Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3713 June 9-22 2018 | Page 21

FRESHWATER VOL.37 • ISS. 13 June 8 - 22, 2018 21 zuddlers, double FEATHER RIVER bunnies and Striper Action Best Near Striped Bass on Move leech patterns. The shore fishing Nicolaus Back to Bay seems to have RIO LINDA – Anglers are hooking a lot of STOCKTON - The East Delta slowed down a bit shad in the lower Feather River just above striped bass bite is on the wane but there are a few the mouth at Verona. One angler brought in as the linesides are moving fish being caught a shad weighing 8 pounds on the scale at quickly back to the cooler down near the Elkhorn Outdoors. environment in San Francisco dam still, mostly “It’s the biggest shad I’ve ever seen,” Bay and the ocean. The bite with bait,” Reid said Tim Boggs at Elkhorn Outdoors. “The was outstanding two weeks continued. angler hooked the fish on a red and white ago, but the stripers are clearly “Twin Lakes had jig off the north sandbar above where the on the move. a little of a tough Feather enters the Sacramento.” Clyde Wands, shallow trolling go with the wind Boggs and his fishing partner, Mel expert, trolled the San Joaquin this week just like Gillette, tried to make another striper trip on twice during the past week, and Bridgeport but the the Feather River at Nicolaus, but the low he said, “It has really slowed last couple days flows on the sandbar prevented them from down as we ended up with only have been pretty getting upriver. 4 keepers to 6 pounds, and the good up there. “We ended up catching two stripers while wind didn’t help very much.” Even though they using jumbo minnows on the Sacramento Their trip on the following day didn’t kick out any north of the mouth and two more in the with three lines in the water double digit fish, channel on the Feather River above the ended up with even slower that we know of, mouth. The water depth there goes from 17 action with only a few keepers this week they feet to just inches abruptly, so we couldn’t in the 18- to 20-inch range. did kick out some make it upriver. The fish ranged from 18 to For largemouth bass, Randy nice fish in the 2 22 inches long.” Pringle, the Fishing Instructor, to 6 pound range. Combined releases into the Feather said, “There are fry balls with Bait anglers did River below the Thermalito Afterbay Outlet baby bass, and the small fish These anglers visited Lake Berryessa on May 9 and caught several bass and a well with pinched are only 1050 cfs at this time. are attacking the fry. The males jumbo crappie. crawlers, night Photo courtesy of DON PAGANELLI, Paganelli’s Bass Fishing Experience. - Dan Bacher are guarding the fry, and they crawlers and Mice will only move off of the beds Tails, trollers did so far before swimming back to defend well with Rapalas, Needlefish and Thomas had some pretty windy days this week but another attack from a small fish. The key is Buoyants,” Reid disclosed. when the boats were able to get out there to keep the lure in the strike zone longer as “The flows on the East Walker River have the trolling and bait fishing was great with the males are escorting the lures out of the FOLSOM LAKE remained fairly steady only changing from fish up to just over 8 pounds making a zone.” 232 to 212 and now it’s back to 235. The showing this week,” reported Jim Reid at “The females have moved off of the Trollers Battle Big Rainbows, fishing down there has been excellent both Ken’s Sporting Goods. beds, and they are transitioning into the Kings with nymphs and streamers. We haven’t “Lots of other fish in the 2 to 6 pound summer pattern of holding around current. range have also been reported. The browns heard much on dries but when the caddis GRANITE BAY- Trollers fishing Folsom The wind has muddied up the water, and start hatching that may change. Some seemed to be a little shy this week with Lake have found epic fishing for rainbow I have been using the ima Little Stick in reports are coming in of anglers having 30 just a handful of them in the 2 to 3 pound trout and king salmon in recent weeks. chartreuse/blue or the new Toucan. The fish days with lots of fish over 20 inches range being reported. Trollers have been “On my latest trip, the four anglers fishing Rock N’ Vibe Suspend is another lure that being reported. There has been some using Rapalas, Mira Shad, Speedy Shiners with me kept 20 rainbows, all over 16 stays in the strike zone, and the key is to sit pretty strong winds this past week but it and night crawlers. Bait anglers have been inches long,” said James Netzel of Tight it, pause, and retrieve. The Berkley Chigger hasn’t seemed to slow the fishing down at using inflated crawlers, pinched crawlers, Lines Guide Service. “We landed two 22 Craw in black/blue or black/red is also all, it can make getting a good drift a little Mice Tails