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best area has been from Folsom Point to the dam. Most of the holdovers are from 16 to 19 inches long.”

Bass fishing is also good.“ Boaters are catching a mixture of spotted, smallmouth and largemouth bass,” said Newton.“ They’ re using Senkos with a slow presentation in shallow water near shore.”

Jerry Lampkin of TNG Motor Sports Guide Service fished the recent Purple Heart Veterans Anglers Day at Folsom Lake.

“ The best bite was in front of Granite Bay 100 yards off the boat ramp,” Lampkin said.“ We ended up with three fish, all recent planters, and lost three others. Most of the fish caught during the event hit Speedy Shiners in copper / fluorescent orange and black / white and cop car Needlefish. There is a ton of debris near the dam.”

Folsom Lake is holding 904,879 acre feet of water, 93 percent of capacity and 120 percent of average. The lake level is 460 feet in elevation, 6 feet from maximum pool.

LOS VAQUEROS RESERVOIR

9.29 Lb. Trout Tops Derby

BYRON – Jacob Marcelja, of Livermore, won first place in the April trout derby at

Los Vaqueros with a 9.29 lb. trout measuring 26.1 inches long. He caught the rainbow on a rubber crawdad by the marina on April 23.

Fernando Venegas Orbe, of Hayward, placed second with a 7.67 lb. rainbow he fooled with PowerBait in South Cove on April 12. His fish measured 25 inches.

Luis Vazquez of San Leandro placed third with a 5.67 lb. trout he enticed with a Kastmaster in Peninsula Cove on April 17. His fish measured 21.7 inches.

The derby featured 55 participants, with 9 anglers weighing trout in.

Jason Graves put together a nice stringer of shad while fishing the lower American on May 2.

Photo courtesy of JASON GRAVES, Sacramento.

The top three finishers were rewarded with a choice of fishing equipment, bait, and

boat rental.“ Since the trout derby, the trout fishing has been slower,” said Garrett Anctil at the Los Vaqueros Marina,“ but anglers are still catching limits. The recent wind muddied up the water a bit. Fishermen are using PowerBait and nightcrawlers all around the lake.”

Rental boaters are fishing Cowboy Cove, Howden Cove and Peninsula Cove, while shore anglers are targeting South Cove and post the Rockwall for their trout.

“ Striped bass action is pretty good,’ said Anctil.“ Anglers are still releasing a lot of shakers, but they’ re catching more keepers in the 18 to 20 inch range on shad and anchovies.”

Big fish honors go to Mackayayhan Bourland, who caught and released a 21 lb.( 41.5”) striper in South Cove while using shad.

Anglers targeting catfish are picking up a few channel cats in the 5 to 8 lb. range.

The water level is currently at 152,000 acre feet. Water is now being pumped into the reservoir.

NEW HOGAN RESERVOIR

Solid Striper Bite Slows Down

VALLEY SPRINGS – Striper fishing at New Hogan Reservoir was good in April, but has slowed down lately – for no apparent reason.

“ On one trip, the 3 anglers fishing with me – John, Mike and Dave- landed 7 striped bass and lost four fish while trolling

Hunting Ground this week. He was a wonderful pet, excellent hunter, and my best friend and roommate for the past 12 years.

Arby was always laying under my desk when I worked, sleeping on or next to the bed at night, and always eager to go anywhere and do anything with me. Even the past few months, when he could barely walk, I would go out to the truck at 4 in the morning to prepare to go fishing or hunting, he would wobble outside as fast as he could, and stand next to the door of the truck, with eyes that said,“ you aren’ t going without me!”

I know many of you out in Fish Sniffer land have valued pets that are esteemed members of the family. If you do, you know the feeling of being unconditionally loved. We as humans are unable to give unconditional love, because our minds always focus on“ us” first. But if you have ever looked into the big brown eyes of your dog as they sit at your feet, you know they can think of nothing but pleasing, and loving you.

Arbuckle is in a much better place, and he is once again 85 pounds of muscle, energy, and love. I will miss him terribly, but I thank the Lord for 12 years of wonderful memories of my time with him.

I have included a wonderful poem that my Dad gave to me when I got my first dog,“ Howdy” in 1974. I don’ t know where he got it, but it tells the story of the relationship between a valued pet and his owner:

A Dog’ s Prayer Treat me Kindly, my beloved Master, for no heart in all the world is more grateful for kindness than mine.

Do not break my spirit with a stick, for although I would lick your hand between blows, your patience and understanding will teach me more quickly the things you would have me do.

Speak to me often, for your voice is the world’ s sweetest music to my ears, as you must know by the fierce wagging of my tail when I hear your step.

When the weather is cold and wet, please, take me inside for I am a domesticated animal, no longer used to bitter elements, and I ask no greater glory than the privilege of

The THOMAS sitting at your feet.

Keep my pan filled with fresh water, for although I would not reproach you were it dry, I cannot tell you when I suffer thirst.

Feed me clean food, so that I may stay well, to romp and play and

Arbuckle with ducks at his favorite place in the world – his duck pond. do your bidding, to walk

Photo by PAUL KNEELAND, Fish Sniffer Staff. by your side, standing ready to protect you with my life away … rather, see that my trusting life is should your life be in danger. taken gently, and I shall leave you knowing with the last breath I draw, my fate

And Master, when I am very old, if the Greatest Master sees fit to deprive me was always safe in your hands. of my health and sight, do not turn me

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Paul and Arby on a duck hunting canoe trip in the Sacramento Valley. Photo by PAUL KNEELAND, Fish Sniffer Staff.

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