VOL . 44 • ISS . 2

February 28 , 2025

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FRESHWATER REPORTS :

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PYRAMID LAKE

Big Lahontan Cutthroat on Pre-Spawn Bite

Shore fishing at Pyramid Lake is still going strong . Lots of fish in the teens and twenties are being landed from shore . The choronamid bite is going strong with fly fisherman . Indicator fishing with a size 12 zebra midge to match the choronamid has been best . Conventional guys are throwing spoons and spinners from shore has been producing as well . Also crank baits in a variety of styles from scatter Raps to Wiggle Warts . Boaters have been trolling U-20 flatfish , Maglips in 3.5 inch and 3 ” Tomic and Lyman style plug baits with and without side planers . This time of year , fish are putting on weight to get ready to spawn . We are seeing the males with spawning colors and females full of eggs . Fish are starting to key in on moving water and stacking up around the south nets really getting in to that pre-spawn mode . As they become closer to spawning , downsizing to 2-3 ” baits and trolling in that 2-3 mph range is best . Colors vary from day to day . Sunny days natural chub patterns and watermelon has been good . Light white cloud cover that almost makes things brighter darker colors

A brilliant red striped rainbow trout caught at Lake Almanor last week .

in blues , purples and blacks are very good . Darker cloud cover days use brighter colors like florescent oranges , yellows and chartreuse in combination with glow is the best . Cory Kellar of Hendrix outdoors was out last week and ran mostly mid sizes . Flatfish and Maglips did best for him off side planners the Tui Chub pattern and metallic rainbow . In response to the golden mussel problem , the tribe added barriers to the dirt launch at the south end at Popcorn beach . They want to funnel everyone through the check station in Sutcliffe . The check station is open 7 days a week now from early morning to about 3pm . They will check your boat inside and out for water . You have to lower the engines to see if they contain water . If you ’ re clean and dry you can launch at the ramp at Pelican Point . If they find water in your boat , they will do a decontamination for a fee of $ 20.00 .

RIO VISTA / DELTA

Hit Sacramento Deep Water Channel Near Port For Top Striper Action

RIO VISTA - The striper bite for trollers in the Rio Vista area continues to be slow according to avid troller Mark Wilson . Mark tells me that the 48 degree cold water slowed the trolling bite down so our friend Clyde Wands decided to

Photo courtesy of Lake Almanor Fishing Association

switch over to bait fishing . According to Mark , Clyde bait fished with sardines between lights 5 to 14 near Sherman Island in 30 feet of water and caught his limit of stripers . Meanwhile Mark continued to tell me that the trolling bite continues up river near the Port of Sacramento . He and his friends are averaging 12 keepers a trip , not trolling the usual Yozuri or P-Line lures but as reported in last month ’ s report , they ’ re catching their stripers using a black bass lure made by Berkley called the “ Dredger .” The Dredger , rated to troll 14 ½ feet in either green or

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You can contact the Pyramid Lake Ranger Station at ( 775 ) 476-1155 for more information on our beautiful lake .

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