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LAKE PARDEE cont .
other boats on the lake .”
Pardee Marina is now located at Blue Heron and will be open 6 am to 7 pm everyday with all your camping and fishing needs , including an entire fleet of boats , kayaks , peddle boats and canoe rentals .
The Pardee Cafe will be open Friday thru Monday from 8 am to 6 pm for outdoor dining .
Also , the Pardee Pool is now open every day from 10 am to 8 pm .
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RIO VISTA AREA
Largemouth Bass Fishing Picks Up in North Delta
RIO VISTA – Black bass fishing has been very good in the North Delta in the Prospect Slough area , according to Alan Fong , manager of Fisherman ’ s Warehouse in Sacramento .
“ Three of us caught and released over 20 largemouths ranging from 2 to 4 pounds on my latest trip ,” said Fong . “ The wind was blowing hard , so you could only fish in certain areas .”
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“ We concentrated on shallow water on the west side of Liberty Island . We found our top action while using squarebill crankbaits in shad patterns ,” said Fong .
Smallmouth bass fishing is picking up in Miner , Steamboat and Sutter sloughs . Boaters are tossing out crawfish imitation crankbaits and plastic worms to entice the bass .
The striped bass fishing on the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers has slowed down and many guides have switched over to booking trips at Stampede Reservoir , Jackson Meadows , Lake Tahoe and other waters during the summer .
“ We had a red hot striper bite while trolling Yo-Zuris for about half an hour - then fishing was totally dead after that ,” reported James Netzel of Tight Lines Guide Service on a recent trip before he finished his spring striper season . “ We should have switched to live bait , but we still had a blast till the weeds become a problem .”
- Dan Bacher
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SHASTA LAKE
Rainbows , Browns and Quality Kokanee
SHASTA LAKE - Shasta Lake is
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producing some good numbers of rainbow and brown trout along with some really good quality Kokanee fishing ! Its interesting to see the number of Kokanee salmon we ’ re catching with semi non traditional techniques . Its great to be able to troll for Kokanee , Kings , and trout using the same gear every day . Its great to be able to hook fish and not know whats coming up to the surface before dipping the net . Most days we ’ re catching three if not four species of fish on Shasta , and sometimes five ! If you are targeting King salmon salmon I would still recommend running dodger / flasher combos with Brads Cut Plugs or the typical fly / squid presentations . The bigger Kings are often caught trolling Trinidad Tackle anchovy bait heads with the green label anchivies . People fishing specifically for Kokanee should have a good selection of Paulina Peak dodgers and micro hoochies tiped with Pautzke Fire Corn soaked in your favorite scent . For rainbows and browns , its hard to beat trolling spoons or spoon / dodger combo ’ s . The Trinidad Tackle Optimizer Jr . spoons are a great size to use right now with all the Shad schooled up over open water . The lake is heating up and we ’ re seeing water temps in the high 70 ’ s by mid day . The water is still pretty cold at the 40 ’ -50 ’ mark and most of the trout and Kokanee |
are still hanging out 30 ’ -40 ’ deep . Those depths won ’ t last too much longer and these fish will start to push down as the warm water layer gets deeper throughout the next 4 months or so . We ’ re fishing down in the main body between the I-5 bridge and the dam , but there are still some great Kokanee schools holding up higher in the arms of the lake . Those Kokanee schools will move down into deeper water as the lake drops and the upper arms warm up too much for the Kokanee to hang out in . Everything points to another great summer season on Shasta Lake so now is the time to get your trip scheduled . We ’ ll have 2-3 guides available daily so getting your preferred dates shouldn ’ t be too much trouble . Visit jeffgoodwinfishing . com for more info ! Thank you !
- Captain Jeff Goodwin
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