Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition 3804 Feb 1-15 2019 | Page 11

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Your best bet is to park at the top of the dam and walk down to the ice.” She said the road has been cleared down to Mallard, but only a high profile 4WD vehicle with snow tires is recommended at Mallard. “The annual trout derby is set for February 6 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and we might have ice this year,” said Graham. There are plenty of trout in the lake for anglers to pursue this winter. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife stocked 14,420 pounds of rainbows in the reservoir in August. Davis Lake is holding 62,540 acre feet of water, 75 percent of capacity and 107 percent of average. The boat ramps remain in the water, though the docks have been pulled out. - Dan Bacher DEL VALLE LAKE It’s a Festival of Trout & Catfish LIVERMORE – The lake temperature at Lake Del Valle continues to hover in the low fifties and occasionally dips into the high forties, making the trout fishing still the “number one reason” why fishermen • • ADDS 100% REAL SCENT-BASED TASTE TO LURES & BAIT • HANDY TWO (2) OZ. 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If you have a boat, fishing the shallows out in Swallow or Heron Bay is a good bet.” “The trout are naturally attracted to these long winding coves because they are following their instinct to move upriver to spawn. These coves are the closest to the creek channel in the lake,” he disclosed. “If you are interested in bass, it is a tough bite,” he revealed, “but the smallmouth are still out there. Fishing weightless nightcrawlers on the rock points by the dam or rockwalls in the lower narrows can produce some nice, hard-fighting smallies,.” “The striped bass are running after the planted trout in the narrows. Trolling large swimbaits is only real way to target them. Be careful trout fishing – one of these 3803 stripers may pick up your PowerBait and make you think you have a trophy trout on the line,” he said. “With the rain and muck being pushed into the reservoir, the catfish are out feeding and the largest cats of the year will be ready to gorge in the creek inlet. The catfish are feeding on earthworms, so that will be your best bet. Or you can toss some old reliable anchovies,” he advised. DON PEDRO Bass Enthusiasts Find Difficult Bite BURSON - Don Pedro was the location for the Christian Bass League CONTINUED ON PG 11 Big beautiful rainbows like this incredible fish have been the rule for anglers fishing Lake Shasta with Jeff Goodwin this January. Photo courtesy of JEFF GOODWIN’S GUIDE SERVICE, Redding.