Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3611 May 12-26, 2017 | Page 18

SAN PABLO cont. 16 FRESHWATER May 12-26, 2017 FRESHWATER REPORTS: CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15 QUARRY LAKES Trout Fishing Is Inconsistent FREMONT — Between a few rainy bouts here and there, the weather has been great at Quarry Lakes. Water is still being diverted into the Quarry Lakes from Alameda Creek, so the water is still rising, albeit slowly. “The trout bite had been inconsistent,” said Joe Sullivan of the East Bay Regional Park District. “We are getting fished pretty hard around the plants with many anglers catching great fish within a few days of the fish plant. Generally it tapers off pretty quick after.” “There are still anglers catching trout most days, but many are starting to feel reluctant to report their catches! Everyone wants to keep their ‘honey hole’ a secret,” noted Sullivan. Bass have been starting to bite as they move into shallow waters to spawn. “Most reports have been for smallmouth bass with a few largemouth bass caught as well,” he emphasized. “Please remember that we do not stock bass in our lakes. With this crucial spawn season, we ask that you catch and release your bass in order to sustain a vibrant bass population here at Quarry.” Also, note that the use of lead fishing tackle is prohibited at Quarry Lakes. You can exchange lead tackle at the kiosk in a “1 for 1” trade for stainless steel weights. - By Dan Bacher REDDING/RED BLUFF Trout Fishing Shifts Into High Gear On Sacramento REDDING — The weather has been dreary and damp, the river flows on the upper end of the lower Sacramento are up and the water is off color. The trout fishing should be so so at best, but it’s not. Instead the trout fishing is red hot with anglers landing big numbers of trout to 22 inches along with the occasional late winter steelhead. “We are catching lots of rainbow trout and steelhead right now while fishing the Sacramento River in the Redding city limits,” related Kirk Portocarrero of SacRiverGuide. Com. “I’m going to describe the fishing as red hot right now. Some of our trips have produced as many as 60 trout. We’ve been fishing with both fly gear and spinning gear. For the fly anglers, brown rubber legs nymphs have been working the best, particularly for big fish. On our spinning tackle trips small green Corkies have been doing the damage,” disclosed Portocarrero. Mike Bogue of Mike Bogue’s Guide Service hasn’t been on the water over the past week, but he’s ready for trout season. He’ll be fishing a combination of back trolled plugs and side drifted Pautzke salmon eggs and Pautzke cured roe. Robert Weese of Northern California Guide Service is currently downriver targeting stripers, but he’ll be back on the trout shortly pulling plugs and drifting crickets. Stripers On Spring Bite RIO VISTA — Striped bass continue to be the top attraction, but anglers are staying from the Sacramento River as upriver releases keep water conditions cold and dirty. Anglers in search of striped bass were being sent to the San Joaquin River, where deep diving plugs were producing limits, ,according to Craig Kamikawa at Fisherman’s Warehouse in Sacramento. “Guys are trolling the shoals from Prisoner’s Point down to San Andreas. Everything is all deep trolling right now,” he tipped. “The Sacramento River is cold and dirty. There’s maybe one or two fish being caught, Broadway Bait Rod & Gun reported anglers but they’re working hard are hooking lots of stripers in the Sacramento for a few hits. The good River at Miller Park, Bryte Beach and Verona, news is the bigger fish but most of them are shakers. are there,” he added. “It’s all shore fishing locally now,” said Owner hooks pro Perez. “There’s too much water to fish from angler Kenji Nakagawa a boat.” worked hard to find clear Perez and three other anglers reported water in the Mokelumne plenty of action on 12 to 18 inch stripers River. while fishing pileworms at Verona recently. “The bite has been Lorenzo and Tony Mejia bagged two stripers tough for plugging lately. measuring 24 and 26 inches, but those were We ran to a couple spots the only keepers they landed that day. on the San Joaquin, but Shad are starting to show at the Minnow didn’t find fish until we Hole on the Sacramento, reported Craig ran up to the Mokelumne Kamikawa at Fisherman’s Warehouse. River. We found a few “The same twelve guys have been fishing fish sitting on the color there every morning,” he noted. “They’ve line where the two forks been catching a few small males on 1/16 oz. of the river meet,” he pea-head jigs in red, pink and white, tipped said. with champagne and chartreuse-colored grub Sturgeon fishing tails.”