Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3619 September 1-15, 2017 | Page 17
VOL.36 • ISS. 19
FRESHWATER REPORTS:
CONTINUED FROM PG 10
CLEAR LAKE
Boaters Continue To Nail
Quality Largemouths
YUBA CITY - On guide Larry Hemphill’s
latest trip to Clear Lake, he took out a client
who already knew the lake some, but wanted
to learn more productive areas to fish. The
two anglers found excellent bass action
throughout the day.
“We looked over areas from Red Bud to
Soda Bay,” said Hemphill. “The bite started out
slow, but got much better as the cloud cover
thinned out during the day. I was curious to
see if a front from the south would shut off the
bite during the day, as it always does at night.”
“We had a great trip, so I guess that
weather pattern doesn’t bother the day bite,”
he observed. “We fished mostly soft plastics
- worms, beavers, Yamamoto Flappin’ Hogs,
and other baits. Darker colors worked best.
Again, we found bass pretty shallow in spite of
lots of Friday pleasure boat activity.”
“We landed over 40 nice bass, with a 4.12
big one and a few bigger than last trip, some
over 3 lbs up to 3-1/2 lbs. I showed him two
areas that I hadn’t fished for awhile, and they
were good also. Those resident bass must
have missed me. Our best five fish again
weighed around 16 to 17 lbs,” he noted.
“After hearing about some dead bass on the
surface recently, we did see 4 or 5 dead bass
- actually one nearly dead that was a quality
bass around 7 or 8 lbs - dying on the surface,”
he advised. “All the bass we caught seemed
fine.”
“My client was fishing worms a lot, and
some jigs. I threw jigs of different colors and
again brown or brown orange seemed to
work well. MM111 Robo Worms worked better
yesterday, especially in the afternoon. I didn’t
get around to Senkos yesterday, as other baits
were working well. My client called the big fish
yesterday,” said Hemphill.
“There is a dock that he likes that I really
don’t fish. He got a 3-1/4 and I got the 4.12.
Good call! I noticed the surface algae has
moved further north, but is not bad at all,” he
concluded.
The surface water temperature is 80-84
degrees and the water clarity is 2 to 4 foot
visibility.
COLLINS LAKE
Channel Cats, Bass Lead Late
Summer Angling Parade
OREGON HOUSE - While the trout fishing
FRESHWATER
boats.”
Crappie and bluegill are hitting best on jigs
or worms at the Boat Ramp area or Channel
Point.
Trout fishing is very slow, due to warm
water temperatures. Rainbow fishing will pick
up this fall after the weather cools down and
fall trout plants begin
has slowed down at Collins Lake, anglers are
having a lot of fun battling catfish, black bass
and crappie.
Allen Hicks and Lewis Brinton of Gilroy
teamed up to catch a 7 lb. channel catfish
while fishing nightcrawlers from a boat near
the bridge, reported Justine Portillo of the
Collins Lake Resort.
Jim Radon of Sacramento demonstrated his
angling prowess by landing a 5-1/2 lb. catfish.
Christy Osterg