Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3607 March 17 -31, 2017 | Page 11

VOL. 36 • ISS. 07 and other forage that are going into the reservoir. Roy Rillera landed a catfish around 3 pounds while fishing cut bait near Campsite 206. If you want to hook spotted and largemouth bass now, try using large Senkos and other high profile baits that make a lot of noise. – by Dan Bacher EAST BAY LAKES ROUNDUP By Dan Bacher This happy Fish Sniffer reader banged this beautiful 9 lb largemouth while fishing near Paradise Point in the Stockton area this February. Photo courtesy of FISHSNIFFER.COM. pounds of Mount Lassen rainbow stocked just before Presidents Day weekend. The plants are going in on a weekly basis. The lake water continues to go over the spillway into Dry Creek, a tributary of the Yuba River Shore anglers are picking up some rainbow trout while soaking worms, PowerBait and other baits with a lot of scent near the dam Big fish honors go to Hunter Shiun, who landed a 7¼ lb. rainbow while fishing from shore near the dam. Thirteen-year-old Juliana Van also caught a 3.75 lb rainbow while soaking PowerBait from shore in the murky water. Finally, Victoria Johnson caught a limit of trout to 2¼ lbs. while soaking green PowerBait off Road 4, according to Justine Portilllo at the Collins Lake Resort. The lake management will be stocking rainbows throughout March, April and May. Although the lake is muddy now, anglers are gearing up for a great fishing season with all of the water in the lake now. For channel catfish, anglers should fish near the bridge with clams, chicken liver, anchovies, sardines and other smelly baits for the cats. The cats are feeding upon all of the insects, worms LOS VAQUEROS BRENTWOOD — Both pontoon boats at Los Vaqueros Reservoir were damaged by extremely high winds and are temporarily out of service. They are being repaired, so no pontoon boats are available for rental. The 16-foot boats were undamaged and available, according to the Los Vaqueros. “Trout are doing very well at Los Vaqueros,” said Brian Demmunik of the Los Vaqueros Marina. “Stripers are slowing, and catfish are hit or miss. “ The trout are being caught in South Cove and Oak Point as well as Peninsula Cove.  The baits of choice for shore anglers are garlic-scented PowerBaits, nightcrawlers or Kastmaster lures. A 14.7-pound catfish was caught using chicken liver this past week in South Cove along with 12.0 and 8.3 pound cats using anchovies. The reservoir is currently storing 137,200 acre-feet of water, 86 percent of capacity.  This is the most water ever stored in the reservoir, and pumping is expected to continue through the month. The water temperature remains 57 to 58 degrees. Water clarity varies with the rain, but is murky now. CONTRA LOMA ANTIOCH — Contra Loma Reservoir has kicked out some beautiful rainbow trout ranging from 5 to over 10 pounds over the past couple of weeks. Anglers are FRESHWATER REPORTS hooking the