From Our Readers: Napa Valley Bragging Rights
Each week, the Napa Valley Register runs photos of your fishing or hunting prizes in the feature "Bragging Rights" on the Sports page. Here are some highlights.
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Cody Montana
Cody Montana holds up the second of two sturgeon he caught the morning of Nov. 21 in the Napa River -- just 10 minutes after the first one, and 10 pounds heavier.
Steve Sherwin
Steve Sherwin caught this monster 40-pound halibut at the Golden Gate.
Eric Titus
Eric Titus holds up his beautifully colored Oregon steelhead in the Deschutes River.
Grant Ingalls
Grant Ingalls shows off another Feather River steelhead.
Jack Ingalls
Jack Ingalls holds up his big fly-caught steelie from the Feather River.
Bill Ryan, Doug Roberts
Bill Ryan, left, and Doug Roberts display two nice winter bass they caught in Clear Lake.
Bragging Rights: Matthew Hoogendoorn
Matthew Hoogendoorn of Hidden Valley Lake caught this dorado in the Sea of Cortez off Cabo San Lucas on Dec. 10, 2019 while celebrating his mother-in-law’s birthday. “We ate it that night at Niksan sushi restaurant,” he said. “I had the opportunity to get on the restaurant owner’s boat. We had two skippers assisting us. But I was in the chair, reel in hand, getting leverage, and reeled this bad boy in along with others. We proceeded to bring the fish to the restaurant using our ice chests, and that evening the restaurant prepared the dorados we caught and a couple of bonitos. Of course, others in the restaurant got to enjoy the catch as well, as it was the restaurant owner’s boat and fuel. One of the funnest days I’ve had.”
Brent Randol
St. Helena angler Brent Randol went to Florida to catch this 30-inch red drum.
Ryan Janos
Ryan Janos displays his 29-inch Napa River striped bass.
Jeff Bayless
Jeff Bayless holds up two of the 25 largemouth bass he caught on Clear Lake.
Bragging Rights: Cody Montana
Cody Montana caught 14 albacore for three people 22 miles out of Fort Bragg on Sept. 15, targeting 60-62 degree water at the temperature break. The bite switched off at 11 a.m. and trolled till 2 p.m. All fish were 25-35 pounds except for one peanut, and he caught one more while reeling.
Donk Newman
Donk Newman poses with the yelloweye rockfish he caught off southeast Alaska on July 10.
Beau Larsen, Colton Maher
Beau Larsen and Colton Maher limited out on rainbow and brown trout, 5 pounds and 24 inches, along with releasing quite a few, at Wilson’s Camp Prattville in Lake Almanor.
Mason Davis
Napa’s Mason Davis caught his first barracuda, a 39-incher, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Aug. 12.
Amy Hinton
Amy Hinton poses with her first fish, an 8-inch Napa River striped bass, on Aug. 24.
Miles Hayes, Marcus Sommier
Miles Hayes and Marcus Sommier caught this chunky vermillion rockfish and 38-inch, 20-pound ling cod off the Sonoma Coast.
Justin Hayes
Napa’s Justin Hayes caught this beautiful 25-pound Chinook salmon out of Shelter Cove in Humboldt County aboard his Hobie Revolution 16 kayak on July 26.It was released to hopefully breed upriver some day.
Tyler Brown
Here’s Tyler Brown with two Rhode Island tuna fish to book-end his 600-pound swordfish.
Doug Roberts and Bill Ryan
Doug Roberts, left, and Bill Ryan display a couple of the 35 bass they caught on their latest Clear Lake trip. Ryan is holding a solid 5-pounder caught early in front of Konocti Resort. It came on a top water buzzer across a shallow weed line. Alas, only one big bass per weed bed.
Alan Galbraith, Bill Ryan
Bill Ryan, right, says ’Doctor’ Alan Galbraith, left, carved him up on Clear Lake last Monday.
Courtney Helmer
Napa angler Courtney Helmer displays her nice, big Bodega Bay king salmon.
Lars Kronmark, John Harris, Eric Titus
St. Helena Salmon Team No. 1, from left, Lars Kronmark, John Harris and Eric Titus, display their 17- to 18-pound Sausalito king salmon.
Greg Clefisch
Napa angler Greg Clefisch displays his massive 28-pound Wisconsin musky.
Liesl Wolf Heinemann
St. Helena teen angler Liesl Wolf Heinemann went over to Bodega Bay to catch this silver bullet.
Lucy Dorman
Six-year-old Lucy Dorman poses with her first-ever king salmon caught at Bodega Bay.
Luken Dorman
Luken Dorman, 4, kept pace with older sister Lucy with his first-ever king salmon.
Cody Montana
Cody Montana caught this 17-pound King salmon, a healthy hatchery fish, while trolling anchovies at 50 feet 15 miles off the coast of Pacifica on June 20.
Bragging Rights
Maverick Martin, 5, displays one of his many catches from the Napa River at Moore’s Landing on June 18. He estimated it at 12 inches and a pound in weight.
Bragging Rights
Miguel Hernandez, left, and Ernesto Llamas hold up the 28-inch catfish they caught under full moon the night of June 4 in downtown Napa.
Matts Tollefson
Matts Tollefson poses with a prized yellow eye rockfish, which can grow up to 36 inches long in cold Alaska water.
Bill Dodd, “Popeye” Franco
State Senator Bill Dodd, right, and fly guide “Popeye” Franco admire a wild Sacramento River trout that Dodd caught.
Matts Tollefson
Napa angler Matts Tollefson is clearly outweighed by the 115-pound Alaskan halibut he just landed.
Bill Ryan
Bill Ryan displays one of the 47 bass he and his pro guide caught in two five-hour stretches on Clear Lake this week.
Doug Roberts, Don Chase
Doug Roberts and Don Chase pose with the striped bass and halibut they caught around Alcatraz.
Justin DeGarmo, Lisa Kuban, Albert Dasuza
Justin DeGarmo, Lisa Kuban and Albert Dasuza caught these King salmon while fishing on Lake Orovlle with local guide Brandon Abernathy.
Stan Press
Clear Lake gave up this 6-pound bass to Stan Press last week. He fooled it on a Carolina-rigged Baby Brush Hog. It topped the 26 fish Stan and Bill Ryan caught and released that day.
Bragging Rights: Lucas Avina
Lucas Avina holds up the 45-inch, 25-pound sturgeon he caught in the Napa River on March 13.
Bragging Rights: Derek Pescio
Derek Pescio displays a 50-inch sturgeon after catching it in the Napa River on April 2.
Bragging Rights: Jim Bourque
Calistoga fly fisherman Jim Bourque shows the nice 18-pound North Coast male steelhead he caught.
Ric Bollen
Local angler Ric Bollen went all the way to South America to catch this monster arapaima on a fly in the Essequibo River in Guyana.
Steve Orndorf
Steve Orndorf caught this big crappie as part of his full-line catch on Lake Berryessa.
Evan Blasingame
Evan Blasingame, faculty advisor for the St. Helena High School Fishing Club, recently fooled this big bass on a tiny crappie rig at Lake Hennessey.
Tary Myskey
Tary Myskey caught this big fat Clear Lake bass fishing with her husband, pro guide Bob Myskey.
Dan DeKeizer
Dan DeKeizer displays the 9.9-pound Clear Lake largemouth bass he caught last Friday.
William Imboden
William Imboden and his 15 pound silver bullet steelhead from the Klamath River.
Reggie Simpkins
Reggie Simpkins, a client of guide Brandon Abernathy, shows his 54-inch, 50-pound Napa River sturgeon.
William Imboden
Here’s William Imboden with a 15-pound silver bullet steelhead he caught on the Klamath River on Feb. 7.
Chris Rubio
Local angler Chris Rubio shows the Cabo marlin he caught.
Scott Snowden
St. Helena fly fisherman Scott Snowden recently caught this 30-inch pike in Labrador.
Ed Lenz
Ed Lenz and his son, Joe, caught a bunch of yellowtail near Loreto.
Fishing Report
Matt Sherwin, left, Dante Particelli, middle, and Woody Davis fished for crabs off of Steve Sherwin’s Boston Whaler, The REEL Vino.
Jack Ryan
Napa angler Jack Ryan holds up two of the Clear Lake bass he caught while fishing with his grandfather, Bill Ryan.
Bragging Rights
Russell Francis holds up the 15-pound, 31-inch striped bass he caught on the Napa River on Jan. 4.
Owen Oster
Napa High grad Owen Oster, while on break from his senior year at the University of Montana, fished the Napa River and caught this 32-inch fish on Jan. 2.
Justin Hayes
Justin Hayes caught this 25.5-inch, 9.8-pound rockfish with artificial swim bait to take first place in the annual Simply Fishing Kayak Tournament on Dec. 21 on the Sonoma County coast. “When the fish came up to the surface, I first thought it was a yelloweye rockfish, a protected species,” Hayes said. “However, it was a vermillion, and the biggest one of my life.”
Bragging Rights
Eric Mendoza caught this 46-inch sturgeon using eel as bait on Dec. 23.
Tim Hanni
Tim Hanni shows his 7-pound Florida bass.
Adam Schumann
Adam Schumann displays a beautiful peacock bass he caught in the Essequibo River in Guyana.
Stan Press, Bill Ryan
Stan Press, left, and Bill Ryan caught 76 big bass in five hours of winter fishing on Day 2 of their Clear Lake trip Wednesday.
Jim Young
Napa angler Jim Young caught this dandy silver coho salmon on the Rogue River.
Bragging Rights: Stephen Johnson
Stephen Johnson caught this beautiful, 16-plus-inch rainbow trout Aug. 13 in Quartz Creek, Alaska.
Bragging Rights: “Big Will” Lattanzi
“Big Will” Lattanzi, 8, reeled in this beautiful 16-inch rainbow trout at the Lower Falls on the McCloud River. Will and his fishing buddy, DJ Quick, landed 26 fish while spending Labor Day with Will’s grandparents, Bill and Paula Duff, at their McCloud Cabin.
Bragging Rights: Will Lattanzi
“Big Will” Lattanzi, 8, reeled in this beautiful 16-inch rainbow trout at the Lower Falls on the McCloud River on Sept. 1. Will and his fishing buddy, DJ Quick, landed 26 fish while spending Labor Day with Will’s grandparents, Bill and Paula Duff, at their McCloud cabin.
Bragging Rights
Cole Chambers holds up the monster blue gill he caught July 26 on the north shore of Lake Hennessey.
Bragging Rights
Retired Vintage High School teacher and coach Bob Tedesco holds up the 25-pound striped bass he caught and released July 17 in the Napa River. Also on the boat helping out were his son, Nick Tedesco, and 7-month-old grandson, Rocco Tedesco.
Bragging Rights
Bob Masyczek displays the cutbow trout he caught on the Yampa River near Steamboat Springs, Colorado on July 6 with a red San Juan worm.
Bragging Rights
Brandon Kim caught this 31½-inch, 12-pound striped bass at Napa Sea Ranch off the bank using anchovies in the Cuttings Wharf area on June 29. He caught it with the 40-plus-year-old first fishing pole his parents gave to him for Christmas when he was 10 or 11.
Bragging Rights
Cole William Duden, 14, caught this 16-pound striped bass on June 29 on the Hog Heaven out of Sausalito.
Brandon Kim
Brandon Kim holds up the 31½-inch, 12-pound striped bass he caught at Napa Sea Ranch off the bank using anchovies in the Cuttings Wharf area on June 29. He caught it with the 40-plus-year-old first fishing pole his parents gave to him for Christmas when he was 10 or 11.