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s striped bass stage for their spring spawning run up the Sacramento and Feather Rivers , the delta comes alive with trollers looking for fish before they head upriver . While Colusa and Gridley can be great river locations during the spawn , the delta also provides wide-open striper fishing if you can track down a nice school . When deciding on a technique , keep in mind that trolling is the best bet to cover water and stumble upon a nice group of pre-spawn striped bass . Trolling is exactly what I did this past May 1 , and stripers were on the menu . Vu and Cindy Pham of Folsom agreed to come to my house bright and early on the morning of May 1 . At five o ’ clock a . m ., we jetted down Interstate 5 to the friendly confines of Brannan Island State Park . It was still pitch dark as we meandered along the Sacramento River Levee , making it impossible to see how muddy the water looked . We had recently received a lot of rain , and the river back home in Sacramento was as muddy as chocolate milk . Once launched and on the water , I spun the boat southbound towards the San Joaquin River . This river

ONE - Lake Amador , located in the Mother Lode foothills , played host to the NorCal Trout Angler ’ s Challenge event on Saturday , March 16 . Daniel De Leon won first place in the adult division with an 11.64 lb . trout caught while trolling a Rapala in the middle of the lake . His brother , Sam , placed second in the adult division with the 7.56 lb . trout he caught , also while trolling with a Rapala . “ This was a great event to welcome spring with ,” noted Vince Harris , president of Angler ’ s Press Outdoors , the organization that created the NorCal Trout Angler ’ s Challenge . “ There was beautiful weather , lots of families ,

and a great bite for most anglers - with some really big fish being caught .” David Cohn placed third by catching a beautiful 6.55 lb . trout .

Cindy Pham of Folsom shows off a six-pound striped bass caught while trolling with Jack Naves on April 1 . The fish slammed a ‘ BANANA PEEL ’ pattern Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnow deep diver trolled at four miles-per-hour . The fish was landed on the San Joaquin River near the Antioch Bridge .

Photo by Vu Pham , Folsom

system is typically clearer than the Sacramento River side of the delta . This makes it a better bet for trolling , where visibility is a factor . As we

The fourth through tenth place adult division winners in the event were : ( 4 ) Arnel Ebojo , 3.62 ; ( 5 ) Luis Sul , 3.44 ; ( 6 ) Tom Wolfenberger , 3.4 ; ( 7 ) Justin Loveall , 3.26 ; ( 8 ) Joe Gaffney , 2.93 ; ( 9 ) Bryce Odenweller , 2.83 ; and ( 10 ) Janet Ellis , 2.78 . Fourteen-year-old Roa Allison won first place in the youth division with a 2.95 lb . trout . The second through fifth place winners were ( 2 ) David Grass , 1.33 ; ( 3 ) Mariah Field , 1.33 ; ( 4 ) Conner Perkins , 1.21 ; and ( 5 ) Joey Hill jr . 0.99 . Ten-year-old Alan Mendez won first place in the kids division with a 2.66 lb . trout , while ten-year-old Zion Pearson placed second with a 2.1 lb . fish .

For the complete results , go to : https :// www . anglerspress . com / results / event-results / ntac-results / 295-ntac-

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Daniel De Leon won first place in the adult division of the NTAC event at Lake Amador on March 16 with an 11.64 lb . trout caught while trolling a Rapala in the middle of the lake

Photo by Dan Bacher

FRESHWATER REPORTS American River - Camanche Lake .......................... 12 Collins Lake - Folsom Lake .................................... 13 Klamath River - Los Vaqueros Reservoir ............... 14 Lake Oroville - Rio Vista / West Delta ....................... 15

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SALTWATER REPORTS Fisherman ’ s Wharf // Berkeley ................................... 22 Rockcod and Lingcod Season ............................ 22-23

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Ernie Marlan fished the Central Coast beaches for surf perch . He caught and released several quality sized surf perch on a 9ft Phenix Trifecta 6-12lb teamed up with a Van Stall reel spooled up with 20lb FINS Windtamer Braid . The lure of choice was a Calissa Jerkbait in sardine color .

Paul Kneeland fished Lake Camanche with Brian Garcia of Alta in the Fish Sniffer 21 ’ Rogue Jet Coastal . They caught rainbow trout to 23 inches and 5.15 pounds using a Daiwa North Coast 8 foot ultralight graphite rod with a Okuma Convector low profile line counter reel loaded with 8 lb test Okuma Soft Steel line .. They trolled 1 ½ inch Apex lures and trolling flies in black / white / red and green / white , off the Canon Downriggers at 15 to 30 feet deep and 1.6 mph .

Dan Bacher fished for rainbow trout at Collins Lake . He used a Berkley Ugly Stick GX2 6 ’ 6 ” medium action spinning rod , teamed up with a Shakespeare GX235 spinning reel filled with 8 lb . test P-Line CX Premium Fluorocarbon Coated Line . He fished with Berkley Tequila Sunrise Power Bait on a # 14 Eagle Claw gold treble hook on a sliding sinker rig .