Fish Sniffer Magazine Volume 44 Issue 04 | Page 4

4 April 25, 2025 VOL. 44 • ISS. 4

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HOT BITES...
BODEGA BAY … Rockfish and lingcod

1. fishing is superb at the Rittenberg Bank. Anglers are catching the fish while using baited shrimp flies, bars and jigs.

LAKE BERRYESSA … Experienced

2. anglers are landing limits of quality rainbow trout to 4 pounds while trolling spoons down to 40 feet deep. Spotted, largemouth and spotted bass are also on their spring bite.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY … The live bait

3. potluck season has begun on the bay. Anglers are bagging halibut and stripers while drifting live anchovies in 6 to 20 feet of water.

SACRAMENTO RIVER … Spring striped

4. bass fishing is in full swing from Butte City all of the way to the Delta. Trollers, live bait drifters and lure tossers are all bagging fish.

GOOD BETS …
LOS VAQUEROS RESERVOIR … Recent

5. trout plants have boosted the trout fishing. Bank anglers are landing fish while using

PowerBait, Mice Tails, spinners and spoons.
DON PEDRO … Trollers are battling a

6. mixture of kings, kokanee and rainbows. Black bass action is also shifting into high gear.

COLLINS LAKE … Shore fishermen and

7. boaters are both catching good numbers of rainbow trout. Experienced trollers are using

Trout Trix Minnows and threaded worms with
pink Sling Blades off Dipsey Divers at 10 feet
deep.
SUISUN BAY … Sturgeon fishing continues

8. to be solid for those going out. Toss out salmon roe, lamprey eel and ghost shrimp for

the top action.
SLEEPERS …
PROSSER RESERVOIR … Trolling for

9. Lahontan cutthroat trout and holdover rainbows has been excellent. Shore fishing with

PowerBait and nightcrawlers is also worth a try.
MONTEREY BAY … Rockfish action

10. has been great on the calm days. Anglers are bagging limits of rockfish, along

with some quality lingcod.
TRUCKEE RIVER … Rainbows, browns

11. and Lahontan cutthroats are on tap. Use high water fly fishing tactics during the

spring runoff.
LAKE OROVILLE … The spotted bass

12. bite is great. Try 3” green craw grubs on 1 / 8 dart heads, or drop shot 4” finesse

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COMING SOON …
AMERICAN RIVER … Shad fishing

13. should shift into high gear by the second week of May. Fish with Teeny

Rounders and other jig heads with chartreuse
and pink grub tails.
STAMPEDE RESERVOIR … Expect

14. the kokanee salmon bite to bust loose by mid-May. Troll with hoochies and spinners

for the landlocked sockeyes.
FEATHER RIVER … American shad are

15. expected to move into the river soon. Fishing with shad flies or small jigs with plastic

grub tails is very productive.
SPICER RESERVOIR … Rainbow trout

16. action should be hot when the road to the lake opens this spring. Toss out PowerBait,

nightcrawlers, Kastmasters and spinners from
the bank.