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Feb 15 - Mar 1, 2019 FRESHWATER VOL.38 • ISS. 5 7 FRESHWATER REPORTS: CONTINUED FROM PG 4 LAKE CAMANCHE Trout and Bass Pace Catches BURSON – Rainbow trout remain the main focus of anglers at Lake Camanche as winter trout plants continue, but it was a big bass that took big fish honors over the past couple of weeks. Igor Reigant caught a 9.4 lb. monster largemouth bass during the Santa Clara Bassbusters 2 day Lake Camanche tournament. Igor said he got this giant just 3 minutes before the end of the tournament, reported Terry Willard of the Lake Camanche Recreation Company. Mt. Lassen planted on Friday, January 25, releasing 1,200 lbs. to the north lake at the boat ramp. The next plant of 2,400 lbs. on February 1 went to the south shore pond and the south ramp ,split evenly at 1,200 lbs. each. Robbie Dunham of Koke Machine Guide Service went scouting for rainbows this week as he has three upcoming trips, and he said, “After all of the rain and stormy weather, I thought it would be a good idea to try and find some fish. My wife, Kim, joined me for a day of trolling Speedy Shiners as we have been losing a number of rainbows by running grubs.” “We put on some miles in the open waters from the Causeway to Big Hat to the dam and Little Hat and even inside of the cove north of Big Hat for 9 hookups with all trout landed. It was a much better hook up ratio with the spoons, and it was fun watching them just crush the rods over. We are working the top 8 feet, and most of the fish were taken on planer boards,” Dunham stated. Regular Camanche troller, Mark Watzke, said, “It was another productive day on Lake Camanche with Scott Wood on Saturday, but our day started off slow with a lot of short strikes and zero fish in the boat at 9:00 a.m. We pressed on and covered a lot of water, scratching a few fish in different areas, ending up with limits of quality rainbows by 3:00 p.m.” Lake Camanche has jumped from This angler hit the calm waters of Lake Amador on January 25 and smacked a big hard charging rainbow trout. Photo courtesy of LAKE AMADOR CAFÉ, Lake Amador. 74% to 77% full since Jan. 12th with an elevation of 221.573′. The lake was receiving approximately 887 cfs. while releasing 749 cfs. at the time of this report. Pardee Lake was 91% full again at the time of this report. CLEAR LAKE First Ever West Coast Crappie Tournament Yields Big Slabsides CLEARLAKE – The first ever crappie tournament held on the West Coast took place on Saturday, January 26, a perfect winter day featuring beautiful weather and air temperature reaching 61 to 654 degrees. The first place team of Jim Malm and Joe Everett came to the scales with the winning weight of 21.42 pounds for a ten fish limit, and took home $1,000 for their effort. They also had a 2.68 pound kicker crappie, winning them $500 for big fish, reported Ed Logan, owner of Limit Out Bait and Tackle and tournament director. Second place was the team of Dave Burruss and Nathan Phillips, with a weight of 21.06 pounds, winning $800. Paul Kinney and Scott Gauthier took third place with 20.36 pounds, winning $500. Fourth place winners were Jay Strugnell and Scott Strugnell with 20.34 pounds for a $400 payday, and in fifth place were Herbert Cornwell and Dale Patton with 19.85 pounds, winning $300. The winner of the Dobyns Specially Designed “Clearlake Crappie Rod” for the Husband/Wife division was Allan and Karen Grossman; and in the Junior Division (under 16 yrs. of age) was Brody Carrington. The event was limited to 50 teams, with 23 teams weighing in fish. The crappie tournament produced feast or famine results. “Those that did well did really well, but a lot of people didn’t do well at all,” said Logan. “Most of the fish were caught in a 1-1/2 mile stretch of lake.” Anglers mostly fished with jigs or small swimbaits 7 feet under light bobbers. The crappie were suspended over 25 to 30 feet of water. Other anglers found success slowly retrieving a Spro Phat Fly, while others found success on 2.5 inch Keitech swimbaits. “This was a 100% payout, with a $60 entry fee,” said Logan. “All entry fees were paid out at the ramp, during the award ceremony. We had a 100% live release on all fish weighed in.” While many crappie tournaments are held on the East Coast and in the Midwest and South, this is the first-ever crappie tournament held on the West Coast that Logan is aware of. “I ran hundreds of tournaments on the East Coast and West Coast for many years,” he said. “Now that I have retired, I still love promoting tournaments. In my events, I always make sure that the fishermen make a 100 percent payback.” The next tournament will be February 23rd, and will be held in Lakeport. To sign up, call Clearlake Outdoors 707- 262-5852 or Lakeport Bait and Tackle 707-900-5101. Visit Clear Lake Crappie Association on Facebook for more information and pictures. - Dan Bacher CONTINUED ON PG 8 For Small Boat Transom Mounted Electric Motor Performance Check Out The Minn Kota Endura E ndura is trusted worldwide as the most durable, reliable, hard-working transom-mount motor on the water. 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