FRESHWATER
12 Sept 11, 2020 VOL.39 • ISS. 19
FRESHWATER REPORTS:
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AMERICAN RIVER cont.
River Bend Park, Gristmill, Watt Avenue,,
How Avenue and other locations.
Releases to the American River below
Nimbus Dam are now 2,250 cfs.
- Dan Bacher
percent of average.
Anglers trolling with worms behind
dodgers or with Rapalas at Englebright
Reservoir are landing holdover rainbow
trout and a few brown trout. The boat
launch facilities and day-use recreation
areas are open.
Engebright Reservoir is holding 65,201
acre feet of water, 93 percent of capacity
and 101 percent of average.
- Dan Bacher
BERRYESSA LAKE
Public Facilities Closed Due to
Massive Wildfires
WINTERS – Lake Berryessa public
facilities temporarily closed August 18
until further notice due to the Hennessey
and Gamble fires. The visitor’s center,
administration office, campgrounds, dayuse,
boat launching, and restrooms. Are
all closed.
All concession-operated facilities are
also temporarily closed. The wildfires have
severely damaged many of the public and
concession-operations, according to news
reports. Call listed numbers or visit their
websites at:
Markley Cove, 707-289-8068, www.
markleycove.com
Pleasure Cove Marina, 707-966-9600,
www.goberryessa.com
Steele Canyon Recreation
Area, 800-709-7814, www.
lakeberryessacampgrounds.com
Spanish Flat Recreation Area, 707-966-
0200, www.spanishflatcamping.com
Putah Canyon Recreation Area, 707-
966-9051
Boaters fishing in the mornings before
the fires scorched Northern California
reported catching a quality mixture
of kokanee salmon, king salmon and
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“It was rocking and rolling at Berryessa
on my most recent trip,” said Rich Crispi
of TW Guide Service. “We got an
early greeting of winds rolling from the
southwest, with white caps on the water.
After getting to the north of the island, we
were not seeing many marks on the fish
finder. We landed 2 kokes, lost 2 kokes
and hooked a few corn stealers.”
“My client came out for an instructional
trip,” he noted. “We were koke fishing first
and switched gears to trolling for trout,
We ended up with a mixed bag limit. We
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- Dan Bacher
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DOBBINS – Before the record heat
wave arrived in Northern California,
anglers were experiencing top-notch
kokanee salmon fishing at Bullards Bar
Reservoir.
Just ask Rob Reimers of Rustic Rob’s
Guide Service, who reported excellent
kokanee action on his two latest trips to
Bullards.
“Three anglers caught their 10 fish limits
of kokanee,” said Reimers after the first
trip. “We saw nicer fish this trip, with six
fish in the 13 to 14 inch range and the rest
averaging 12 to 12-1/2 inches. We also
hooked a few 10 to 11 inch fish.”
“The fish are beginning to move into the
fingers of the lake as they set up for the
fall spawn,” he noted. “We hooked them at
55 to 75 feet deep on the Brad’s Kokanee
Series Cut Plugs behind Paulina Peak
Dodgers.”
On the next trip, Reimers reported, “We
had another limits kind of day at Bullards.
Paulina Peak dodges and Brad’s KCP cut
plugs are a deadly combo when it comes
to kokanee fishing. The fish went up to 14
inches and hit at 45 to 65 feet.”
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CAMANCHE LAKE
Catfishing Best from Bank at
Night
BURSON – Lake Camanche is open for
100 day-use vehicles per day including
non-motorized vessels and 150 boat/
trailer combinations per side of the lake.
The day-use vehicle quota is filled by
8:00 a.m. on the weekends while the boat
quota is filled a bit later in the mornings.
With the triple-digit temperatures,
recreational boat traffic dominates the
lake, and the only fishing takes place
in the early mornings or late afternoons
when the recreational boating has ceased.
The holdover rainbows are in the
deepest part of the lake in the main
channel towards the dam while catfishing
is best from the bank at night with chicken
livers, cut baits, or nightcrawlers,
The lake is holding at 65 percent of
capacity.
- Dave Hurley
CLEAR LAKE
Heat Wave Doesn’t Stop Bass
from Hitting
CLEARLAKE - In spite of the recent
heat wave, largemouth bass fishing has
been “outstanding” at Clear Lake.
On one trip, Bill McDaniel of Limit Out
Bait and Tackle and Bob Bradshaw found
top-notch action while drifting and slow
trolling with swimbaits, Senkos and jigs.
The best action has been early and late in
the day on most trips.
“We caught and released around 2
dozen fish,” said McDaniel. “Our big fish
was a 7 pounder that I hooked while using
a 4.8 inch Keiteh swimbait, but most of the
fish were in the 2 to 3 pound range. The
fish were holding at 15 to 25 feet deep.
We fished a bunch of different areas,
including Shag Rock, Henderson Point,
Anderson Island and Rattlesnake Point.”
On his latest trip, McDaniel and Tom
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