Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3617 August 4-18 2017 | Page 20
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FRESHWATER
August 4 - 18, 2017
FRESHWATER REPORTS:
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17
TRINITY LAKES
cont.
Fork, Swift Creek and Upper Trinity, continue
to land rainbow trout. They’re throwing
marshmallows, nightcrawlers, PowerBait,
Kastmasters, spinners and other offerings for
the trout.
Trinity Lake is holding 2,059,995 feet of
water, 84 percent of capacity and 103 percent
of average at press time.
VOL.36 • ISS. 17
Suisun Bay the deepwater sturgeon bite has
been productive. Yet the best bite is taking
place during the outgoing tide. This is when the
westerly winds make fishing really challenging
since the current and the tide are going in
opposite directions.
If you go on the hunt for sturgeon eel is the
best bait, but roe will work too.
Salmon are moving through the Delta and
now that the season is open both trollers pulling
spinners and casters plugging with spinners are
pulling in fish to 15 pounds.
WESTERN NEVADA
WEST DELTA
Truckee River Drops Into Shape
Potluck Action Awaits Anglers
Coyote Bait & Tackle
SUMMER OUTBOARD SALE!
“Bubs” Fong braved the heat in the Delta on July 9 for a crack at some largemouth action and
ended up landing and releasing this hog!
Photo courtesy of BUBS FONG, Fisherman’s Warehouse.
recovering from a major fish kill, and it is
questionable how many large fish survived the
die off.
- Mike McNeilly
WILDHORSE LAKE
Orange Does
The Trick For
Trout
ELKO – Even
though surface water
temperatures are
above 70 degrees at
Wild Horse Reservoir,
trout fishing is still
pretty good.
“It appears that
the trick is the color
orange,” said Joe
Doucette of the
Nevada Department
of Wildlife. “Several
groups of anglers
have had good luck
fishing either early in
the morning or fishing
deeper using orange
rooster tails, spoons or
minnow imitations.”
“Bait fishermen
should
use the
usual
worms or
PowerBait for
trout. Sherbet
PowerBait
seems to be
the ticket,
though
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