Butch Brown Bass Fishing

Butch Brown Giant Bass

More great trout fishing. One of my favorite lakes for trout fishing is Lake Almanor, in Northern California. What's yours? In addition to great fishing, it was also exciting watching Osprey and Bald Eagles. This video was shot Fourth of July weekend with a GoPro Hero. We were trolling and drifting bait. The fish were scattered all over the lake due to the unusually high and cold water this year, but we fished many hours and in many different areas, and we got pretty lucky. I lost the biggest fish of the trip when I turned my attention from the fish to the net, just for a second, and the line got caught on the kicker motor. It was a beautiful, brightly colored brown that was easily 5 pounds. I'm still pretty upset about losing that fish. I have the whole thing on video, but I don't have the heart to watch it again, let alone post it. It was actually on Evan's rod, but when the fish bit, he told me to take it because he was preoccupied removing a hook from his thumb.

Swimbait Fishing with Butch Brown