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20 Oct. 13- 27, 2017 VOL. 36 • ISS. 22
HOW TO By Cal Kellogg continued from page 15
Some guys are running braided line these days. It’ s not necessary, but it does work well. If you go the braid route 10 pound test is awesome, but 15 will work too.
The bottom line is to go with a line you trust and tie good knots. Confidence means a lot!
The Basic Sliding Sinker Rig
Since trout spend most of their time holding near the bottom, that’ s the most effective zone for presenting your bait. The basic bait fishing set up is the sliding sinker rig. To construct sliding sinker rigs that meet a number of different situations and conditions you’ ll need a selection of hooks, weights, beads and swivels along with a with some fluorocarbon leader material.
I keep my various bait fishing supplies in a plastic compartment box. I like to have both bait holder and octopus hooks on hand in sizes 8, 10 and 12.
For sinkers, I try to stay away from round fat egg style sinkers. I prefer to use the tapered bullet sinkers popular among bass anglers because they are more snag resistant. A selection of sinkers from 1 / 4 to 1 / 2 ounce will cover most situations.
I swear by fluorocarbon leader material. Due to its molecular make up fluorocarbon line diffuses light in much the same way as water, making it virtually invisible to fish. Sometimes, having an invisible leader isn’ t important, but at other times it is a critical element of success. As a result, I use fluorocarbon leaders at all times. Most often I use 6 pound test.
Once you’ ve gathered all the necessary components, putting together a rig is simple. The first step is to pass the line of your spinning rod through one of your sinkers going in from the narrow end and out through the wide end. Next pass your line through a bead and then tie on a swivel using an improved clinch knot. The bead acts as a spacer between the weight and the swivel, protecting the integrity of the knot. To the other end of the swivel attach an 18 to 36 inch section of fluorocarbon leader with an improved clinch knot. The final step is to tie a hook to the end of the leader using a palomar knot.
The Baits
Worms are deadly baits for trout. Not only do worms put of scent, but they also provide eye catching movement as they struggle on the hook. You can fish your
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worms naked, by simply injecting them with air so they float and casting them out or you can team them with marshmallows for added scent and attraction. Some days trout want them naked, some days worms and mallows work better and other days it doesn’ t seem to matter.
I’ ve caught plenty of trout while fishing worms rigged on octopus hooks, but overall I’ ve had better success while teaming them with baitholders.
When PowerBait stormed onto the trout fishing scene way back in the‘ 80’ s it changed everything. Here was this commercially produced floating dough that trout, particularly planted and holdover rainbows, just couldn’ t lay off.
In most situations PowerBait out fished the salmon eggs and cheese baits we’ d been using and we didn’ t have to deal with the mess and rigging techniques associated with our old standby baits. Here we are nearly 40 years later and PowerBait is still fooling trout.
These days I won’ t go trout fishing without some PowerBait in my pack, but I’ ve also added a selection of Zeke’ s Sierra Gold. Sierra Gold looks and feels like PowerBait, but it smells different. Some days the trout hate PowerBait and love Zeke’ s. At other times the role is reversed and PowerBait gets all the love. Most of the time, both baits will tempt trout.
When you look at the dough bait display at your favorite tackle shop you’ ll see lots of bright colors and baits that have glitter mixed into them. Since I carry all my gear in a backpack, I like to keep things simple, carrying a selection of basic colors consisting mainly of yellow, orange and chartreuse dough from both PowerBait and Zeke’ s. That’ s six bottles of bait, plus or minus …
A common mistake I see folks make is using too much dough bait on their hooks. For dough bait fishing I rig up a leader with an octopus hook and imbed it in a ball of dough that is just big enough to cover the hook. Generally, this means I’ m using a ball of dough that measures about ¼ or 3 / 8 of an inch.
The Hanging Bobber Trick For More Hookups
A common mistake is fishing with a tight line. This works great for catfish and other less sensitive fish, but when a trout feels any kind of resistance it will likely as not spit out the bait. To prevent spooking trout, it is important to have some slack in the line so any trout that picks up the bait can move off and swallow the bait without feeling anything.
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Sacramento. Mike runs Flatfish early and then switches over to Pautzke cured roe as the morning goes on if his clients don’ t already have limits.
Bogue’ s clients have landed some jacks, but they’ ve also scored some huge kings in the 25 to 30 pound class. Mike Bogue’ s daughter Kara has a knack for busting big kings. She successfully battled a 30-pound class fish in late September!
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Trollers And Pluggers Battle Big Stripers
RIO VISTA- Striped bass continued to be landed by plug casters, while salmon fishing has taken off in response to cooler temperatures.
Trolling above the Rio Vista bridge up to the Ferry was the recommended tactic for anglers in search of salmon this week according to Craig Kamikawa at Fisherman’ s Warehouse in Sacramento.
“ A lot of guys are launching at either Sandy( Beach), or going down to Brannan( Island). They take a short trip up the river and drop in just above the bridge in about 25 feet of water and make their way up to the Ferry,” he tipped.
Double bladed chartreuse or chartreuse and silver Silvertrons worked best, according to Kamikawa. Kenji Nakagawa, pro angler with Owner Hooks and Phenix Rods said,“ There’ s good signs of birds and bait in Sherman lake, but the fish just haven’ t schooled up yet. Striper in the two to ten pound class can be taken on small swimbaits and shad pattern rattletraps.”
“ We continue to hunt for trophy grade fish in the far North and Central Delta. Low light conditions have resulted in a few big fish taken on large glide baits and magnum TopWater plugs.” he tipped.
However, Nakagawa related to spotty fishing when trying to find quality stripers.“ Feels more like musky fishing, 1000 casts for nothing and then it happens, we finally run into a giant 20-30 pound fish.
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