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RUSSIAN RIVER

The Shad Have Arrived !

GUERNEVILLE – Currently the Russian River is in “ excellent shape ” for chasing American shad , with flows continuing to hover around 400 cfs with clear conditions , according to King ’ s Sport and Tackle :

“ Shad fishing has been fair to good . I was able to get out a couple of evenings this past week and managed 3-6 each night fishing for an hour and a half as well as missing some strikes and dropping a few on the way in . Swing flies with a type II or type III shooting head has been the ticket with chartreuse and green flash flies or small chartreuse grubs with a red jig head for the gear fisherman .

“ Most of the action has been at Johnsons Beach in Guerneville , but I ’ m sure you can find them elsewhere like Monte Rio Beach , Memorial Beach in Healdsburg or any deep pool below a shallow riffle .

“ Other species of interest are smallmouth bass with that action being hit and miss . Streamer flies in greens and black work well with a sinking fly line or diving lures , spinners or soft plastics for the spin fisherman . Summer is upon us so expect heavy river traffic on the weekends and soon to be weekdays with swimmers , kayakers and tubers .”

SACRAMENTO AREA

Shad Madness Hits Metro Region

SACRAMENTO – Shad fishing is “ off the hook ” for shore anglers and boaters fishing in the Sacramento Area , revealed Uncle Larry Barnes of Sacramento Pro Tackle .

‘’ The best area is from the Yolo County boat ramp to Discovery Park and Sand Cove , although good fishing can be found from Freeport to Verona ,” said Barnes . “ Most guys are using ball head jigs with small grub tails in chartreuse or pink . One angler reported catching a 7 lb . shad , while other anglers have landed fish in the 4 lb . range .”

“ Most of the stripers being hooked now in the metropolitan area are shakers or small keepers ,” said Barnes . “ I ’ ve heard of a few bigger fish from the Elkhorn ramp to Verona , but there is no concentration of them . One angler caught a striper over 20 pounds while tossing out a lure at Elkhorn .”

Alan Fong at Fisherman ’ s Warehouse in Sacramento said both black bass and striped bass are hitting on the Mokelumne River in the Delta .

“ On my latest trip to the Mokelumne , my fishing buddy Dave and I caught five stripers while using spoons and a lot of largemouth bass while using spinnerbaits . The top five fish weighed 24 pounds , including two fish weighing 8 and 6 pounds . There are good numbers of fish in the 7 to 10 pound range showing now On a previous trip , I ended up with my best ever five fish limit of bass weighing a total of 46 pounds .”

- Dan Bacher

SANTA CLARA VALLEY LAKES

Calero and Coyote Crappie Action Takes Off

COYOTE - Crappie fishing has taken off across the region , while bass anglers work baits slow and methodically for post-spawn fish .

Crappie fishing was noted as good allaround despite the ban on live minnows , according to Denise Bradford at Coyote Bait and Tackle .

“ Right now , your best lake is going to be

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Calero . Guys are going out looking for the schools and dropping down jigs to them and catch one after another ,” she noted .

“ Coyote has also been good . The fish are up shallow but adjust your slip bobber to find out where they are sitting ,” Bradford said .

“ For bass , Calero has been on a jig bite . It seems most of the fish there are post spawn so they are working for them . But , there have been some nice fish caught ,” she noted .

“ Anderson is only open to shoreline fishing . The back end of lake or the front end of the lake are good by the dam . You ’ ll have to take a hike , but you can catch lots of fish . Try a drop shot , a Ned rig , or small Keitech swimbaits .” For catfish , Bradford

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