Mother Lode Fishing Guides
Fishing is a way of life.
The Liechtys
Johnny holding a big bass that Grandpa Liechty caught.
John Liechty was born and raised on the west slopes of the Sierra’s and is a fourth-generation outdoors man in the area. Growing up in the small town of White Pines, he had the beauty of nature and fishing access at his backdoor. At a young age, a typical day was to wake up, rig a couple rods and walk or ride a bike to the local lakes and streams. These were the years he found a true passion for the art of angling.
His parents Dan and Sandy Liechty owned a local Fly Shop and John spent many hours working in the store tying flies and sharing his fishing knowledge with others. Dan Liechty was a local fly fishing guide and as a young adult John was introduced to guiding and started taking clients out on the river himself. Teaching and explaining techniques that he had learned as a child.
After many successful years of fly fishing John took interest to the world of bass fishing and started fishing tournaments in the area. Spending many hours on the local reservoirs he began to figure out how to not only catch fish, but catch the biggest fish that were in the lake. On April 6th, 2012 John was out in his small aluminum boat chasing trophy bass when he hooked and landed the second largest bass (now third) ever to be caught out of New Melones Lake.
In the following years many giant bass were caught, by himself and his clients. When it comes to fishing, the outdoors, and sharing this Xperience, John is as passionate now as he ever was.