Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3623 Oct. 17- Nov. 10 2017 | Page 11
FRESHWATER
VOL.36 • ISS. 23
Oct. 27 - Nov. 10, 2017
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Trout fishing
with flies, spinners
and nightcrawlers
remains good on the
East Fork and West
Forks of the Carson
rivers, where
anglers are hooking
some big, bold
rainbows planted by
the Alpine County
Fish and Game
Commission.
“Some anglers
that came through
the resort reported
hooking some
CARSON PASS REGION
rainbows in the 8
to 10 inch range at
Mackinaw Highlights Caples
Upper and Lower
Catches
Blue Lakes,” said
KIRKWOOD – Trout fishing has been a
Voss.
little slow lately at Caples Lake lately, but at
Mike Raso at
least one angler reported a great day.
the Bear River
Twelve-year-old Basin Silver landed a 20
Lake Resort
These anglers used a combination of roe and plugs to nail limits of Feather River king salmon to 30 plus pounds while
inch mackinaw while trolling in her canoe
recommended
fishing with Robert Weese this October.
in Emigrant Bay, reported Joe Voss at the
Photo courtesy of NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GUIDE SERVICE, Redding.
fishing PowerBait
Caples Lake Resort.
and worms at the
“The weather has been fantastic,” said
“The jig bite is working at Collins like it
corner of the dam
of the lake,” he explained.
Voss. “For the best success on rainbows,
is at most other lakes this year. We had
for planter rainbows. The lake level is low
Crappie and catfish action is slow, with
fish worms off the bottom or use Rapalas
mo ost hits on jigs and a few on 7” Power
and the marina, rental boats and boat ramp
few anglers even going out. “There’s so
on light tackle.
Worms. Mike got a few shallow bass on a
are out of the water now.
much bait in the lake, plus the fish from the
Senko too,” he stated.
die off to feed on, that I figure the catfish
Big catfish honors go to Joseph Pele of
are so stuffed with food that they can barely
Sacramento, who caught a 9 1/4 lb channel
swim,” Brabec quipped.
cat while using cornmeal paste in the open
The lake is 4-1/2 feet from full, a couple
area.
of
feet
above
normal.
CLEAR LAKE
Dale from Forbestown caught the biggest
bass weighed in lately, a 5-3/4 lb. beauty,
Largemouth
while using crawdads across the lake on
Enthusiasts Tough
east side.
It Out
COLLINS LAKE
John Schenbari landed the largest trout,
CLEARLAKE – Clear
a
4.1
pounder, while floating worms middle
Fall Trout Plants Start
Lake is now in transition
of lake.
OREGON HOUS