Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3707 March 16-30, 2018 | Page 11
FRESHWATER REPORTS:
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BERRYESSA LAKE
Bass Anglers Brave Cold,
Winds
WINTERS – Larry Hemphill, fishing
guide, reported guiding a client who had
fished the main body of Berryessa several
times on a windy day that limited fishing
options.
“It worked out well that he wanted to
learn the narrows, since we couldn’t get
out on the main body with 25-30 mph
winds,” said Hemphill. “I always wish the
weather could be perfect for my clients,
but it rarely is. We were able to cover most
of the narrows and visited lots of off-shore
structure areas. “
“There really are some interesting areas
in the narrows,” he reported. “We did fish
effectively before the winds got tough and
caught 3 nice bass and a 3 lb largemouth in
the afternoon.”
“He caught a beautiful smallie about
2-3/4 lbs. Our best 4 were about 9-1/2 lbs
- all 3 species, along with several smaller
bass. Average depth was about 25-55 feet.
The biggest largemouth was near the back
of a cove in about 8 feet of water. She must
have been lost” he noted.
“I did not see much bait, but did find a
massive school on a Narrows point,” stated
Hemphill. “The bait ball was 60-75 feet!
I did spoon two largemouth which were
small, and the school was gone.”
“With the sun out all day, the water
temperature rose - are you ready for this
- .8 degrees. Yes, less than one degree,”
Hemphill observed.
“We checked
the backs of
many coves
and didn’t see
any bass. The
2 biggest bass
were caught on
Senkos. Drop-
shotting Robo
worms worked
ok, but no jig bite.
Of course, wish
we had been out
today - no wind
and warmer,” he
concluded.
Boaters are
still catching
limits of rainbow
trout while top
line trolling at
Berryessa, but
they’re working
harder for them
because the fish
are scattered
Ed Fiske holds up a big Lake Camanche rainbow that couldn’t lay off a
Paulina Peak dodger teamed with a threaded night crawler on February
throughout the
18.
main body.
Photo courtesy of FISH TALES GUIDE SERVICE, Grass Valley.
“The fish
average 14
to 18 inches long,” said Alan Fong at
Fisherman’s Warehouse in Sacramento.
trip to Englebright that yielded solid trout
“They’re hitting best on the new Rapala
fishing. The two anglers landed 7 trout in
Scatter Raps in shad #5 or #7 patterns.”
the 12 to 14 inch range.
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ENGLEBRIGHT
RESERVOIRS
Rainbows Scrap It Out
SMARTVILLE -
Boaters are catching
scrappy rainbows
while trolling an
array of offerings
at Englebright
Reservoir.
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Fish Sniffer
Publisher, and
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