Fish Sniffer Magazine Volume 44 Issue 01 | Page 4

4 January 10 , 2025 VOL . 44 • ISS . 1

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HOT BITES ...
CLEAR LAKE … Largemouth to 9 pounds

1 . are the reward for anglers using live scopes to locate fish . Use shad pattern swimbaits and other lures for the best success .

LAKE AMADOR … Big trout are being

2 . caught by anglers using PowerBait , nightcrawlers , Mini Jigs and crappie jigs . The annual trout derby at Lake Amador started on Dec . 26 and will run through March 30 .

DON PEDRO LAKE … Anglers are landing

3 . good numbers of rainbow trout , including holdovers in the 2 to 3 lb . range . Troll with large spoons at 12 feet deep .

BULLARDS BAR RESERVOIR … Kokanee

4 . continue to be caught even though there is very light pressure on the lake . Troll Brad ’ s Kokanee Cut Plugs , spinners and hoochies behind dodgers at 10 to 30 feet deep .

GOOD BETS …
MONTEREY BAY … Rockfish and lingcod

5 . season is now closed , but anglers can target sanddabs and petrale sole in Monterey Bay . Use Tom ’ s Jigs , tipped with squid strips , for maximum success .

LAKE OROVILLE … The spotted bass

6 . bite is productive for anglers using small swimbaits and soft plastics . Expect to catch fish in the 15 to 25 foot range .

PYRAMID LAKE … The winter bite is on at

7 . Pyramid ! Shore fisherman are scoring with flies , spoons and jigs with many large cutthroat over 10 pounds . Boaters are also doing well trolling from the surface to 20 feet deep .

FEATHER RIVER … The stretch of river

8 . below the hatchery opened on Jan . 1 . Anglers are catching steelhead while throwing spoons , drifting nightcrawlers under floats and fly fishing with blue wing olive and egg patterns .

SLEEPERS …
TRUCKEE RIVER … Rainbow and brown

9 . trout are hitting flies on the Truckee River . Most anglers are reporting success while using worm , egg and stonefly nymph patterns .

FOLSOM LAKE … King salmon and

10 . holdover rainbows are being caught by anglers willing to put in the time . Troll with Trout Trix Worms and Speedy Shiners from 15 to 30 ft . deep .

PORT / DEEP WATER CHANNEL …

10 . Fishing for striped bass is tough on the Delta . However , anglers trolling Dredger lures and spooning in the Port of Sacramento and Deep Water Channel are catching fish averaging 6 pounds .

COLLINS LAKE … Bait fishing with

12 . garlic-scented PowerBait is your best bet for rainbow trout at this time . Fish in water shallower than 10 feet .

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COMING SOON …
LAKE DAVIS … The Annual ‘ Maybe

13 . Ice Derby ’ is set for Feb . 15 , 2025 . It ’ s not known at this time whether anglers will be trout fishing in open water or through the ice . For more information , call ( 530 ) 832-0270 .

AMERICAN RIVER … Steelhead fishing

14 . was tough on the opener on Jan . 1 , but the fishing should pick in coming weeks . Toss out Little Cleos from shore or pull plugs from a drift boat .

SUISUN BAY STURGEON … The influx

15 . of water from recent storms should improve the diamondback action on Suisun Bay . Use ghost shrimp , salmon roe and lamprey eel for the sturgeon .

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