Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3623 Oct. 17- Nov. 10 2017 | Page 7

VOL.36 • ISS. 23 “When I am fishing a frog or flipping matted vegetation, I am throwing the new X-TCB 8 Carrier Braided Line form P-Line. It is critical to be stealthy with both techniques, and with P-line’s new braid, you can make longer casts and it is ultra quiet com- ing through the grass.” – Bass Pro Bryan Thrift GO FOR IT! Oct. 27 - Nov. 10, 2017 PRO’S POINTER 5 HOT BITES... 1. S.F. BAY HALIBUT… Red hot fall halibut fishing has erupted in San Francisco Bay. For fish to 18 lbs anglers are drifting live bait in both the central and northern parts of the bay. 2. SAC RIVER KINGS… Salmon to 30 lbs are being caught and limits are the rule. Flatfish work early, roe works well later in the day. 3. PYRAMID TROUT … Trollers are battling cutthroat trout that weigh up to 17 lbs. The most productive lures are either Flatfish or Apexs in green color patterns. 4. DELTA STRIPER BITE… The West Delta striper bite is wide-open. Trollers, pluggers and bait soakers are landing limits of bass that range up to 20 lbs. GOOD BETS... Tactical . GETting it done. as an angler, success depends on the tactical decisions MADE long before you get to the water. You need every possible advantage to compete with the serious anglers of today. that BEGINS with your line. derived using the latest in raw material and extrusion advancements, TACTICAL DELIVERS Longer casts, extreme invisibility AND UNEQUALLED KNOT STRENGTH. head to the water spooled with the strongest, and most supple fluorocarbon. AWARD WINNING TACTICAL FLUOROCARBON. Available in 6-20lb. Test ~ 200 yard spools. 5. TAHOE MACKS… Limits of mackinaw in the 3 to 11 lb range are the rule. To hook up troll rigged minnows teamed with blades or jig with spoons 100 to 220 feet deep. 6. ROGUE CHINOOK… Trollers are hooking salmon while working the mouth of the river. For success, slow troll rigged anchovies teamed with green spinner blades. 7. BODEGA ROCKFISH… The hardheads are on a solid bite. Shrimp flies are the top producer, but metal jigs and soft plastic swimbaits are drawing strikes too. 8. BERRYESSA SPOON BITE… Spooning is going strong for bassers working around baitfish schools. Most of the bass are spots, but largemouths and smallmouths are showing too. SLEEPERS... 9. TWIN LAKES TROUT … Fall is in the air in the Eastern Sierra and the Twins are producing trout to 6.5 lbs. PowerBait, flies and Rapalas are the top offerings. 10. HALF MOON ROCKFISH… Limits are the rule for Central Coast anglers chasing rockfish. Shrimp flies tipped with Gulp! soft baits are hooking both rockfish and lingcod. 11. DEL VALLE CATS … Catfish season is coming to an end, but the whiskerfish are still biting. Soak mackerel or nightcrawlers for fish to 9 lbs. P-Line Pro-Staffer scott martin Record 8-time FLW Tour Winner AT Lake Cumberland 12. ROLLINS LAKE BASS… Spotted and smallmouth bass are on a solid fall blitz. Crankbaits and topwaters are hooking up to a dozen bass per day ranging up to 2 lbs. COMING SOON... 13. KLAMATH STEELHEAD… November should be a good month for steelhead. Conventional anglers will score with both roe and back trolled plugs. 14. TRINITY RIVER STEELHEAD… Steelheading will get started on the Trinity in October and peaks in late November. Both fly and conventional anglers will get in on the excitement. 15. AMERICAN RIVER STEELHEAD… Steelhead season on the American River below Nimbus Dam kicks off January 1. Roe and Little Cleos work well. 16. SMITH RIVER STEELHEAD… Steelhead fishing will get started on the Smith in December and peak in January depending on the conditions. Roe will produce trophies. www.P-Line.com P-Line The Fisherman.indd 1 4/14/17 1:20 PM