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23 Feb 15 - Mar 1, 2019 FRESHWATER VOL.38 • ISS. 5 TRINITY RIVER/LAKE cont. Fish Hatchery, but the majority of guides and anglers are focusing on the Chetco, Smith, Eel Sacramento and other rivers. A total of 1,395 adult steelhead have been trapped at the Trinity River Fish Hatchery in Lewiston to date. A total of 2,049 adult steelhead returned to the facility in all of 2017. The few anglers getting out are hooking wild and hatchery steelhead while fishing roe, jigs and nightcrawlers under a float and flies, including Rubber Legs and golden stone fly patterns. Fish to 8 pounds are showing. What fishing pressure there is remains focused on the upper section of river from Lewiston to Douglas City. There are very few anglers fishing the stretch from Douglas City down to Big Bar. Fishing pressure at Trinity Lake remains nearly nonexistent for smallmouth and largemouth bass, rainbow trout and king salmon. However, fishing for all four species is expected to pick up as the weather warms this spring. Trinity Lake is holding 1,584,585 acre feet of water, 65 percent of capacity and 92 percent of average. Best Selection — Best Service — Best Prices 3720 (916) - Dan Bacher WEST DELTA With Fluctuating Water Temperatures, It Takes Patience To Hook Up PITTSBURG- The water temperature has gone from the high forties to the middle fifties and back down to the low fifties over the span of 10 days or so. While there are plenty of sturgeon and stripers in the West Delta, these temperature fluctuations have kept the bite inconsistent. However patient anglers have been hooking fish. All in all, sturgeon are offering the best fishing for anglers working between Rio Vista and the Moth Ball Fleet. Shrimp baits, pile worms and eel are the best baits at this time. The best action has been coming in water that is 25 feet deep or less. Some guys have been enjoying success while fishing as shallow as 4 feet. Many of the stripers being caught these days are hooked incidentally by sturgeon anglers. Grass shrimp have been the most consistently productive striper bait, but if you want a monster bass large live and dead baits are the way to go. With another round of storms approaching the state West Delta anglers can look forward to another big surge of outflow over the next week or two. With all the fresh water flushing the system, the months of March and April promise outstanding fishing for both sturgeon and stripers as the fish migrate upriver to spawn with warming water temperatures. Captain Hayden Mullins of Dragon Sportfishing has been boating keeper sturgeon and is about to begin targeting trophy size bass with large baits. Mullins is looking forward to an exciting spring season with all the rain we’ve had. Fish Sniffer field editor Stacy Barawed landed and released this hefty 4 pound largemouth while fishing Oak Grove Regional Park on January 29. Photo by STACY BARAWED, Fish Sniffer Staff. ROCKLIN AUBURN 773-7333 (530) 6455 PACIFIC ST. 11844 ATWOOD RD www.trucksmart.com Long Beach March 6-10 73rd Annual 888-7825 Bakersfield March 15-17 Long Beach Convention Center Kern County Fairgrounds KIDS Presented by ! FRE yo E unger 15 and San Diego March 28-31 Del Mar Fairgrounds Details at fredhall.com ! er st n o M ! ic n a it T ! ed z si er Sup HUNTINGFISHING BOATINGTRAVEL TAHOE SPORTFISHING est.1953 Lake Tahoe’s Largest Fishing Fleet year-round fishing Half & Full Day Charters single fisherman to large families & private parties We supply everything you need to fish! Mackinaw Kokanee Salmon Rainbow Trout Brown Trout Call or Book Online (530) 541-5448 tahoesportfishing.com|@tahoesportfishing A Full Day of Family Fun! • Daiwa Saltwater Tank Seminars • Costa Sporting Chef Café • Accurate Main Seminar Stage • Mammoth Lakes Seminar Stage • Hobie Kayak Fishing Seminar Room • Ram Truck Ultimate Air Dogs • DFW Kids Casting Contest • Great American Duck Races • Mammoth Lakes and Shakespeare Kids Fish Free Trout Pond • Leading Marine Electronics brands & Johnson-Hicks Marine • Casting on the Lagoon • Hobie Kayak test rides on the Hyatt Lagoon • Convict Lake Food Court • Note: Not all attractions are at all shows. Details at fredhall.com