Above: Handful of Stripers from the Sacramento River Delta. Caught on April 12, 2007
Lunker Hunter Pro Staff Members
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Mike Mendenhall |
Owner and Forum Member Mike |
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Lunker Hunter Pro Staff Member Mike Mendenhall was born in Sacramento, California. Raised in the foothills of El Dorado County where he got the experience of growing up in a community that loves to fish, and in a community that has lots of great places to fish. He has fished in most of the great mountain lakes, streams, creeks, rivers, delta, and the ocean. Mike takes great pride in helping support our fisheries by promoting catch and release. His favorite sportfish are Lingcod, Stripers, Brown Trout, and Mackinaw. |
Brian Mendenhall |
Owner and Forum Member Lunker |
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Lunker Hunter Pro Staff Member Brian Mendenhall is an avid fisherman for many types of fish. He has landed a wide variety of fish species. Brians is known for targeting large brown trout and mackinaw in the Sierra Nevada mountains one day then splashing in the salt for halibut, Salmon, or rock cod the next. He may be found in the Delta targeting large striped bass and sturgeon or skipping across the rocks at his favorite creek pulling out beautiful brook trout and rainbows. His abillity to successfully catch large fish makes Brian Mendenhall a top notch Lunker Hunter Pro Staff Member. |
Joey Gamez |
Forum Member and Moderator Sturiper |
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Lunker Hunter Pro Staff Member Joey Gamez was born and raised in Fremont, California. At a young age he was shown the fundamentals of sport fishing and learned the importance of catch and release. Joey is known for targeting sturgeons and night fishing for Striped bass. He also shares his crazy fishing addiction with his nine year old son who one day will be a Lunker Hunter pro like his dad. |
Stan Kulak |
Forum Member and Moderator Chartreuse Moose |
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Lunker Hunter Pro Staff Member Stan Kulak was raised at Pollard Flat California, 9 miles north of Lakehead. Where he still lives to this day with his wife and two brothers near by. He entered the United States Marine Corps 1964-1971. He has fished most of the rivers and lakes of Shasta,Siskiyou, Modoc, Lassen And Trinity counties. He has also fished a number of lakes located in Oklahoma,Texas and Florida. Stan takes great pride in helping support our fisheries by promoting catch and release. His favorite sport fishing is Brown Trout, Crappie and land locked King Salmon. |
| Dale Thorburn |
Forum Member and Moderator FISHSTALKER |
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Lunker Hunter Pro Staff Member Dale Thorburn was born on the San Mateo Peninsula but has lived and fished several different States for many different species. Most of his youth was spent fishing the Salt for Salmon, Striped Bass, Rock Cod, Blue Fish, Shad and Steelhead. Lakes, Rivers and Ponds in Calif., Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Mass. have served up Rainbow, Brown and Mackinaw Trout along with land locked Kokanee and Coho Salmon. Large and Smallmouth Bass, Pike, Catfish and a huge Snapping Turtle. For the last 21 years Dale has lived in the Sierra Motherload where today he mostly trolls for large Rainbow, Brown and Mackinaw Trout. Dale practices catch and release. |