Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3613 June 9-23 2017 | Page 8

6 June 9 - 23, 2017 PRO’S POINTER GO FOR IT! VOL.36 • ISS. 13 HOT BITES... 1. SACRAMENTO RIVER ‘BOWS Wild rainbows to 3 lbs are on a very consistent bite. Fly guys score with nymphs and glo bugs while conventional anglers rely on roe and plugs. “When I am fishing a frog or flipping matted vegetation, I am throwing the new X-TCB 8 Carrier Braided Line form P-Line. It is critical to be stealthy with both techniques, and with P-line’s new braid, you can make longer casts and it is ultra quiet com- ing through the grass.” – Bass Pro Bryan Thrift 2. HALF MOON SALMON The salmon bite has turned on 15 miles south of Seal Rocks. For limits of kings to 20 lbs anglers are pulling rigged tray bait anchovies from the top to 40 feet deep. 3. BOCA ‘KOKES Kokanee salmon to 14 inches are being caught by trollers. Uncle Larry’s spinners teamed with Vance’s Dodgers have been working well. 4. POINT SUR LINGCOD Charter boat anglers departing from Moss Landing are nailing limits of both lingcod and quality rockfish. The fish are hitting bars, jigs, swimbaits, shrimp flies and live bait. GOOD BETS... Tactical . GETting it done. as an angler, success depends on the tactical decisions MADE long before you get to the water. You need every possible advantage to compete with the serious anglers of today. that BEGINS with your line. derived using the latest in raw material and extrusion advancements, TACTICAL DELIVERS Longer casts, extreme invisibility AND UNEQUALLED KNOT STRENGTH. head to the water spooled with the strongest, and most supple fluorocarbon. AWARD WINNING TACTICAL FLUOROCARBON. Available in 6-20lb. Test ~ 200 yard spools. 5. GOLDEN GATE HALIBUT The big halibut have arrived and fish weighing more than 20 lbs are being caught daily. Both drifters and trollers are getting in on the action. 6. FOLSOM BASS The spring bass bite is finally on and anglers are nailing lots of spots and hefty largemouths to 4 lbs. Senkos and finesse worms are the best offerings. 7. WEST DELTA STURGEON The sturgeon bite is hot and the pressure is light. If you can deal with the wind you’ve got a g ood chance of hooking a keeper while soaking eel. 8. TRINITY LAKE BASS Anglers are catching smallmouth bass to 5 lbs. Jigs, plastic worms and topwater plugs worked around gravel piles are tempting most of the fish. SLEEPERS... 9. BODEGA ROCKFISH Rockfish and lingcod are on the rampage along the Sonoma Coast. Bar jigs and shrimp flies are both performing well. 10. ROGUE SPRINGERS Springers are pushing up the system and anglers are hooking up. Spinners and rigged anchovies fished off the anchor at the top tempters. 11. P-Line Pro-Staffer scott martin Record 8-time FLW Tour Winner AT Lake Cumberland TAHOE MACKINAW Mackinaw to 11 lbs. are being landed by trollers. Minnows teamed with dodgers have been working best when trolled from 110 to 225 feet deep. 12. DON PEDRO BASS Spotted bass are on a good bite. Early and late, anglers are scoring with topwater plugs and rip baits, while soft plastics draw strikes when the sun is high. COMING SOON... 13. DONNER LAKE KOKANEE Kokanee have started to show. They should become concentrated by late June and anglers can expect to encounter fish to 17 inches. 14. MANZANITA LAKE TROUT The second half of July typically marks the beginning of consistent dry fly action. Small No. 16 and 18 flies will tempt trout to 7 lbs 15. 16. SAC RIVER KINGS Salmon fishing will kick off on July 16. FEATHER RIVER KINGS Salmon fishing will start on July 16. www.P-Line.com P-Line The Fisherman.indd 1 4/14/17 1:20 PM