Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition 3811 May 10-24 2019 | Page 25

SAN PABLO RESERVOIR cont. Lassen Trout at the Marina during their latest plant on April 16. Big fish honors go to Leo, who landed a 6.51 lb. trout, and Luke Gpa Cosmos of Pinole, who caught 6 trout up to 2.5 lbs. while soaking PowerBait . Lucas Saeturn of San Pablo caught 2 rainbows using while using PowerBait to the left of the Marina. Bryan Yee of Alameda caught his limit of trout while fishing PowerBait at the Oaks. Finally, Mike Ascari of El Sobrante caught 4 trout using green PowerBait at Sandy Point. The lake level is 311.9 feet in elevation and the surface water temperature is 54.6 degrees. SANTA CLARA VALLEY/ SAN LUIS LAKES Boating Opens at Coyote, Anderson Reservoirs COYOTE – It was a long, rainy winter, but the spring bass bite has shifted into gear at Anderson and Coyote Lakes. Even better news: Anderson, Coyote Lake, Stevens Creek and Lexington Reservoirs reopened to boating 7 days a week beginning April 15, while Calero remains open to boating. All other reservoirs and bodies of water in Santa Clara County are closed indefinitely to all vessels and floats - these include: Almaden, Chesbro, Sandy Wool, Cottonwood, Grant, Guadalupe, Uvas, and Vasona. Anderson is currently producing largemouth averaging 1 to 1-1/2 pounds, with some larger fish mixed in. Boaters are tossing out drop shot rigs with Robo Worms in green pumpkin and other natural colors, along with top water lures, according to Madison Borgia at Coyote Bait and Tackle. For crappie, she suggested using mini Monday Fun Day…This lady kicked things off right on Monday, April 8 when she brought this husky Tahoe mack to the net. Photo courtesy of TAHOE SPORTFISHING, South Lake Tahoe. jigs and other small jigs in the shallows around weeds and structure. The fish average half to 1 pound each. “Calero is producing good number of largemouths in the 1 to 2 lb. range for anglers fishing drop shot rigs, reaction baits and jigs,” she tipped. “Crappie are also hitting jigs.” Likewise, Anglers are picking up a mixture of bass at crappie at Coyote, Uvas, and Chesbro reservoirs. If you want to catch stripers, head to Spring Outboard Sale 23 May 10 - 24, 2019 FRESHWATER VOL.38 • ISS. 11 San Luis Reservoir. “Bait fishermen are picking up the fish while drifting jumbo minnows and frozen anchovies,” Borgia added. “Casting umbrella rigs and trolling jerkbaits and swimbaits is also producing stripers. Bank fishermen are catching fish on regular and jumbo bloodworms in front of Portuguese Cove and by the Trash Racks. The fish average 15 to 25 inches long.” Anglers are also picking up stripers while fishing with pileworms, bloodworms and shad in the O’Neill Forebay and the Delta Mendota Canal. - Dan Bacher today. As has been the case all winter into spring, big weather changes tend to shut down the trout. We caught some smaller rainbows and managed to catch a nice brown just after mid-day. Big changes always present big challenges on Shasta, but it looks like we are going to see some really warm weather next week,” Goodwin related. “The lake is still rising so if you’re launching your boat, bring your rubber boots. I was welcomed once again to the Packers Bay boat launch with no parking lot lighting and a flooded dock ramp. Also, rising water means more wood debris heading back into the lake. Still some big logs/big pieces of wood sitting right at the water line. I found a nice sized log at 35 mph on my way in yesterday. A little chop on the water makes them very hard to see so be careful out there until we start to see a drop in lake levels again,” Goodwin cautioned. On the bass fishing front, you can find decent fishing on any of the lake’s arms and in the main body. 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