Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3709 April 13-27, 2018 | Page 33

Macks, Browns & Occasional Rainbows Reward High Sierra Anglers SOUTH LAKE TAHOE - If you would like to land some mackinaw and have a shot at hooking a jumbo brown or a beautiful rainbow, now is the time to hit Lake Tahoe. “My friends Jimmy Ness, Ray Garcia and I took our kayaks up to Tahoe and had a fantastic tip jigging and trolling for mackinaw and trout. We launched at Cave Rock and stayed within a mile of the ramp,” said Steve Wong. “We got 9 mackinaw to 11 pounds while jigging Duh! Spoons. We also landed a couple mackinaw while trolling count down Rapalas along with a 21 inch brown and a 19 inch rainbow. The rainbow was so silver that it looked like a salmon,” exclaimed Wong. The team at Tahoe Sportfishing have been putting their clients on productive mackinaw action at the lake’s south end. Minnows teamed with flashers have been working well when trolled from 100 to 200 feet deep. The average mack is going 3 to 6 pounds and there have been larger fish up to and beyond 10 pounds caught. Mickey Daniels of Mickey’s Big Mack Charters has also been enjoying solid mack success on fish up to 8 pounds. Mickey has been working the northern end of the lake with a variety of different offerings. The folks at Mountain Hardware are reporting that the boat launch is open at Donner Lake. Mack fishing for those who fish off the boat is good. Macks can be found at depth of 18-75 feet and most concentrations of these fish can be found around ledges and drop-offs. Macks that are closer to the shore right now are ranging from 2-5 pounds mostly and have been hitting small spoons such as Kastmasters, Krocodiles and larger spinners. TRINITY LAKE/RIVER Time to Target Bass, Trout WEAVERVILLE – Both the black bass and rainbow trout bites should be heating up on Trinity Lake with the warming weather. “Trinity Lake is 40’ from full pool and its looking like it’s in great shape for the 2018 season,” said Jeff Goodwin of Jeff Goodwin’s Guide Service. “Bass anglers are already hooking smallmouth and largemouth bass all over the lake. The trout bite has been good and the rainbows should be headed for the creek mouths any time before running up to spawn.” “The kokanee and king salmon fishing should be quite good again this year, and don’t forget, CDFW increased salmon limits to 10 salmon per angler, per day. The possession limit is 20 salmon! That’s a lot of fish for the bbq or the smoker if that’s your taste,” he added. Fishing pressure has been very light on both Trinity Lake and the Trinity River, according to Tim Brady of Brady’s Sporting Goods. Trinity Lake is holding 1,832,426 acre feet of water, 75 percent of capacity and 96 percent of the 10-year-average. - Dan Bacher WEST DELTA Anglers Overcome Muddy Water to Land Stripers The West Delta striper trolling bite is un- derway. This beautiful bass was caught on March 18 during a trip with Captain David Hammond. Photo courtesy of DELTA PRO FISHING, Elk Grove. Y Paul nailed this beautiful Delta striper while fishing with Tom Amberson on March 18. Photo courtesy of TOM AMBERSON,