Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3621 Sept 29- Oct 13 2017 | Page 17

FRESHWATER VOL.36 • ISS. 21 great level for this time of year, and the surface water temperatures range from 67 to 70 degrees. COLUSA/KNIGHTS LANDING Cats To 22 Lbs. Hit Jumbo Minnows RIO LINDA – While anglers are waiting for the fall run Chinook salmon to show in better numbers on the Sacramento River from Verona to Colusa, anglers Alex Fregoso of Livermore was pretty happy after landing this beautiful 20 lb striper during an August fishing mission might think of pursuing some of the huge channel catfish at Lake Del Valle. Photo courtesy of the LAKE DEL VALLE MARINA, Lake Del that prowl the river waters. Valle.Redding. Just ask Robert Norwood, who landed four channel cats weighing from 5 to 22 pounds while fishing to have cooled enough by mid-October so jumbo minnows from shore on the river that the lake management can began fall near Knights Landing. He was fishing in 12 trout plants. feet of water at night when he hooked the Big trout honors go to John Schembam, fish. who landed a 4.1 lb. rainbow while fishing a “The big catfish are being hooked at nightcrawler. night,” noted Tim Boggs of the Elkhorn Bass and catfish action is best in the Outdoors. “We’ve seen fish from 12 to 18 northern channel of the lake. Charles pounds caught in recent weeks.” Moore landed a 3 lb. bass and a 5-1/2 lb. The salmon fishing has picked up at channel catfish, but didn’t indicate what he Verona, though it is still far from red hot. was using. Nylan also reeled in a 2-1/4 lb. “Mel Gillette and another angler reported bass while fishing off the beach. hooking and losing two salmon while using The lake level is only 17 feet down, a Kwikfish on their latest trip to Verona,” said Boggs. “The boat The Lake is UP and the right next to them put Spalding Ramp and Slips are OPEN! two salmon in the boat.” The BEST Rainbow Trout Fishing in California!! Miguel Alfonso landed a 22-inch EAGLE LAKE Family Recreation Park FULLY FURNISHED CABINS Sept. 29 - Oct. 13, 2017 striper while fishing a jumbo minnow at Verona, noted Boggs. Salmon fishing in the Colusa area is still quite tough. “A few guys are picking up jacks here and there,” said Stewart Mattos at Kittle’s Outdoors in Colusa. ‘Bank anglers are also catching some catfish on sardines and anchovies at the Colusa State Park.” -Dan Bacher LAKE DAVIS Catfish, Black Bass Top Early Fall Angling Menu PORTOLA – If you just like to take home some tasty fish, brown bullhead catfish offer the top angling fare at Lake Davis. Catfish action is most productive in the Eagle Point, Cat Cove, and Coot Bay areas, according to Jeanne Graham at J and J Grizzly Store and Camping Resort. Bank fishermen are hooking whiskerfish in the 1 to 2 lb. range while soaking nightcrawlers and catfish PowerBait. For largemouth bass averaging 2 pounds each, she recommended fishing from boat or shore in the weeds from the Lightning Tree to Fairview. Anglers are employing an array of jigs and plastic worms to entice the bass. Families continue to catch and release bluegill, pumpkinseed sunfish and juvenile bass whi