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ALMANOR

Anglers Experience Great Trout Action

CHESTER — “ We had a pretty epic day of fishing yesterday on Lake Almanor ,” exclaimed Bryan Roccucci of Big Daddy ’ s Guide Service on April 23 . “ We had well over 20 hookups with 17 trout brought to the boat . We released some small ones and kept some nice rainbows . Matt capped the day off in style only seconds from finishing our last pass with an incredible 5.5 pound brown . That fight featured multiple airborne acrobatics and deep runs on the ultra-light gear we were using .”

“ I ’ ve been trolling quickly in recent days . We are running mainly with Rapalas , but I ’ ve been

mixing in some spoons too . These are the conditions we ’ ve been waiting on at Almanor and it looks like we are into the hottest part of the spring bite right now ,” said Roccucci .

Cliff Spediacci of Hook & Ladder Guide Service recently spent a day trolling at Almanor and reported very good rainbow trout action on quality fish .

“ We got our fish while trolling quickly with Speedy Shiners ,” said Spediacci . “ The bite has really gotten consistent at Almanor recently .”

LAKE AMADOR

Trout & Bass Fishing Success Soar

IONE — The trout fishing is very

good at Lake Amador , boosted by big trout plants recently .

“ Oh Yeah , Its On !” said Elizabeth Lockhart at the Lake Amador Resort . “ We released 3600 lbs of Lightning Trout yesterday 4 / 24 / 17 , on top of Friday 4 / 21

“ The trout are somehow still shallow 5-7 ft deep and relatively close to shore ,” she said . “ Many boaters have been bait fishing the shore line in the back of the lake with great success . Shore fisherm3n have been doing good pretty much all around . Nightcrawlers , garlic PowerBait , and Power Eggs are all producing trout . When the sun is out shining , Kastmasters work well .”

Bass are still on the shore and fishing has been great . “ Some

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This young man gets a helping hand from Captain Bryan Roccucci showing off the quality Lake Almanor brown trout he landed on April 23 . Photo courtesy of BIG DADDY ’ S GUIDE SERVICE , Quincy .

of the bass have already spawned . while others are just getting on their beds ,” she noted .

“ Our baby Donaldson Trout are hatching ! We have been continually posting videos of their progress on Facebook , so check it out ,” said Lockhart .

Big fish honors go to Al Galvez , who landed a 9.10 lb . rainbow while fishing a Kastmaster from shore at the spillway .

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AMERICAN RIVER

Releases Of 15,000 Cfs Continue

SACRAMENTO — Few anglers have reported fishing the lower American River lately , due to releases of 15,000 cfs from Nimbus Dam . The purpose of the high flows is “ storage management ” at Folsom Lake , commented P . Manza , Bureau of Reclamation spokesman .

The high flows should attract good numbers of shad into the lower river , but local bait shops haven ’ t reported any anglers getting out on the river yet .

A few shad are being taken on the Sacramento River

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