Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition 3817 August 2- 16 2019 | Page 3

Up-To-Date and Published Locally... By Sportsmen... For Sportsmen! 37 Years Serving Sportsmen Feather River Map Feature MADE IN U.S.A See Page 14 August 2 - 16, 2019 Vol. 38 - ISS.17 Our 37th Year Since 1982 “The Magazine for West Coast Sportsmen!” GGSA ‘Fish Like A Girl’ Trip Produces Salmon Limits O n Friday, July 5, the second Golden Gate Salmon Association (GGSA) “Fish Like a Girl” all ladies salmon fishing trip aboard the Salty Lady departed from the Sausalito Harbor to fish outside of the Golden Gate. “We traveled out to the W Buoy, a long run from the harbor,” said Cat Kaiser, the GGSA Fundraising and Events Coordinator. “The weather was choppy, very typical of salmon fishing conditions. It was cloudy and foggy in the morning and then calmed down in the afternoon. Even though was It was a far run, only a couple of the girls got sick – and they were not down for long.” By the end of the day, the 21 ladies and the three crew members aboard the boat had caught limits of quality Chinook salmon, a total of 48 fish. “To say these ladies had fun catching full limits of big salmon on the trip would be an understatement,” said Kaiser. “For some, it was about catching their first salmon. For others, it was about doing what they love with 21 fellow fisherwomen. For all, it was a day of supporting, cheering, laughing and catching.” The fish averaged a solid 12 pounds each and lot of Chinooks in the 18-pound class were landed. Kaiser won the jackpot with a 25-pound king. They landed the fish while trolling anchovies anywhere from 30 to 80 feet pulls deep. “All of the girls become best friends at the end of Kaiser, Fundraising and Events Coordinator day,” said Kaiser. “The support and Cat for the Golden Gate Salmon Association (GGSA), camaraderie among the women was proudly displays her 25-pound Chinook caught unbelievable. They were hooting, while trolling at the W Buoy aboard the Salty Lady hollering, laughing and cheering for on July 5. Photo courtesy of CAT KAISER, GGSA. each other for every fish that came over the rail. There were lots of hugs on this trip.” boat and Tommy Watson and Jimmy Salty Lady Captain Jared Davis ran the McNair served as deckhands. GONE FISHING by Dan Bacher CONTINUED ON PG 16 18 inch Kokanee Caught at Whiskeytown Kokanee Power Derby 2019 is looking to be a banner year for kokanee at most lakes across Northern Cali- fornia. Numbers of fish, and size of fish are way up from a few years ago when the drought impacted landlocked salmon populations. In addition to the drought, devastating wildfires affected hatcheries. Some people speculated that the fires might hurt the health of lakes as well. One lake in partic- ular, Whiskeytown Lake near Redding, was slammed by the Carr Fire in 2018. Would muddy winter runoff kill off the kokanee popu- lation? Only time would tell, but early reports started coming in about anglers landing Whiskey- town kokanee in 2019. With positive news in hand, Gary Coe and the Kokanee Power organization decided to move forward with the two-day Whiskeytown Lake derby June 8-9. Although the turnout was lower than usual, a dedicated group of anglers hit the lake in search of limits of big kokanee. Amazingly, Whiskeytown featured not only limits style fishing, but huge fish that recon back to the glory days of Berryessa or New Melones. There were ten fish over two pounds each, and one fish over 18 inches weighed in by the team of Doug Philpott and Greg Yost. I arrived at the Red Lion Hotel in Redding on the Friday before the derby with my family. We checked in, got settled down, and headed to the Kokanee Power dinner and raffle. Kokanee Power always hosts a fun event with food, raffles, and prizes. After the dinner, we headed back to the room for bed. The first day of fishing featured menacing northwest winds in the WHAT’S HOT by Jack Naves Adam Naves caught this big kokanee while fishing the Kokanee Power Derby at Whiskeytown Reservoir with his dad. Behind Adam you can see some of the devastation created by the huge forest fire that descended on Whiskeytown last summer. Photo by JACK NAVES, Fish Sniffer Staff. F ish S niffer T IP OF THE W EEK Some anglers use line as light as 4 pound test while others use line as heavy as 12 pound test when trolling for trout and kokanee. Line size is no longer an issue when it comes to spooking fish with the wide availability of fluorocarbon line that is basically invisible to fish. For general use, 8 or 10 pound test line is a good compromise between strength and fine diameter. CONTINUED ON PG 20 Special Section KAYAK Fishing: pgs 5 INSIDE Area Reports FRESHWATER REPORTS Almanor/Bucks Lakes - Berryessa Lake................4 Bullards Bar/Englebright Reservoirs.......................7 Camaanche Lake - Eagle Lake.......................... 8-9 Eastern Sierra - Folsom Lake ..............................11 Klamath/Trinity Rivers - Redding/Red Bluff.... 12-13 Rio Vista Area - Santa Clara Valley Lakes/ San Luis Reservoir.................................. 16-17 Shasta/Whiskeytown Lakes - Stampede Lake.... 19 Tahoe - West Delta.............................................. 21 SALTWATER REPORTS Baja Roundup........................................................... 27 Berkeley - Half Moon Bay...................................24-25 Monterey Bay......................................................26 FEATURES Where...When...How... BULLETIN BOARD.....................................................3 CATCH & RELEASE - FLY FISHING: Cal Kellogg............7 FISH SNIFFER COUNTRY: Steve ‘Hippo’ Lau..........23 GO FOR IT: Staff.........................................................2 HOW-TO: Cal Kellogg................................................6 KAYAK FISHING SPOTLIGHT: Wes Ward .................5 MAP FEATURE: Dan Bacher...............................14-15 MIXED BAG FISHING: Ernie Marlan.........................10 SPOTLIGHT ON CONSERVATION: Dan Bacher......22 STAFF TACKLE What We’re Using Cal Kellogg - hosted a Cal Kellogg School of Fishing adventure aboard the Pacific Dream for S.F. Bay halibut and stripers. For light tackle live bait drifting, Cal used a Cousins baitcaster rated for 8 to 17 pound line paired with an Abu Garcia Orra Inshore baitcaster with a 7.1:1 gear ratio. The reel was spooled with 30 lb Yo-Zuri braid. The trip produced 40 halibut to 32 lbs and a handful of stripers. Paul Kneeland - fished the last days of the season at Pyramid Lake with John Brassfield of Trucksmart stores in the Fish Sniffer 21’ Rogue Jet Coastal. They caught Lahontan cutthroat trout to 12 pounds 8 oz., using a Okuma 9’ light action Kokanee Black Rod with a Daiwa Lexa 100 line counter reel loaded with 8 lb test Yozuri Topknot Flourocarbon line.. They trolled “Dill Pickle” Lyman lures and watermelon 5 ½ inch Apex spoons on the surface and off the Canon Downriggers at 20 to 45 feet deep and 2.5 mph. Dan Bacher - fished for rainbow trout at Lake Alpine in Alpine County. He used a Berkley Ugly Stick GX2 6’ 6” medium action spinning rod, teamed up with a Shakespeare GX235 spinning reel filled with 6 lb. test P-Line CX Premium Fluorocarbon Coated Line. He fished with rainbow Berkley PowerBait, 1/8 oz. gold and black Panther Martins and 2/5 oz. gold/red stripe Little Cleos. Dan coated his baits and lures with Bloody Tuna scent Pro-Cure Super Gel.