Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3619 September 1-15, 2017 | Page 24
FRESHWATER
Sept. 1-15, 2017
FRESHWATER REPORTS:
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NEW MALONES
cont.
and juvenile bass, Liechty expects to see a
“phenomenal” fishery for big bass within two
years.
“The reaction bite has been slow with the
fish more reluctant to chase with the warm
surface temperatures in the 80 to 84 degree
range, but there is so much food in the lake,
they don’t have to search for food,” he said. “I
did land a 4-pound bass on a frog this week,
but the topwater bite has been slow.”
NORTHWESTERN
NEVADA
Truckee River Receives Summer
Plants
RENO - The Truckee River received major
trout infusions on Thursday, July 27 and
Tuesday, August 8. This is great news for
those looking to catch a limit of naive trout.
NDOW likes to stock the metro area of
the Truckee by driving to a downtown Reno
bridge and pumping the fish off of the side
of the bridge into the river. That means that
in the areas directly downstream of bridges
like Booth, Arlington and Kuenzli anglers will
find easy pickings. Other spots to look for
fresh planters are easily accessible parks like
Mayberry Park on the west side of Reno.
The fresh planters don’t take a whole lot of
skill to catch. Nightcrawlers drifted on 6-8 lb.
test with a split shot or two work really well.
Salmon eggs and PowerBait would be distant
seconds and thirds respectively.
Second only to the nightcrawler for finding
fresh planters is the inline spinner such as a
Panther Martin.
Not all of these fish will be quickly caught.
A very small handful will grow into quality
holdovers and trophy fish in the 3-6 pound
range. These fish will get smarter with every
day they spend in the river, and duping them is
no small task.
For anglers looking for more of a challenge,
these are the fish they seek. Evenings and
early mornings are usually the best time. About
the time when it seems too dark to see where
you’re casting is typically when the river’s
biggest fish will go on the bite.
J-7 and J-9 Rapalas. in natural colors
work very well, as do F-7, F-9, and even
F-11 Rapalas. Fly fishermen often catch their
biggest fish in the middle of the day while
nymphing with stonefly, mayfly and caddis
patterns.
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Bass Are
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spotted bass in to
10 to 13 inch range
are quite abundant in
the catches at Lake
Oroville now. For
better quality fish,
your top prospect is
to throw out top water
lures such as Zara
Spooks and Pop-Rs
early and late in the
day.
“After the sun goes
on the water in the
morning, it’s best
to fish with shakey
heads, drop shot rigs
and tubes at 20 to 40
feet deep,” said Jack
Lightsey at Johnson’s
Bait and Tackle. “You
can pick whatever arm
of the lake to fish –
they’re all producing
bass now.”
One customer told
him that he found
a concentration of
salmon biting down
at 100 feet deep, but
didn’t indicate what
lures he was trolling
with or where he was
fishing.
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