Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3622 Oct. 13-27, 2017 | Page 10

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solid for the few fishermen targeting the holdover rainbows with Speedy Shiners at a fast speed to 3 mph.

Trout plants should begin by the end of October or into early November as the water temperature is still 76 degrees despite cooling within the week. The lake dropped slightly to 83 percent.

- Dave Hurley

CARSON PASS REGION

Shore Fishermen Battle Rainbow Trout

KIRKWOOD – Trout fishing is“ pretty good” at Caples Lake, despite an early snowstorm that left 5 inches of snow on the ground, reported Joe Voss at Caples Lake Resort.

“ The snow has melted around the lake” said Voss.“ Shore anglers are picking up mostly planter rainbows while fishing worms, Kastmasters and Mepps spinners in the creek inlet, off the spillway and near the dam. Boaters are also finding success fishing the same baits and lures.”

Big trout honors go to Brittany St. Claire, who landed a 4 lb. rainbow trout while soaking a worm near the far side of the dam. Another shore angler nailed a 3 lb. German brown by the spillway.

The lake level is only 6 feet from full and all of the launch ramp facilities are in full operation.

A good prospect for rainbow and brook trout is the West Fork of the Carson River in the Hope Valley, noted Voss. Anglers are fishing worms and salmon eggs, along with an array of flies.

Fishing pressure remains very light at Lower Bear River Reservoir. Expect the rainbow, brown and mackinaw fishing to pick up with the arrival of cooler weather. The surface water temperature had cooled to 62 degrees at press time.

- Dan Bacher

CLEAR LAKE

Largemouth Action Slows Down

YUBA CITY- Largemouth bass fishing is tough at Clear Lake, probably due to a dramatic temperature change.“ The water temperature dropped from 77 to 66 degrees in less than a week,” said Dave Brabec of Clear Lake Outdoors.

“ Everybody is struggling to catch 1 to 3 pounders,” he said.“ The action isn’ t great like it was 1-1 / 2 months ago.

Anglers are hooking the bass on a a little bit of everything; there’ s no one bait that’ s working best”

“ On my latest trip on the lake, I caught and released five little ones, ranging from 1— 1 / 2 to 2 pounds, while using jigs and chatter baits,” he tipped.“ I fished until noon in 10 feet of water in the lake’ s south end.”

‘ There was a shad die off on Friday and lots of dead shad in the Lucerne area,’ he added.

Anglers fishing small jigs in deep water around Shag Rock and Konotyee are catching a few crappie. The crappie action should pick up as the water temperature continues to cool. Brabec hasn’ t heard any reports of catfish angling success lately.

The lake is 4-1 / 2 feet from full, a couple of feet above normal.

COLLINS LAKE

Catfish, Panfish & Bass Offer Top Early Fall Action

OREGON HOUSE- The surface water temperature at Collins Lake had cooled down to 73 degrees at press time, but the water needs to go to below 70 degrees until the trout bite picks up. Catfish, panfish and black bass offer the current best fishing on the lake.

Glen Bruning of Sacramento was fishing with his family for panfish when he landed a 9.4 lb. channel catfish.

“ He hooked the fish while using a piece of nightcrawler on a small salmon egg hook early in the morning off the campground,” said Lincoln Young at Collins Lake Resort.“ They also caught six redear sunfish in the 1 lb. class.”

Bass fishing is best in the northern channel of the lake.“ There is a lot of activity in the evenings as the bass chase threadfin shad,” said Young.“ Most of the fish are spotted bass in the 2 to 3 lb. range. For the top success, throw out or troll shad imitation crankbaits and other lures.”

For crappie, redear sunfish and bluegill, Young advised anglers to fish minnows and red worms around the main dock and the rental docks.

The trout fishing is tough. Anglers are downrigger trolling with lures and nightcrawlers at 45 to 50 feet deep, for the trout, but few are trying. Young expects the fishing to pick up by mid-October, providing the water cools down more.

The lake level is 22 feet from full, a great level for this time of year.

COLUSA / KNIGHTS LANDING

Big Cats Still Hitting As Salmon Action Improves

RIO LINDA – While channel catfish still offer the top sport

Jesse Makemson took first place in the annual Lake Amador catfish derby this September. He won $ 1000 and released the fish after the weigh in.

Photo courtesy of the LAKE AMADOR CAFÉ, Lake Amador.

for anglers in the Knights Landing section of the Sacramento River, the salmon action has definitely improved in the Verona area.

“ While we haven’ t seen any catfish like the 22 pounder we saw a couple of weeks ago, there are still some big cats out there,” said Tim Boggs of Elkhorn Outdoors.“ The largest we saw this week was the 13 pounder that Matt Damion of Rio Linda landed while fishing salmon roe from shore. He fished the First Beach area, about a couple of miles above Knights Landing.”

While Damion landed his cat soaking roe, other anglers are hooking their fish on mackerel. The average cat goes about 3 pounds.

“ The salmon fishing has been best next to the dock at Verona,” said Boggs.“ Anglers are anchor fishing with plugs or spinners. The Rio Ramaza area is also producing kings for boaters anchor fishing and trolling.”

Fishing pressure for salmon remains very light in both the Knights Landing and Colusa areas.‘ We haven’ t heard of any salmon caught locally by anglers lately – most fishermen are concentrating on the good fishing on the Feather,” said Stewart Mattos at Kittle’ s Outdoors in Colusa.

-Dan Bacher

LAKE DAVIS

Water Cools, But Trout Action Still Tough

PORTOLA – The surface water temperature has cooled down to 57 degrees on the north end of Lake Davis, but trout fishing remains slow.

Guide John Baiocchi reported catching two rainbows over 20 inches while trolling with his brown trolling flies. However, fishing slowed for the anglers trying the lake on the following day, reported Jeanne Graham of the J and J Grizzly Store and Camping Resort.

Since the water has cooled down, she hasn’ t heard of any of the brown bullhead catfish, largemouth bass and bluegill and pumpkinseed sunfish that were biting all summer hitting anglers’ offerings lately.

“ It’ s been very cold up here at 29 degrees this morning,” she added.“ We saw a high of just 57 degrees today, although the weather is supposed to warm up this week.”

Lake Davis is holding 73,317 acre feet of water, 88 percent of capacity and 124 percent of average.

- Dan Bacher

DEL VALLE LAKE

Catfish Are Roaming The Shoreline

LIVERMORE – Catfish have been the hot bite this week at Lake Del Valle, with

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