Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3612 May 26-June 9 | Page 3

Up-To-Date and Published Locally... By Sportsmen... For Sportsmen! New Hogan Map Feature MADE IN U.S.A See Page 14 Vol. 36 - ISS.12 Our 35th Year I Since 1982 May 26 - June 9, 2017 “The Magazine for West Coast Sportsmen!” Cal Kellogg School Of Fishing Teams Up With Capt. Monte Smith For Don Pedro ‘Bows t’s early May as I write these Back in January at the Sacramento words and the Cal ISE Show when Monte and Kellogg School of Fishing I scheduled our trip we both is officially up and running expected the Don Pedro for the 2017 fishing season. rainbow bite to be wide open On April 25, I had the by late April, but of course pleasure of fishing Don we had no way of knowing Pedro Reservoir with Cap- that we’d just embarked on tain Monte Smith of Gold the “mother of all winters” Country Sportfishing and which would extend all the avid Fish Sniffer readers, way through March and into Dan Vasquez, Reed Hay- April. ward and Ben Tatera. As a result of robust and Years ago, Monte in- extended winter conditions, troduced me to Don Pedro Don Pedro, like many other by Reservoir with its prolific State lakes, got off to Cal Kellogg Golden numbers of rainbows, hard a strange start this spring and charging kings and feisty the behavior of the fish didn’t kokanee and it’s become match up with that of previous years. my second favorite California lake right Going into our late April trip, Monte behind Lake Shasta. In fact, as I’ve was catching some handsome rain- shared with Monte many times, Don bows to about 3 pounds along with the Pedro reminds me a lot of Shasta and occasional 2 plus pound king, but the that’s probably why I like it so much. CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 SEE OUR NEW BAJA ROUNDUP SECTION ON PAGE 27 INSIDE Area Reports FRESHWATER REPORTS Almanor - American Basin/Jenkinson Lake...........4 American River - Don Pedro Lake.........................7 Eagle Lake............................................................8 East Delta - Folsom.............................................11 Los Vaqueros Reservoir - Lake Pardee...............12 Pyramid Lake - San Pablo Lake.................... 16-17 Santa Clara Valley Lakes - Stampede/Boca Reservoir..........................18 Lake Tahoe - West Delta.....................................20 SALTWATER REPORTS Berkeley & Emeryville to Fisherman’s Wharf.........22 Half Moon Bay - Shoreline Peninsula..................24 FEATURES Where...When...How... BAJA ROUNDUP.................................................... 27 BULLETIN BOARD................................................... 4 FISH SNIFFER HOW-TO: Cal Kellogg..................... 5 GO FOR IT: Staff....................................................... 6 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR...................................... 3 MAP FEATURE: Dan Bacher.............................14-15 SALTY TIPS Steve “Hippo” Lau.............................. 26 SONOMA COAST - Kathie Morgan ....................... 17 SPOTLIGHT ON CONSERVATION Dan Bacher.... 21 TIP SHEET - Bill Adelman ...................................... 20 WHAT’S HOT – SALTWATER: Mark Fong.............. 23 WHAT’S HOT Reed successfully battled this 19 inch Don Pedro rainbow while fishing with Monte Smith of Gold Country Sportfishing and Cal Kellogg of the Fish Sniffer Magazine on April 25. Photo by CAL KELLOGG, Fish Sniffer Staff. THE SPRING SHASTA TROUT DERBY A BEAUTIFUL FULL LAKE AND A VERY TOUGH BITE! T Friday we decided to do some he 14th Annual Kokanee Power Shasta Trout & Salmon exploring all over the lake to try to find some fish. Because of derby was held the the high water level, the weekend of May 6-7, lake had lots of floating 2017. The Fish Sniffer debris. In some spots we group consisted of John had to slow down and idle Brassfield of Trucksmart through the mess. John stores and myself in and I went all the way up The Fish Sniffer Rogue the McCloud arm to the Jet 21 Coastal, Bruce bridge. Wicks and Al Fiske The lake was of Foresthill in Al’s absolutely beautiful, Duckworth, Dave Barsi almost full to the brim, of Oak Run and Steve and green grass and Fistler of Clear Lake by wildflowers brightened in Dave’s Jetcraft and Mark Kalinowski of Paul Kneeland the landscape. The water temperature was Concord in his Rogue 62 degrees up by the Jet Fastwater. We met bridge, and we were surprised to Thursday evening at our cabin at see it at almost 70 degrees in the Tsasdi Resort in Lakehead and had main body. In the afternoon we were a tasty barbeque on the big deck overlooking the lake. CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 GONE FISHING Bruce Wicks of Foresthill with a nice limit of Shasta rain- bows and a 3 ¾ pound brown taken on Friday – when it didn’t count! Photo by AL FISKE, Foresthill. 35 Years Serving Sportsmen Over 200 Delta Activists Slam Delta Plan Am endments At Stewardship Council Meeting See Page 21 STAFF TACKLE What We’re Using Paul Kneeland - fished the Shasta Lake Trout & Salmon derby with John Brassfield of Trucksmart in the Fish Sniffer 21’ Rogue Jet Coast- al. They caught rainbows to 2 ½ pounds, using a Rogue Rods 7’ 6” light action graphite rod with a Abu Gar- cia 4600 C3 Kokanee Special level wind reel loaded with 8 lb test Yozuri Topknot line. They trolled chartreuse and white Exel spoons and holografphic Tasmanian Devils off the Canon Downriggers at 10 to 25 feet deep at 2.5 mph. Dan Bacher - fished for rain- bow trout at Rollins Lake. He used a Berkley Ugly Stick GX2 6’ 6” medium action spinning rod, teamed up with a Shake- speare GX235 spinning reel filled with 6 lb. test P-Line CX Premium Flou- rocarbon Coated Line. He fished with Berkley chartreuse glitter and fluorescent orangee PowerBait on #14 gold Eagle Claw hooks rigged with 4 lb. test Berkley Trilene 100% Fluorocarbon leaders on sliding sinker set- ups. He also threw out 1/4 and 1/8 oz. Yakima Bait Rooster Tails in Brown Trout, Fire Tiger and Rainbow color patterns. Cal Kellogg - Fished South San Francisco Bay aboard the California Dawn. For throwing Fish Trap style swimbaits Cal used a Fen- wick 7’5” Aetos casting rod paired with a Abu Garcia Orra Inshore baitcast- er with a 7.1:1 gear ratio. The reel was spooled with 30 lb FINS braid. Cal caught 11 stripers and 2 halibut on the day.