8 May 11- 22, 2018 VOL. 37 • ISS. 11

ALMANOR

Browns, Rainbows, Kings & Smallmouth Bass All Testing Tackle

CHESTER-“ The weather continues to be somewhat unsettled here at Lake Almanor. One minute it’ s spring, the next it’ s back to winter. Water temps have been all over the place from the mid 40’ s to almost the mid 50’ s on several flat sunny afternoons,” disclosed Bryan Roccucci of Big Daddy’ s Guide Service.

“ All of these spring storms have ensured Almanor, as well as many other lakes, will have a good

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supply of water to get us through the season with good fishing. The changing weather is also having an effect on our fishing and the locations and techniques used,” said Roccucci.

“ We are still catching some nice browns, including a beautiful one that put up a fantastic battle yesterday, before freeing himself prior to the net. The one that got away! Also in the mixed bag are rainbows, salmon and some nice smallmouth,” Roccucci exclaimed.

“ The fish are not holding in any particular areas in big numbers, so as in weeks past we are still covering a lot of water. Locations

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August on the west shore, east shore, areas on both sides of the peninsula and even up north have all given up fish to us. It is just a matter of reading the conditions on a daily basis. The plugs are still producing, however we are starting to see signs that the usually hot spring rainbow bite could be just around the corner. Time to polish up the hardware,” Roccucci concluded.

“ Mike Sperbeck and I fished our second Mountain Bass Association tournament at beautiful Lake Almanor yesterday – Saturday,“ said Larry Hemphill, fishing guide.‘ I didn’ t hear the total number of boats, but over 30, We survived the early morning start but felt like popsicles when we arrived at our spot. Brrrrr!! By around noon, the weather had warmed with the sun out and the afternoon was drop-dead gorgeous!!

“ What a beautiful lake- especially with the snow on all the surrounding mountains. The bite seemed a little slower than last year, probably because of the very cold weather

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the weekend before. Lots of beautiful smalies were weighed in, but only one over 4 lbs. Last year there were three and Mike had caught one of them. This year the big limit was over 17 lbs and two limits of 16 + lbs. Last year Mike and I had one of the 17 lb limits and took third,” said Hemphill.“

“ This year we fell a notch and didn’ t get a plaque. Darn- they were good looking plaques. We took fourth, one place out of the plaques! We did get a check and they paid down to 7th place- nice. Great bunch of anglers and good fellowship after the tournament,” he concluded.

AMADOR LAKE

Take Your Pick of Trout, Bass Or Sunfish

IONE –“ Fishing has been hot, hot, hot since this past weekend,” reported Elizabeth Lockhart of Lake Amador Resort.“ Bass, bluegill, crappie, and catfish have been brought in, as well and tons of limits of trout.”

She said people have been doing great at 10-12 ft. deep.“ Almost all reports from fisherman are that the trout have been scattered and you need to move around to find them, but you won’ t be disappointed,” she said.

Successful anglers include Bill from Sacramento, who

Trent shows off a huge limit of rainbows he caught during a kids fishing event at Lake Camanche on April 21.

Photo courtesy of the LAKE CAMANCHE

RECREATION AREA, Lake Camanche.

took home a 6.5 lb. trout that he caught on a Mouse Tail. Dayton, Dale, and Jim from Placerville caught their limits from shore on green PowerBait.

“ Brandon, Sean, Jeff, and Dominic had a great day out fishing and all caught limits while using Power Eggs,” added Lockhart.“ The fish were everywhere, about 10-12 ft. deep. Dominic caught the big fish weighing 5.46 lbs.”

The lake is completely full and the boat launching facilities are in full operation.

AMERICAN RIVER

Bureau Ramps River Flows Down to 2,000 CFS

SACRAMENTO- Releases to the American River below Nimbus Dam ranged from 25,000 to 2,000 cfs during April. Few anglers have been fishing for late season steelhead or shad over the past couple of weeks, but fishermen should start picking up good

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