LAKE ALMANOR

Trollers Score Quality Trout

Chester - Lake level increased fractionally since last week ’ s report . We received a small amount of precip this past week and have nothing in our forecast for the next seven days . Morning temps are in the high twenties and daytime highs are reaching into the fifties , we are expecting another week of the same . Water temps are in the high forties ( 47.5 today ). Both USFS public ramps remain closed , hazardous trees around Canyon Dam have been removed and I have not seen any activity at the ramp in the past week . Plumas Pines is still allowing launching at their facility . I went out fishing today , starting along the East shore by the dam , we picked up a few fish slow trolling gulps and crawlers . We pulled up gear , went to Dorado and picked up two fish before we headed to the A-frame where we caught a couple more . There was bait and fish in all three areas we were just covering water searching for concentrations of fish . All of the fish we hooked were between fifteen-twenty feet deep on the wire in water between 30-40 ’. The fish we caught were in great shape and hard fighting . Shore fishing has slowed at the branch and picked up in the coves . As water temps continue to drop and we get some weather the cove fishing will only get better . Access is the issue ; you have to park in wide spots along 89 and walk in . There are no changes to road conditions ; there is no estimated opening date for highway 70 in the canyon . As a side note I fished Eagle Lake

with friends yesterday , we managed to land a dozen fish . The fish we caught were in great shape with a few over four pounds . We caught the majority of our fish on Jay Fair trolling flies in the top ten feet of the water column . The road was a little slick as you crest the hill on State Route 1 and we were able to launch my boat without issue .

- Quail Lodge Lake Almanor Lodging & Guide Service

LAKE AMADOR

Trout Plants Keep Anglers Busy

IONE – The trout plants keep going into Lake Amador and anglers keep catching some quality cutbows and Amador Golds . The Lake Amador Resort has planted a total of 12,000 pounds of trout since they began planting the lake in early October . “ We stocked 700 lbs . today with 60 % Gold and 40 % trophy sized fish up to 14 pounds ,” said Lee Lockhart at the Lake Amador Resort . “ Catch one of these beasts and you might need to buy more line .” He reported “ lots of success stories out here with limits of trout lately , most off powerbait or trolling grubs in the top 10 ’ of water . “ During the previous plant , 400 lbs . of a mix

went of Cutbows , Amador Golds and Albino Cutbows took to the water change well . This brood was taken to the dam areas the lake . Successful anglers include Dale Hansen and Matt of Placerville , who caught 5 trout in one hour on worms and PowerBait combos . The anglers caught the trout from shore by the dock and dam . Mark from Galt landed a 7.36 lb . cutbow while trolling green rainbow PowerBait off Mountain Springs in early November . Justice Clemens and Lenzi Gretsinger came out from Lodi and caught eight trout while fishing from shore with crawlers . Robbie Dunham of Koke Machine Guide Service also reported trout success on Lake

Amador , with his two clients bagging six trout while trolling with Speedy Shiner on his latest angling