Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3623 Oct. 17- Nov. 10 2017 | Page 10
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FRESHWATER
Oct. 27 - Nov. 10, 2017
FRESHWATER REPORTS:
American River is improving as more fish
move into the lower river.
“We landed three salmon on my latest
AMERICAN BASIN cont.
trolling trip on the American above the
the 12 to 24 inch range while trolling jointed
Upper Dredger Hole while using glow in the
Rapala Fat Raps in red crawdad patterns
dark M-2 Flatfish and pink and pearl K-15
along the bottom at French Meadows,
Kwikfish,” reported Uncle Larry Barnes of
reported Craig Newton at Willfish Bait and
Sacramento Pro Tackle. “I landed two fish
Tackle.
weighing 18 and 27-1/2 pounds while Ernie
Shore fishing should also be picking up
Hallett landed one weighing 9-1/2 pounds.’
at French Meadows. Anglers can pick up
The Nimbus Hatchery Fish Ladder on the
rainbows and browns while tossing out
American River opened Monday, Oct. 9 at
PowerBait, nightcrawlers and Rapalas in
10:45 a.m.
the river inlet and near the dam.
The ladder is opening unusually early
“The same guys hooking fish at French
in the season to accommodate the arrival
Meadows are also catching browns and
of returning adult fall-run Chinook salmon
rainbows at Hell Hole Reservoir while using
that hatched in the Coleman National Fish
the same method,” said Newton.
Hatchery (CNFH) in Battle Creek in 2014,
For great wild rainbow and brown fishing, according to the CDFW. Eggs from fall-
Newton recommended fishing Panther
run Chinook salmon that stray to Nimbus
Martins and Kastmasters in the Middle Fork Hatchery will be returned to CNFH to
of the American above Ruck-A-Chucky.
ensure a healthy population of these fish
“‘One customer’s daughter landed a 3 lb.
for commercial, recreational and ecological
brown there,” he said.
purposes.
For the third consecutive summer, SMUD
“These fish were born at the height of
and the California Department of Fish and
the drought in 2014,” said Jay Rowan,
Wildlife (CDFW) stocked rainbow trout in
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
three Crystal Basin reservoirs. There are
(CDFW) North Central Region Senior
still plenty of these fish swimming round in
Environmental Scientist. “They were
these lakes for anglers to catch; now that
trucked to the Delta as fry and released
fall has arrived.
near Rio Vista and the San Pablo Bay as
Union Valley received the largest number
part of a massive effort to improve their
of fish, 10,000 pounds, as it’s the largest
chances for survival in a year of poor river
of the three reservoirs. Ice House received
conditions.”
8,750 pounds and Loon Lake received
Returning now as adults, many of these
6,250 pounds. The stocked trout average 1
salmon will stray into the American River
to 2 pounds each.
and not return to their home waters to
spawn. The lack of returning fish will make
it extremely difficult for the CNFH to reach
their goal of producing 12 million fall-run
AMERICAN RIVER
Chinook salmon this fall to release in the
waters below Lake Shasta.
Fish Hatchery Ladder Opens
CDFW is partnering with the U.S. Fish
Early For Salmon
and Wildlife Service (USFWS), with the
SACRAMENTO - Fishing on the lower
support of the Bureau of Reclamation,
to collect eggs
at Nimbus Fish
The Lake is UP and the
Hatchery to assist
Spalding Ramp and Slips are OPEN! CNFH in meeting
The BEST Rainbow Trout Fishing in California!! its production goals
and maintaining
a stable salmon
population on Battle
Creek and the upper
Sacramento River.
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