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SOUTHERN OREGON ROUNDUP cont . been excellent at Diamond Lake . A significant portion of fish caught have been larger than 12-inches . Diamond Lake was stocked with tiger trout . These fish are intended to assist in controlling illegally introduced tui chub . Tiger trout are catch-and-release only and need to be released immediately and unharmed if caught .

Last fall Howard Prairie was stocked with over 150,000 six-inch trout , followed by 10,000 legal-sized trout this spring . These fish are 9- to 13-inches now , and are growing quickly on the abundant food available in the full reservoir this year . Fishing should be good , especially with the holdover trout up to 20-inches still being caught .

Still fishing by boat with PowerBait , or trolling flashers like a ford fender with a worm or a wedding ring / worm combination should be good . Bank anglers continue to have steady success at the jetty ( a universal access fishing platform is available ) and at the dam . Trout anglers need to be prepared for light bites because the fish are feeding very well on natural food items .

On the ocean , bottom fishing has been good when the ocean conditions allow . Fishing for bottom fish is now restricted to inside the 30-fathom curve . A few black rockfish have been seen feeding on / near the surface recently .

Recreational Chinook salmon fishing is open from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain . Anglers may have two salmon per day but is closed to retention of coho except during the selective and non-selective coho seasons . The selective coho season opens on June 24 through July 31 or until the 18,000 marked coho quota has been met .

TAHOE / DONNER LAKES

Macks Provide Best Sport

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE - The kokanee bite has yet to get underway at Lake Tahoe and the lake ’ s browns and rainbows have been playing hard to get recently , but the mackinaw bite is steady with fish running 3 to 8 pounds . And there are some trophy size double digit macks showing up randomly , which keeps things pretty exciting for deep water trollers .

The skippers at Tahoe Sportfishing have been putting their clients on limits of quality mackinaw while trolling minnows teamed with flashers at various locations around the lake . The biggest mack in recent days was caught during a June 17 trip piloted by Captain Zack up to the north shore . The fish measured 30 inches in length and weighed in at well over 10 pounds .

Mickey Daniels of Mickey ’ s Big Mack Charters has been enjoying solid action at the north end of the lake . Mickey ’ s clients

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This angler was trolling at Lake Shasta with Captain Monte Smith on June 15 when he landed this incredible rainbow .

Photo courtesy of GOLD COUNTRY SPORTFISHING , Oakdale . have been hooking mackinaw up to 7 pounds . Some fish are being kept for the table while the others are tagged and released . Mickey employs a variety of different lures for his fish including Shasta Tackle Kok-A-Nuts teamed with Sling Blade dodgers .

The staff at Mountain Hardware in Truckee reported solid mackinaw action at Donner Lake . The macks are holding 70 to 90 feet deep in China Cove . Most of these fish go 5 to 8 pounds and can be tempted with spoons such as large Needlefish , Hum Dingers and Kastmasters .

TRINITY RIVER / LAKE

Trollers Nail Kings , Kokanee

WEAVERVILLE – Trollers are starting to pick up some quality king and kokanee salmon at Trinity Lake for the first time in a couple of years .

Two anglers fishing with Alex Ross of Trinity Guide Company on his latest trip caught limits of kokanee salmon n the 12 to 13-1 / 2 inch range while trolling with Vance ’ s orange Sockeye Slammers , tipped with white shoepeg corn , behind white / pink flashers They trolled in the south end near the dam at 40 to 80 feet deep .

“ The fishing has been really hit and miss ,” he noted . “ Another scout trip produced two kokanee and one 4 lb . king salmon . So far this season , we ’ ve caught four decent-sized kings .”

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Fork , Stewarts Fork , Swift Creek and Upper Trinity , continue to land rainbows , a mixture of holdovers and planters . They ’ re tossing out marshmallows , nightcrawlers , PowerBait , Kastmasters , spinners and other offerings for the trout .

“ The bass fishing continues to hold its own at Trinity Lake ,” said Brady . “ You can catch them just about anyway you desire to fish , ranging from casting top water lures to fishing jigs , worms and swimbaits at 25 to 35 feet deep .”

There are still fish in pre-spawn , spawn and post spawn mode , due to the unique up and down water conditions on the lake this season , noted Brady . Both smallmouth and largemouth bass to 5 pounds are showing .

The reservoir is holding 2,217,789 feet of water , 91 percent of capacity and 106 percent of average at press time .

The Bureau of Reclamation is ramping the releases down slowly from 2,700 cfs on June 16 to 1,100 cfs on July 15 . The releases for this “ extremely wet ” 2017 water year will result in an annual total volume of 815,000 acre-feet . More information www . trrp . net / background / rod /

WEST DELTA

Dodge The Wind And Catch Fish ….

BRANNAN ISLAND - Both striped bass and sturgeon fishing are a bit hit and miss in the West Delta , but if you are able to cope with the strong summer wind and hot daytime temperatures there are fish to be had .

Trollers are working the Sacramento River upstream from the Power Lines with deep running Yo-Zuris . On any given day , trollers are encountering more shaker stripers than keepers , but limits are possible for the persistent .

Bait fishing may be the best option in the West Delta at this point . Ghost shrimp , grass shrimp and shad are all producing stripers in the lower end of the Sacramento and throughout Suisun Bay .

These same baits along with eel and salmon roe are tempting sturgeon from various spots downstream from the Power Lines , including the PG & E plant in Pittsburg , the Moth Ball Fleet and

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This is a good time to stake out an area and experiment with different baits rigged on barbless hooks . The main target of such an adventure is sturgeon , but there are enough stripers around that a bonus bass or two is likely .

Black bass anglers are using punching gear to pull largemouth bass out of the weeds , while anglers working the rip rap with Senkos , jigs , Ned Rigs and crawfish pattern crankbaits are rounding up hard fighting smallmouths .

WILD HORSE LAKE

Anglers Keep Nailing Trout In Deep Water

ELKO - Water levels are the highest in years and the lake continues to spill from snow melt , according to Joe Doucette of the Nevada Department of Wildlife . Surface water temperatures have climbed into the sixtiesand fishing for trout is good .

“ Anglers report some good fishing in the Hendricks Arm , near the warm springs on the west side and in the last cove before the canyon by the highway ” said Doucette . “ Anglers have also had luck at the south end of the luck by the old road bed wear Hot Creek enters the lake .”

“ Expect bass fishing to be slow this year as the bass fishery recovers from the drought . If you do catch some smallmouth , they must be returned immediately to the water until July 1 ,” he noted .

“ Bait fishermen should use the usual worms or PowerBait here . Sherbet PowerBait seems to be the ticket . Spin fishermen should be using spinners and minnow imitators like Rapalas . This time of year gold , black and gold , or green and gold spinners work well . For the minnow imitating lures , black over white or silver , dark blue over white or silver and dark green over white or silver work well . Fly rodders should be using chironomids , hares ears , PT ’ s and wooly buggers ,” said Doucette .

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