Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition 3803 Jan 17- Feb 1 2019 | Page 21
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VOL.38 • ISS. 3
RANCHO SECO LAKE
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rockymountainrec.com/lake-facilities/
listing/rancho-seco-recreational-area
Anglers are hooking trout while tossing
out PowerBait, worms, Kastmasters, jigs
and spinners from both shore and boats,
according to Dena Oneto of the Rocky
Mountain Recreation Company.
Florida-strain largemouth bass, redear
sunfish, crappie and bluegill are also
available for anglers on the lake.
Rancho Seco Recreational Area
is a 400-acre park overflowing with
recreational opportunities including
camping, boating, fishing, swimming and
wildlife viewing. The 160-acre lake is fed
by the Folsom South Canal and is a great
year-round day or overnight getaway
located in California’s Central Valley, just
25 miles from downtown Sacramento.
The area was acquired by the
Sacramento Municipal Utility District in
1992 and has developed into a scenic
recreational area and wildlife refuge.
For more information, call 209-
748-2318, or visit: http://www.
rockymountainrec.com/lakes/lake-rancho-
seco.htm or https://www.smud.org/en/
about-smud/community/recreational-
areas/rancho-seco-lake.htm
- Dan Bacher
RIO VISTA
Black Bass, Stripers Hitting In
Liberty Island Area
SACRAMENTO – Although striped
bass fishing has slowed down in the
Sacramento River from Rio Vista to Broad
Slough and in the San Joaquin River from
Eddo’s to the Antioch Bridge, black bass
and stripers are starting to bite in the
Liberty Island area.
“Warren Trumbly and I caught and
released around 40 largemouth bass
Dave Millhollin - aka ‘Santa”- caught this 10 lb Pilot Peak Lahontan cutthroat the day after
Christmas at Pyramid Lake using olive and white beetle.
Photo courtesy of Dave Millhollin, Cameron Park.
to 2-1/2 pounds and five stripers to 10
pounds while using glide baits on our
latest trip to Liberty Island,” said Alan
Fong of Fisherman’s Warehouse. “Warren
lost a striper in the teens right at the boat.”
“We hooked the stripers at 3 feet deep
and the largemouths around 15 feet
derp,” he noted. “The two best baits were
S-Wavers and Sneaky Petes. We also
used chatterbaits.”
James Netzel of Tight Lines Guide
Service said the stripers bite has slowed
down in the Delta with big tides and cold
weather conditions, although his clients
landed decent numbers of stripers on his
most recent two trips.
“We landed 6 keepers on each trip while
drifting mudsuckers on the San Joaquin
between Antioch and Broad Slough,” said
Netzel. “The fish averaged 21 to 22 inches
in length. The water temperature was
cold, 52 degrees.”
Other anglers are catching cold water
crappie in Snodgrass
Slough. “I went striper
fishing in Snodgrass, but
told my friend to bring
a crappie rod along,”
reported Don Paganelli
at Paganelli’s Bass
Fishing Experience.
“As it turned out, we
landed only one striper
while using Alabama rigs, but caught and
released 25 crappie up to ¾ pounds”
“The crappie hit pearl, chartreuse and
orange crappie jigs at around 22 feet
deep,” he said. “The key was to leave
your lures motionless – the more you
moved, the less chance you had of getting
a bite. We were having really light bites.,
so we slowly dragged the lures off the
bottom.”
- Dan Bacher
SACRAMENTO AREA
Urban Pond Rainbows, Port
Stripers Highlight Winter
Options
SACRAMENTO – Local anglers are
concentrating on fishing for trout in local
ponds or for striped bass and catfish in
the Port of Sacramento.
The California Department of Fish and
Wildlife is planting rainbow trout, in local
ponds, including Elk Grove Park Pond
and Hagan Park Pond. For example, the
CDFW stocked trout in Hagan Park Pond
the week of January 6 through 12 and
Hagan Park the week of December 30
A New Place to Stay at
Pyramid Lake!
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These folks took a pre-Christmas fishing trip on Lake Tahoe
and were rewarded with a jumbo mackinaw.
Photo courtesy of TAHOE SPORTFISHING, South Lake Tahoe.
aay’s Last Resort at
Pyramid Lake, Nevada, is
offering a
completely
remodeled
mobile
home for
fishermen
who want
to be
warm and
comfortable while fishing
Pyramid in the winter.
The large 2 bedroom home
features a fully equipped
kitchen, pellet stove, large living
room and an outside porch that
overlooks the lake. The home
sleeps up to 5 in
separate beds for
only $150 per
night!
Located close
to a convenience
store and 10
minutes to the
boat ramp, this
home offers plenty of boat
parking, and dogs are very
welcome! For more informa-
tion, call or text Jaay at (775)
742-0362
Plan On Attending the 73rd Annual Fred
Hall Show in Long Beach March 6 to 10!
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Jan 17 - Feb 1, 2019
he 73rd annual Fred Hall Show at the Long Beach Convention Center is
the world’s largest sportfishing show, California’s largest boat show and
an international leader in hunting and fishing travel.
Virtually all forms of outdoor recreation are represented at this enormous
event, featuring: more fishing tackle manufacturer displays than any other
show anywhere, California’s largest marine accessories display, hundreds
of fishing tackle booths, hundreds of international fishing and hunting travel
booths, acres of boats, casting ponds, Hobie Kayak demonstration rides,
hunter and angler specific vehicles, free dive and SCUBA diving equipment
and instruction, air gun ranges, archery ranges, over 400 seminars and a full
day’s worth of family fun activities.
For more information, visit https://www.fredhall.com/long-beach/
19
through January 5.
For more information on CDFW trout
plants, go to: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/
fishplants/,
The CDFW Fishing in the City program
will also hold a fishing clinic at Florin
Creek Park on Saturday, January 26
from 8 a.m. until noon. This is for 5 to 15
year-olds only until noon. There is no pre-
registration. The event is co-sponsored
by the Southgate Recreation and Park
District.
For more information, call the Fishing in
the City information line: (916) 358-2872.
For striped bass and catfish, Dennis
Phanner at Sacramento Pro Tackle
recommended fishing from shore and
boat in the Port of Sacramento and
Sacramento Deepwater Channel.
“Fish jumbo minnows and bloodworms
for the stripers and anchovies and
sardines for the catfish,” he tipped.
“Expect to hook schoolie stripers in the 18
to 20 inch range, along with an occasional
larger fish.”
- Dan Bacher
SANTA CLARA VALLEY/
SAN LUIS LAKES
Uvas Catfish On Winter Prowl
COYOTE – The weather may be cold,
but that hasn’t stopped the channel catfish
from biting at Uvas Reservoir.
“One customer landed an 11 lb. catfish
while soaking garlic chicken liver from
shore at Uvas,” said B.J. Kendrick at
Coyote Bait and Tackle. “Other anglers
reported bagging catfish in the 10 lb.
range. In addition, some smaller cats in
the 3 to 4 lb. range are also showing.”
For black bass, Kendrick suggested
heading to Calero. “One boater caught
and released a 7.5 lb. largemouth the day
before Christmas,” said Kendrick. “Two
other fishermen reported bagging bass
weighing 3 and 5 pounds at the lake. Your
top prospect is to fishing jigs slowly in the
cold water.”
Boating is closed at Anderson, but shore
fishermen are catching some largemouths
while on the left side of the lake near
the dam past the spillway. “I caught and
released two largemouths measuring
13 and 14 inches while working shakey
heads on a recent venture there,”
Kendrick stated.
San Luis Reservoir is kicking out stripers
for shore anglers. “Fishermen are picking
up schoolie stripers in the 20 inch range
while throwing out pileworms, bloodworms
and jumbo minnows,” he said. “The top
area is near the Romero Visitors Center,
but the California Aqueduct between
the main lake and the forebay is also
producing stripers.”
- Dan Bacher
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