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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 .
- Dan Bacher
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
Los Vaqueros Reservoir
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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“ 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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