Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3621 Sept 29- Oct 13 2017 | Page 28
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FRESHWATER
Sept. 29 - Oct. 13, 2017
VOL.36 • ISS. 21
NorCal Trout Anglers
Challenge Tournament
Of Champions To Take
Place At Collins Lake
November 4 & 5!
W
hile many folks think of
Collins Lake as a spring trout
fishing destination, the impoundment
also offers outstanding action during
the fall months. When the Northern
California Trout Anglers Challenge
Tournament of Champions is held at
Collins Lake on November 4 and 5,
the trout bite for big holdover rain-
bows should be red hot.
There will be a long list of prizes up
for grabs at the Collins Lake TOC.
To catch a limit of handsome fall
trout at Collins Lake you likely won’t
have to do anything fancy, basic tac-
tics should work just fine.
When it comes to soaking bait off
the bank at Collins worms work,
but dough bait is king. PowerBait is
the tried and true standard in color
schemes like rainbow, chartreuse and
orange, yet other dough concoctions
work too. I’ve enjoyed excellent re-
sults while soaking Zeke’s Sierra Gold
at the lake over the past couple years.
If sitting and soaking bait isn’t your
style, but you still want to fish off the
bank hiking and casting is the sport
for you. Fall and winter trout tend to
concentrate just under the surface near
the bank, making them a prime target
for bank bound pluggers. When I plug
at Collins, I typically carry a pair of
spinning rods with me.
One is armed with a quarter ounce
blue and chrome Kastmast