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fishing for largemouth bass and spotted bass on his latest trip to Berryessa.

“ I was privileged to take two well-known anglers to Berryessa on Friday- showing them some of the special features of the lake- as in“ secret” structure,” he disclosed.“ We learned mostly off-shore stuff and they made the best of it, catching many, many quality bass. No real toads, as they are hard to locate in the post spawn.”

“ The bite was very good in most areas where the largemouth and spots were active, but the smallmouth, not so much,” Hemphill said.“ The clients came selfcontained and used a variety of baits- mostly plastics.”

The bite was consistent most of the day wherever they went. After a brief slow period, they found some huge schools of shad being hammered by quality bass.

“ This was one of the most active postspawn feeding periods I have ever seen!! They knew what they wanted and didn’ t hit my clients offerings very well,” he said.

“ I wasn’ t fishing during that period but decided to test the Realis 90 Spybait that Jason Kincannon had showed me. I threw it a few times and got a good hit but missed it. A few minutes later it just stopped and got heavy. After a great fight, I landed that 5 lb largemouth.”

“ I can’ t give you an idea of the baits we

used- lots of different ones. Most bass were on steeper banks except for the afternoon frenzy. But that activity had deep water close by. I’ m guessing our limit was pushing 17 lbs with over 20 quality bass. The water color was almost perfect. Great weather- great clients- great day!”

The water temperature was 71-75 degrees.

LAKE CAMANCHE

Target Deep Water Near Dam For Trout

BURSON – Trout plants are completed for the season until late October, but there are still loads of Mt. Lassen Hatchery rainbows holding in the deepest water from the triangle between the dam, Little Hat, and Big Hat Islands.

The rainbows will continue to drop in the water column as the lake warms up.

Bass fishing remains solid with anglers arriving in the early mornings to avoid the heavy recreational boat traffic.

Crappie are still found near vertical structure with minijigs or small to medium minnows. All active, reserve, retired, and veteran military personnel receive a 20 % discount on Day Use entry and selected boat rentals. by Dave Hurley

CARSON PASS

Bank Anglers Nail Rainbows at Lower Bear River

Bug hatches are underway and big rainbows are on the bite at Lake Almanor. This beautiful fish was caught during a trolling expedition with Captain Bryan Roccucci on May 20.

Photo courtesy of BIG DADDY’ S GUIDE SERVICE, Quincy.

PIONEER – Most of the fish reported caught at Lower Bear River Reservoir are planted rainbows, but some larger fish are also showing in the catches.

One angler reeled in a 6 lb. German brown while using worms, reported Mike Raso of the Bear River Lake Resort. One young angler also caught a 4 lb. rainbow while soaking Power Bait.

“ Fishing for rainbows is pretty good,” said Raso.“ Shore fishermen are hooking fish while tossing out worms and chartreuse PowerBait near the marina and off the corners of the dam. Trollers are also picking up their limits while using nightcrawlers behind flashers.”

Caples Lake was still frozen over at press time, but should thaw out soon. Now word was available on the status of Silver Lake, but that lake thaws out generally one to two weeks before Caples does.

CLEAR LAKE

Bass Trip Yields Largemouths, Crappie And Bluegill

LAKEPORT- A recent bass fishing adventure at Clear Lake by Larry Hemphill, fishing guide, turned out to be a summer“ potluck trip,” with largemouth bass, bluegill, crappie and even a catfish all gracing the catches.

“ I took 3 young men to Clear Lake Saturday,” said Hemphill.“ They wanted a day on the water and hoped to catch some bass. They did- and some other species as well! This is the‘ new” Clear Lake- you never know what you are going to catch.”

“ I had them using 6” Robo Worms of various colors that motivated various species to bite. They caught bluegill, several crappie, the token catfish about 7 lbs- and many bass,” he noted.

“ They did better on quality bass in the afternoon. We fished the south end up to the narrows. Though one or two of them had not fished in a long time, their casting skills were quite good. So was their SNAGGING skill.”“ They did find a lot of rocks, but

hey, they were fishing along the bottom as they should. They did wind up with

several bass in the 1-1 / 2 to 2-1 / 2 lb range,” said Hemphill

“ We are in the summer pattern now- most of the south end water is green with a thin layer of algae while above Wheeler Point, the water is clean. Weeds are beginning to show in the shallows and tule lines are well defined. There are still some very shallow quality bass, as we saw a fellow catch a 5-1 / 2 pounder next to the tules,” he tipped.

The water temperature was 70-74 degrees and the water clarity was stained, with 2 to 4 foot visibility.

COLLINS LAKE

Summer Anglers Lay Into Trout, Bass and Sunfish

OREGON HOUSE-“ School is out and the sun is out,” reported Shelly Groce at the Collins Lake Resort.“ There are a lot of fish

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Chris Ouchida caught and released this huge 15 plus pound largemouth during a recent bank fishing trip to Lake Camanche.

Photo courtesy of CHRIS OUCHIDA, Sacramento.

being caught and more to come! The lake is full of water and fish.”

Anglers are bagging summer variety catches of rainbow trout, spotted and largemouth bass, crappie and bluegill.

For example, Monti Wright Of Sacramento caught 6 catfish, 2 bass and four bluegill using worms by the island. Bill Kincade of Yuba City caught 6 crappie and 1 bluegill and a 5-1 / 4 lb trout using PowerBait by the dam.

Wyatt and Owen Joseph caught 11 crappie at the dock while using live bait. Don and Kim Feryance of Woodland caught 6 trout and 3 bass while trolling across the lake. Chong Vue of Elk Grove caught a limit of trout using PowerBait in Elmers Cove.

Dale Giacomini of Redwood Valley caught a 7-3 / 4 lb trout down by the dam trolling a Krocodile lure. Gary Ledbetter of Marysville caught a 6-3 / 4 lb trout by the dam trolling with an Apex lure.

Dustin of Antelope caught a 7 lb. trout trolling PowerBait and worms. Alan Moore of Lincoln caught a 7 1 / 4 lb trout using Needlefish in the middle of lake.

Maksim of Sacramento caught a 6 lb trout using green PowerBait. Dustin of Antelop caught a 6-3 / 4 lb trout using worms by the bridge. Sean Sangregorio caught a 7-1 / 4 lb trout using Kastmaster lure down by the dam.

The surface water temperature is 70 degrees. by Dan Bacher

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COLUSA / KNIGHTS LANDING

Stripers And Shad Dominate Early Summer Catches

COLUSA- Striped bass and American shad are both now available for anglers fishing from shore and boat on the Sacramento River.

“ Stripers in the 18 to 25 inch range, along with shakers, are showing in a number of areas, including Reservoir Road in Colusa, Grimes, Tisdale and Knights Landing,” reported Morgan Bowerman of Kittle’ s Outdoors.“ Fishermen are drifting live jumbo minnows and bait fishing with sardines and anchovies in the mornings. In the evenings, anglers are also hooking fish on top water lures and swimbaits.”

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