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winds and managed 16 trout to the boat to 22 inches,” said Netzel.“ The roughest part of the lake held the most fish. We trolled with Speedy Shiners at 2.7 mph at 20 to 35 feet deep in the North Fork.”
Two other trips there produced 8 rainbow trout to 20 inches and 6 trout to 17 inches“ The best area in the North Fork has been from the Granite Bay launch ramp to the first red buoy,” he noted.
Folsom Lake is holding 564,688 acre-feet of water, 58 percent of capacity and 108 percent of average. The water level is 424.39 feet in elevation, 41.71 feet from full.
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KLAMATH RIVER
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YREKA- Scott Caldwell of SC Guide Service reported top-notch steelhead and trout fishing on his latest two trips to the upper section of the Klamath River below the Iron Gate Fish Hatchery.
‘ The last two days on the Klamath were completely different,” said Caldwell.“ On
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Don Paganelli shows off a Folsom Lake spotted bass that he landed during a recent outing. Photo courtesy of PAGANELLI’ S BASS FISHING EXPERIENCE, Sacramento.
Thursday, my client John Kern caught and released 20 hard fighting 12 to 18 inch silver bullet steelhead. Yesterday my client Wade Braker caught 5 adults 18 to 25 inches, the biggest going
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“ All of the fish were in great shape and put up some excellent fights,” Caldwell stated.“ One day all they wanted was a backtrolled night crawler and yesterday we caught all the adult fish on 3.0 Carpspit Maglips.”
“ But in the end the results were the same; a great time was had by all. You just can’ t beat having the sections of the river all to yourself,” he concluded.
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BYRON – If you want to catch some fish, rainbow trout offer you the best chance of success on Los Vaqueros Reservoir now.
” Mt. Lassen has made two 1000 lb. plants of rainbows on the past two Mondays,” said Kent Hintzmann of the Los Vaqueros Marina.“ Some people are catching limits, some are getting two or three fish and others aren’ t catching anything.”
He said shore anglers are experiencing the top fishing while throwing out Power Bait and nightcrawlers in the south cove and
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Big fish honors go to Ernesto Buenaslor, who landed an 8.07 lb. rainbow while casting a Kastmaster in South Cove.
Most of the striped bass being caught are still undersized, but anglers are hooking more legalsized fish in the 18 to 22 inch class. Shore anglers are using doing best on anchovies fished near the marina and off Oak Point, while boaters are hooking the fish near East Cove.
The reservoir is currently storing 149,000 acre-feet. Water levels will slowly dropping due to evaporation and absorption. The water temperature is between 55 and 57 degrees. The water clarity remains between good and fair.
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Huge Trout, Abundant Bass Reward Anglers ANGELS CAMP – While the trout aren’ t showing in big numbers, the rainbows being caught by shore anglers and boaters at New Melones this year are beautiful holdover rainbows in the 3 to 7 lb. range.
“ This February has started out with beautiful weather and has brought out the trout anglers,” reported Gene Hildebrand of Glory Hole Sports.“ Some anglers have complained about the slow
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bite on the lake, which could be considered the norm this time of year, but it depends on who you ask.”
“ If you asked Mike Prather and Rick Smith of Sonora / Jamestown, then they would probably not be too shy in telling you that catching a 3 lb. 3 oz, 5 lb. 2 oz. and 5 lb. trout is not a bad day,” he said.
“ Another angler, Jason May of San Andreas wasn’ t complaining too much with his awesome 7 lb. 2 oz. lunker of a rainbow. It was caught at 30 ft. of water on Power Bait in Angels Cove,” said Hildebrand.
Hildebrand said anglers report bass fishing has been good when using Texas rig / crawdad and Carolina rig from 3 ft. sloping down to 10 feet. River2Sea Swaver lures have been bringing in some of the larger bass caught in the tournaments going on at New Melones, along with Huddleston Swimbaits.
“ This past couple of weeks I fished many of the Mother Lode Lakes,” said John Liechty of Xperience Guide Service.“ We started on New Melones and found the fishing to be excellent, day after day catching 30 to 40- fish.”
“ The spotted bass are extremely healthy and we are landing a handful of 3 to 4-pound fish each trip. The water is gin clear and we are using primarily finesse techniques to find success,” he said.
“ After fishing Don Pedro and McClure, I returned to New Melones and picked up where I left off, catching quality fish,” he noted.“ Mitchell Robbins and Nikos Miller caught and released
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