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Best place for a newbie in Northern Californiia (bay area)

Hello. I would like to take my nephew (10) fishing for the first time. Neither of us have fished before and he got a new rod and reel for his birthday. Does anyone have a suggestion for the best place for him to have a chance at catching ANYTHING. Doesn't matter how big or what it is.

Thanks in advance, Lem

 Lem
Oct 1
2004
@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com: Scott
Oct 1
Thank you Scott. What a great set of advice. We appreciate it all.

Cheers and happy fishing to you

 Lem
Oct 1
First you AND your nephew must catch some fish to get you hooked on fishing.

Go to: Coyote-Hellyer Park, 985 Hellyer Ave San Jose CA 95111 (408) 225-0225

They have a "pay for fish" trout pond where you two can catch fish to eat. Also they have bank fishing after you pay the park admission fees.

Or Go To:

Trout Farm Inn Address: 7701 E Zayante Rd, Felton, CA 95018 Phone: (831) 335-4317

Here you both can catch your fish and they take them into the restaurant and cook them for you (or they used to do this).

After you two get hooked on catching trout, then go to the following places to catch bluegill, bass and catfish.

In Fremont, the new Quarries Lake Park.

http://www.ebparks.org/parks/quarry.htm

In Pleasanton, Shadow Cliffs park Shadow Cliff Recreation Area

Address: 2500 Stanley Blvd, Pleasanton, CA 94566 Phone: (925) 846-3000

This will get you both started Good luck!

John

 John
Oct 1
Terrific advice. We will try them. By the way, we called the trout farm in Felton and they are not allowing fishing there for about a year. We were bummed because that sounded soo perfect.

Thanks again

 Lem
Oct 2
Do a Yahoo Yellow Pages search for other nearby trout ponds, trout fishing, etc. for other places to pay to catch fish immediately.

My 11 year old grandson has a very limited self-gratification time span when fishing. He has to catch something frequently or he is out of focus. Actually he gets cranky and whines a lot. (So do I <g>) So we use trout ponds every other trip or so. He gets to brag how HE caught supper <g>. Then next trip we go to bass and bluegill ponds where the bluegill bites keep his interest up and the occasional bass keeps his excitement up. All the action is used to tell him how lucky he is and to remember today's fun in the future when he is not catching anything.

Don't know about your nephew, but my grandson can pull trout out of a pay for play pond FAR quicker than I can pull cash out of my wallet! <g>

If Felton is near by, then try Loch Lomond for bank bluegill and bass fishing. They also have rental boats.

http://www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/wt/llra/llra.html

Good luck! John

 John
Oct 2
   
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