Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition 3803 Jan 17- Feb 1 2019 | Page 18

16 Jan 17 - Feb 1, 2019 FRESHWATER FRESHWATER REPORTS: bottom in 20 feet of water in the North Fork. I caught and released around 20 bass on my last trip to the reservoir.” Boaters targeting bass with an array of lures have also reported incidental catches of king salmon in the 2-1/2 to 3 lb. range, but Sorensen hasn’t heard of any anglers targeting salmon lately. Since Don Reighley hooked a 7.98 lb. largemouth at the lake a few weeks ago, he hasn’t heard of any large bass landed lately. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife stocked 139,000 chinook salmon from the Feather River Fish Hatchery in late September 2018 for Lake Oroville’s landlocked salmon program, according to Penny Crawshaw, hatchery manager 2. The fish were about 23 to the pound, about 6 inches long, when stocked in the lake. The water level is slowly rising.. The lake level is 668.33 feet above sea level. The reservoir is holding 1,028,874 acre feet of water, 29 percent of capacity and 47 percent of average. The only paved boat ramp available for boat launching at this time is Bidwell Canyon. - Dan Bacher CONTINUED FROM PG 13 LOS VAQUEROS VOL.38 • ISS. 3 cont. If you are looking to rent a boat, contact the Marina ahead of time to check current wind conditions at (925) 371-2628. NEW MELONES LAKE Bass Go Into Winter Pattern ANGELS CAMP - The water in New Melones Reservoir is warmer than normal for this time of year, but the wintertime pattern for bass is finally starting to develop with the recent cold spell. John Liechty of Xperience Fishing This angler took a late season salmon trip on the Sacramento with legendary guide Mike Bogue and was rewarded with this massive king salmon. Guide Service reported solid winter Photo courtesy of MIKE BOGUE’S GUIDE SERVICE, Redding. bass fishing on New Melones for the last couple of weeks. “The water temperature is still 55 to 57-degrees which is a bit warmer than in Angels Camp said, “Trout trollers are OROVILLE LAKE years past, but with the arrival of a few scoring with solid spoons coated with cold nights and upcoming storms, it is CONTINUED ON PG 18 Boaters Catch & Release scent at depths to 30 feet while shore expected to drop. Many fish are holding Scrappy fishermen are advised to concentrate on around 30 to 40 feet, and they are inlets right after storms with a variety of Spots moving back and forth between shallow presentations, including Kastmasters, and deeper water throughout the day.,” OROVILLE nightcrawlers, or trout dough bait.“ he advised. – If you like “The catfish have become more “We have been finding most of our to catch and lethargic since the water has turned luck on jigs or plastics on a shakey release good colder, but they are still biting cut baits head, Ned rig, or dropshot. Depending numbers of such as frozen shad or mackerel, and an on the structure type and location, we spotted bass 11.2 pounder was landed by Troy Morris are switching between either crawdad or but aren’t too on trout dough bait.,” said Hildebrand. shad patterns. We have been hooking worried about “Crappie fishing has been slow overall, into some large fish on smaller baits and size, Lake but a few quality slabs to 2.5 pounds are big swimbaits ever since the weather Oroville is a taken on spoons by trout trollers from 30 rolled in. Looking for specific conditions solid prospect to 50 feet,” he added. in wind current, light penetration and for anglers The lake has risen to 74 percent of water clarity have been helping us to now. capacity. locate and target these bigger fish.,” “Boaters are said Liechty. catching and Gene Hildebrand of Glory Hole Sports releasing a lot of spotted bass averaging around 1-1/2 pounds each,” reported Jamey Sorensen at North Valley Tackle. “Your best bet is These guys hit the Delta with Captain James Netzel this December shaking, drop and ended up limiting out on quality stripers while drifting with live shotting and dragging plastic mudsuckers. 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