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“ The shoreline of the South Cove is lined with anglers fishing for catfish,” said Garrett Anctil of the Los Vaqueros Recreation Company.“ The guys who find the right spot are catching limits of catfish in the 5 to 10 lb. range. The fish are hitting best on anchovies and chicken livers.”
On the same day as the catfish plant, Mt. Lassen planted 1,000 pounds of rainbow trout in the reservoir.
“ The trout fishing is still good, but the wind and rain has muddied up the water,” said Anctil.“ Anglers are using PowerBait, nightcrawlers and other baits in the South Cove and other areas around the lake.”
Anglers weighed in two trout over 6 pounds over the past couple of weeks. Bailey Camp of Dublin landed a 6.15 lb. trout while fishing a deep-diving crankbait in Cox Cove. Manuel Zimiga successfully battled a 6.5 lb. rainbow while soaking PowerBait.
Anglers continue to catch both shaker and legal-sized stripers at Los Vaqueros. Cut anchovies or shad are the baits of choice, fished either from shore or a boat.
The reservoir is currently storing 148,000 acre-feet of water. Water levels will slowly drop due to evaporation and absorption. The water temperature is between 54 and 56 degrees.
NEW MELONES
Bass Offer Best Chance of Hooking Up
ANGELS CAMP – Bass fishing remains the best bet at New Melones as the water of the main lake remains relatively clear despite heavy inflow from the upper Stanislaus River.
Trout fishing continues to be slow, and although the crappie bite has yet to emerge, Mile Wampler of Escalon landed upped the lake-record for slabs to 2.7 pounds during the Future Pro Tour bass tournament. With the coming outstanding weather, the bass bite is poised to break out.
John Liechty of Xperience Fishing Guide Service said,“ We cracked them good this week with 70 bass to nearly 6 pounds on two trips during the week. The reaction bite continues to be slow, and we put in around 90 percent of these fish on plastics on a shakey head or drop-shot along with jigs with the fish holding at depths from 15 to
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The spring spotted bass bite is on at Collins Lake as these anglers will certainly attest. These fish were caught during a March bass fishing adventure.
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“ The lake is coming up, but it remains clear in the main lake with some cloudy water in the creek channels. I expect the bass bite to be phenomenal within the next few weeks as the temperatures will rise to 80 degrees. The reaction bite that we have been waiting for should go,” said Liechty.
Gene Hildebrand of Glory Hole Sporting Goods in Angels Camp reported slow action for rainbow trout, catfish, and crappie despite the big slab landed by Wampler during the Future Pro Tour Event.
The lake rose from 80 to 83 percent this week.
- Dave Hurley
OROVILLE LAKE
Landlocked Kings Available, Few Trying
OROVILLE – The Lake Oroville water level is rapidly rising from the latest storms. The reservoir is currently holding 2,018,258 acre-feet of water, 57 percent of capacity and 76 percent of average. The lake elevation is 783.70 feet above sea level, a rise over 54 feet in just two weeks.
As the water clears and the water temperature warms up, anglers can expect increasingly productive king salmon fishing. Very few anglers have been trying the lake for salmon, since striper and sturgeon fishing on the Sacramento River has occupied the attention of most.
For kings, Rob Reimers of Rustic Rob’ s Guide Service recommended trolling around 25 feet deep around the green bridge with Brad’ s cut plugs, filled with a piece of anchovy scented with Pro-Cure
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Speedy Shiners. Before the storms raised the lake level, anglers were hooking two classes of fish – the 9 to 10 inch kings planted in November 2017 and the larger 13-1 / 2 to 15 inch salmon stocked that March.
Most bass anglers are still fishing deep, at 25 to 50 feet deep., but expect the fish to shift into pre-spawn mode with the current spring weather. Most of the fish are“ slot limit” spotted bass in the 12 to 15 inch range, with some fish over 15 inches. Fishing with drop shot rigs with Robo Worms in pond smelt and shad patterns is always productive at Oroville.
- Dan Bacher
PARDEE LAKE
Weekly Plants Keep Trout Bite Going
IONE- Pardee Lake has risen to 100 percent of capacity and trollers continue to experience good action on rainbow trout while fishing an array of lures in the main body. The kokanee fishing is still spotty, though some big fish are possible.
Although fishing and fishing pressure slowed with recent storms, it picked back up on the weekend after Friday’ s plant of rainbow trout ranging from ½ to 2 pounds.
Shore anglers are employing PowerBait, Mouse Tails and other offerings off Rainbow Point and Tom Sawyer’ s Island and near the marina. The reservoir is 100 percent full. Trollers using flashers and nightcrawlers are also hooking trout on kokanee rigs.
Big fish honors go to Bill Campbell of Cameron Park, who landed a 7.91 lb. rainbow while trolling a nighcrawler behind dodgers, reported Brad Hoyt of the Rocky Mountain Recreation Company. Brian Stahley of Stockton also landed a 5-1 / 2 lb. rainbow in Narrows while using a rainbow Rapala.
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A shore fisherman landed a 6.28 lb. rainbow while fishing a Pistol Pete Lure near the Jackson Creek Spillway.
In Saturday’ s Gold Country Junior Bass Tournament, the biggest fish was 3.4 pounds and the largest limit was 10 pounds.
- Dan Bacher
PYRAMID LAKE
What Happened to the Shore Bite?
RENO- Everything was looking great in late February and early March at Pyramid Lake. Over the course of the month of March, the cutthroat bite has progressively slowed when it should have been gaining momentum.
On this writer’ s last two trips, the scores were four fish on the first trip and one fish on the second trip. On both occasions, I was the hot rod for the entire beach. The crowds are fairly light, and it has to be attributed to the lack of good scores coming from the lake.
Don’ t just take my pitiful results as the dogma of recent fishing reports. Lou Varela hit Pyramid on Friday, March 30th and summed up his day very succinctly,“ I hit Pyramid from my boat today, and it SUCKED!” Most flummoxed anglers by boat or ladder are reporting similar results.
Pelican Point and bay is probably the best spot at this time. There are more fish hanging in this area than at the Nets Beaches. However, the bottom is very mossy at Pelican, and it is really hindering angler effort. It is impossible to strip a fly along the bottom for very long without it fowling with snotty moss. Thus, hanging nymphs under and indicator is the best approach at this time.
Why is the bite slow? It’ s hard to say. Hopefully, the bite will pick up as the end of the season comes near. The month of April is typically a pretty good month for ladder and shore anglers.
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