Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3709 April 13-27, 2018 | Page 30

30 April 13 - 27, 2018 FRESHWATER VOL.37 • ISS. 09 FRESHWATER REPORTS: level and the surface water temperature is 55.6 degrees. RUSSIAN RIVER SANTA CLARA VALLEY LAKES CONTINUED FROM PG 22 Large Steelhead Run Reported at Warm Springs Hatchery GUERNEVILLE - Fishing on the Russian River was blown at press time, due to high flows from spring storms. The Warm Springs Fish Hatchery on Dry Creek below Lake Sonoma reported good numbers of steelhead showing at the facility, with 2485 steelhead trapped to date. The numbers at the Coyote Valley Fish Facility were also good, with a total of 1165 steelhead reported to date. “Last year the hatchery saw new fish well into April, so things aren’t over yet,” reported Steve Jackson at King’s Sport and Tackle. “Bait season on the Russian officially closed on April 1, but anglers can continue to use lures and flies.” “For those that fish the coastal streams, those also closed on April 1. We see fish continue to enter the Russian in April, so don’t despair - you still have time. Also coming in on the tails of the late steelhead will be early American shad.” SACRAMENTO AREA Stripers Convene for Spring Session SACRAMENTO – The spring striped bass run has arrived in the Sacramento River in the metropolitan area from Discovery Park down to Freeeport and Clarksburg and bank anglers are catching limits of keeper stripers. Anglers are hooking the fish while using sardines, jumbo minnows and pileworms, reported Carter Cruickshank at Broadway Anderson Reservoir Leads Bass Fishing Parades David Niacaris shows off a big sturgeon he landed and released while soaking bait in Suisun Bay on March 13. Photo courtesy of DAVE GAULT, Nevada City. Bait Rod & Gun. “The fishing has definitely improved,” said Uncle Larry Barnes of Sacramento Pro Tackle. “Before the storms, anglers were catching some 10 to 12 pounders. Currently anglers are catching limits of keepers averaging 20 inches long. The higher flows s