and mom and
dad can help them. We have all the fishing supplies.
I mean, they're gonna be catching a big old fish.
And then, we're going to net off part of the
marina and we're going to throw a bunch of other
fish down there. So all those children over six
years of age and are, you know, healthy, they
can go fish that area. And this is a family event.
So the Boy Scouts are usually there. They'll
clean the fish for them. We have a group in order
to cook the fish. So you can actually catch a
fish and eat it. that morning. I mean that or
that day. This is the day, this is the happiest
day of the year that you will see children. A
memory will be created by them on you and then
by them on them. I mean, we'll see two and three
-year -olds catch fish and they probably won't
remember it. Long -term memory hasn't really
kicked in yet on two and three -year -olds, but
If they do, it'll be their first memory. So,
this is an extremely fun event. So, what do we
do now? What do we do now? So, I would suggest
going small. So, all your baits, you're going
to go small. Now, I'm a hard bait type of guy.
I like fishing hard baits. So, my little itty
bitty one, one and a half inch baits. that dive
anywhere from two feet down to six feet, maybe
even a little deeper, so I can bounce it off
the rocks on the bottom. And, you know, big lip
hard baits, these real big lips, they do dive
deep but you really don't want them to swim freely
through the water. you want them to go down and
hit the bottom and bounce off the bottom of the
lake or river and that gets fish's attention.
So fish actually make a clicking sound when when
they talk and they all fish do this and you'll
find that hard baits have rattles and rattles
different frequencies will hit the fish's attention.
Now fish typically will hit when they're hungry
or when they're threatened. So those are the
two reasons fish like to, you know, you'll get
a fish on hook. So if they're hungry, you're
going to feed them during feeding times. I've
covered this before. So first thing in the morning,
late in the afternoon. Those are their feeding
times. When will they hit a threat? All day long.
This is why I enjoy hard baits. Hard baits, which
I do make, I paint these by hand and then I coat
them and fit them and stuff like that. Hard baits
will shake violently and then make this rattling
sound like a castanet. Some are silent, some
are not. Most are not. But they have basically
little babies in them. And inside the chambers,
I have some that have metal chambers and some
are plastic chambers. And some are wood chambers.
And because of the resonance of those different
elements and whether they have one or more BB
in them, they're going to create different sonic
sounds. Now you'll find that all fish will respond
to sonic sounds. They'll be curious or they'll
be aggressive against it because it's a noise
coming at them. It's kind of like, you know,
if you saw a screaming person coming at you.
I mean defenses go up. and you're in a protective
mode or you just run away. It all depends on
the type of person you are. This time of year
they're spawning so they're protecting their
nest. Now if you're any decent person you're
going to be protecting your children. So when
you run these things through the water and this
thing is coming at them shaking violently they're
protecting their bed where they're young or they
haven't hatched or they have hatched, they will
attack a hard bait. They will, and they'll do
it all day long. Now, mind you, they'll do it
more in the morning and late in the afternoon,
but again, you're triggering an instinct. You're
triggering it. Now, the neat thing about a reaction
strike, a protective strike, an aggressive strike,
is that it's more violent. A feeding strike,
let's say we put a fish on a worm, I mean a worm
on a hook, and the fish goes ahead and starts
nibbling at it, and it takes a little bit off
in this little, and it basically is, you know,
eating around the edges before it gets to the
hook, or just bites the whole thing. but you'll
find that pan fish will go ahead and just sort
of eat it from the ends forward. So the bite
on food, let's say power bait or a worm, is softer.
So when you're feeding them food, it's a soft
hit. But if you're fishing if you're threatening
them, it's a more violent hit. And so, when they
hit it, they're attacking it because they want
to kill it. And they're trying to protect themselves
or their family around them. Hopefully, you understand,
you know, there are two ways of fishing. You
know, feed them, attack them. So that's really
what you're going to be doing. And this time
of year, I attack. I just attack. When they stalk
lakes, thousands of fish are thrown into the
lake and they're in shock. And they don't know
what to do, but they're not hungry. They're not
going to think, oh, it's time to eat. No, that's
not what they do. They literally are in shock.
Some of them die. And so when you throw a spinner
in the water, spinners actually will create a
flash and something that they didn't see at the
fishery and they'll attack it. Blue Fox spinners
has a little bell and a chamber in them. And
Blue Fox spinners, which is one of my favorite
spinners unless I make one, and I do make spinners
just because it's a lot cheaper, They actually
make a sonic noise, and that noise threatens
the trout or bass or whatever else wants to hit
it. So noise, a lot, you know, when I was growing
up, you always go to the fisher, you know, you
try to approach a fisherman, you're always told
to be really quiet, be very quiet. I'm hunting
wabbit. But, you know, I go fishing, you know,
I find that I do pretty good when I'm playing,
you know, the 70s rock and rolls, you know. Get
a little Doobie Brothers on, bam, catch a bass.
Get a little Eagles on, boom, get yourself a
Somali, you know, stuff like that. It, I, you
know, maybe, maybe I fish quiet, I fish with
music. or listening to an audiobook or something
like that. I catch fish. I catch fish. Maybe
you guys will disagree with me. Some people say,
ooh, the fish saw you. Don't let them see you.
I don't think that makes much of a difference
if you don't disturb the waters or anything.
I mean, sight fishing is common. You know, standing
up on my boat and then casting out when I see
a fish and hooking it. I do that all the time.
If I can see the fish, it can see me. Okay? It's
just the way it is. So maybe some of these are
wives' tales. Or maybe a fisherman just doesn't
want to hear you talk. That could be. I probably
get that more often than any of you. But that's
the fun part. I mean, when we go fishing, I want
you to enjoy it. You know, we've got a free fishing
weekend in a week. A free fishing weekend is
for everybody. You go down to Juano or Veterans
Park, throw it out there. Go to the Link River,
throw it out there. Go to Upper Klamath over
at Moor Park. They've got a little fishing dock
there. I mean, just toss it out there with the
kids. Bring some soda pop and some sandwiches
and some snacks for everybody. To be honest,
spending a day with your children in the outdoors
or your family or your loved one, you know, your
wife, your girlfriend, boyfriend, whatever, it's
everything. Sit down and, you know, I like bird
watching. There was this event that happened.
I don't know if they're still doing it every
year. It's called the Big Sit. And basically,
you pick an area and you sit there. And for 24
hours, you can camp there if you want, if they
allow it. And you have to log all the different
birds that you hear and see. And the competition
is nationally, and who saw the most birds? Now,
wetlands and stuff like that, we've got the best
big set areas. But you sit there and you just
take it in. Fishing is the same way. Fishing
is you sit there and you take it in. And once
in a while they take what you got to give them.
This is what we live for, you know, when it comes
to mankind was put on this earth to take care
of the earth and to observe and to enjoy. And
that's, you know, when you think about anything,
you know, deep, this is what we do. This is our
job to sit, listen and take care. the things
around us. And it is our purpose. And if you
don't go outdoors, you're missing your purpose
in life. So, this next weekend I would encourage
everybody who's hearing this and for you to tell
your friends and to get groups together and go
to Lake of the Woods. It is an absolutely free
event. Whether you got kids or not, you could
sit there and watch, you know, the children,
little ones, and those with Down syndrome, those
that are autistic, those that are paraplegic
or whatever, it just... It'll give you the biggest
smile of the year. Take me up on this. Alright,
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Welcome back to Terrible at Fishing. Now, first
I'll give you a little bit of news about me.
I'm restricted from driving. You probably heard
that. Because of my neurological situation, the
thing about neurology is it's unpredictable.
It just is. I could be fine and then wake up
on the floor and then wonder how I got there.
Because of that, I can't drive. The passion to
fish is still in me. I mean, I am working very,
very hard to figure a way out that I can fish
and have a little freedom. So I'm working my
channel and trying to get, you know, the radio
show, this and that. Just see if I can figure
out a way to do this. And I'm thinking I can
eat trike or something like that to get me, you
know, and work the area around my house. I mean,
I've got two lakes and a river right next to
my house. And then a little farther up, I've
got a few more rivers. I mean, to be honest,
you know, that's why I moved here. So we're going
to go to my YouTube channel, Charitable of Fishing,
for some updates on this because as I venture
out around Klamath Falls, it's going to be exciting
and it's going to be an adventure, truly an adventure.
So I really kind of excited about it mad at the
same time Really am NOT very happy about being
I haven't been grounded since I was a child But
to be honest, I was grounded for life many times
and I guess it finally caught up to me Although
mom's dead so she would never know All right.
Let's go look at a few lakes stocking schedules.
Let's look at Fish Lake, alright? We know that
this next week, Lake of the Woods is going to
get their stock. We know when they're getting
their stock too. They're going to be getting
their stock on Friday. We're going to put them
in those holding areas. Now, after the fishing
event for the kids, what they didn't catch is
going to be released into the lake late Saturday.
So, just heads up. Lake of the Woods will have
fresh stock. for everybody late Saturday. Fish
Lake this last week got 3 ,500 legals. So that's
great, right? And then this next week they're
going to get 2 ,250 legals. Now the great thing
about this is the bigger fish are going to be
eating them up. Those tiger trout that you're
not allowed to keep, they're hitting these guys.
So really a fun time over at Fish Lake, they've
got plenty of action in their waters. Now let's
go to Lost Creek Reservoir. Lost Creek Reservoir
is a big fishery. Well, let's not go there because
they're not getting anything. Let's check Willow
Lake. sometimes oh you know what willow lake
is called something different um let's see they're
called something different uh i gotta remember
that i just gotta remember that uh philips reservoir
is gonna have 9500 legals uh Just this last week,
they got 9 ,500 legals tossed into them. So great
time. That's southeast. I want southwest. Come
on. Here we go. Come on. Here we go. We're working
it. All right. There's Fish Lake. Hyatt Reservoir.
They just got 7 ,450. 7 ,450 legals put in there.
Hyatt's gonna be rockin' it. So, that's a, I
mean, nice lake, too. Really nice lake, Hyatt.
Not very far from town, either. We don't want
that. Then we don't want that, that, that. Med
Copon. If you've never done Med Copon, it's a
cute, cute, easy, easy water body to catch fish.
They just, got 2 ,000 Legals dumped into Med
Copon. So, really, really, really good for the
kids. So, that's a good one. Let's see what else.
We're going to have to... Lost Lake? Clear Lake?
Clear Lake is a little farther away. It's a little
further away. Yeah, I'm going through them right
now. I'm going to type in Gerber. Come on. Little
Gerber, huh? Willow Valley? Willow Creek Reservoir.
Oh, that's it. That's Willow Lake, formerly Willow
Creek Reservoir. So, yeah, I just gotta remember
that they renamed it. And, let's see, we're gonna
go a little farther out. Let's see if they're
getting anything in the next couple weeks. They
are not getting anything in the next couple weeks.
So, c 'est la vie! Let's go to Thompson Reservoir.
Let's see what they're getting. These guys have
gotten a ton of stock recently and you just got
to go up to these places and just have at it.
Alright, well, they're not doing a lot of stock
in this, but the waters are warming up. With
warm temperature, the water is warming up, and
with warm water, fish become more aggressive
and more active. The inversions have happened.
Believe it or not, you know, the inversions,
if they haven't happened, they're happening.
What an inversion is, is where the cold water
and the warm water trade places. And what happens
when that happens is that they mix. Cold and
warm water mix, and it confuses the fish. So
sometimes it's harder to catch fish, but when
you catch fish, it can be anything. It can be
anything. but you know the bass are warm water
fish so they're coming up and and they've come
up you know one of the best places to catch bass
and panfish is over in bonanza right excuse me
at the springs part because those are warm water
spring springs water 75 degrees are better you
can catch a lot of fish right there at the Springs
Park. Lots of good little spots, you know, little
bridges, little this and that's over there. A
lot of mud. You will sink a bit, but it's beautiful
right now. Gerber is hitting really well on panfishing.
Do not forget to go over to Emigrants Lake. Immigrants
Lake is another really good lake for crappie
fishing. I'm a big crappie lover. Again, small
jigs, a little bit of power bait on it, boom
drop it down, and one minute you'll be pulling
them up. It's just such an easy thing to get
and they are very tasty and they're very big
at Immigrant Lake. Same thing over at Gerber.
Gerber got a lot of the stock from from Topsy
and was taken over there, so they got some fresh
breeding stock of bluegills and other things
and big bass. So again, this is the best fishing
year we've ever had. Again, one of the worst
things that can happen to me is being grounded,
so I'm working on it. I'm working on it. I did
have some people volunteer to take me fishing,
but I've been out of town. I've been kind of
sick. But if you're a fisherman, you still want
a little bit of freedom. Sometimes I wake up
and I think, God, I want to go fishing. And you
usually jump in your truck and you just go. Maybe
I can jump on my bike and go. It's just what
you want to do that day or that morning. You
feel sorry for me yet? No, you probably don't.
I'm driving my wife crazy, that's for sure, but
we'll figure it out. Figuring it out is challenging.
I was gonna say it's half the fun. It's not.
All the fun is when you get out there and fish.
But I had a great weekend last week. I went to
a little town called Silverton. You guys know
where Silverton is? It's over by Salem. And Silverton
is one of the cutest, cutest, cutest, cutest
little towns. Beautiful town. And I just spent
the weekend there. I just, wow. I mean, how many
cute little towns does Oregon have? I'll bet
you there's hundreds of them. Silverton is one
of those cute little towns that you can go see
some waterfalls, see some beautiful manicured
gardens, old houses that look like museums, great
food, tons of great eat. When you went to a place,
I just picked it off of a map, but it was next
to a safeway. It's called Extapa. It's a Mexican
restaurant in the mall or in that strip mall.
best Mexican food. Really, my children went on
and on and on about how good the food was. I
had octopus. I love octopus. Really, I mean,
go to Silverton. Check it out. But we're going
to be... I'm going to be exploring around this
area and, you know, get up into the woods, the
Williamson's you know, the upper Klamath, of
course. I've never caught anything in Juana.
There's got to be something in there. It's three
blocks away. I mean, I've got to be able to get
something in it. The Lake River is three blocks
away. It's right there. We'll get out there and
we'll see what we can catch. Tell you how I caught
it. I will do some live broadcasts. Excuse me.
I'm drinking 7 Up. And 7 Up makes you burp. I'm
trying not to burp. I love 7 Up. This is 7 Up
Zero. That means I can drink as much as I want
and not get fatter. Although, I'm getting fatter.
So... We're going to be doing some lives on terrible
at fishing and with those lives We're going to
you'll be able to see where and how I'll be catching
these and then I'll review it. Of course here
on the radio show the I Was gonna say something
don't you hate it when you had something in your
head and it went right out of it I Guess that's
what kind of brain I got Nothing wants to stay
in there. But I'm enjoying meeting some of the
new residents, or some of the residents of Klamath
Falls. I walked down to downtown, sat down with
a few guys, just met them. They were talking
fish and introduced myself. And it's just, we
live in a great community. I just want you to
know that. You're listening to a community radio
station. which gives voices to people that normally
would never have a voice. Oh, I was going to
say thank you to all my subscribers on Terrible
at Fishing on YouTube. We surpassed 2 ,000 and
now we've got some momentum. We seem to be going
past 2 ,000 now and I'll figure out what to give
away. So there'll be a giveaway on Terrible at
Fishing on YouTube and I've got a lot of stuff.
ready stock and we'll see what we can do and
give something away to a viewer and a listener
and hopefully somebody locally wins it. I've
always wanted somebody locally winning it. I
mean one time I sent a rod and reel to Maine.
To Maine? I sent a bunch of baits to England
once. That's expensive by the way. But I want
to thank all of you for listening, for tuning
in, for supporting Community Radio, and you will
see me locally if you just look around Veterans
Park and Moore Park in that area, hopefully on
my new little e -trike, whatever that may be,
and we'll see you around. Take care everybody,
and tight lines to you all. That was terrible
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