RIO VISTA

Striper Fishermen Scarce as Wind Pounds Deltan

RIO VISTA - Angling pressure dwindled as wind pounded the Delta , despite the availability of striped bass on the Sacramento River .

Most anglers were completely bypassing the Delta this week and going to the bay , according to Alan Fong , manager at Fisherman ’ s Warehouse in Sacramento .

“ When the wind dies down you can find a couple either trolling or plugging ,” he related .

Among those having success was Tom Amberson , with one of his crew members finding a nice double digit fish willing to take a Delta Wood Bomber plug .

Can Nguyen , owner and operator of the Master Baiter in Isleton noted some large schoolie-sized fish were available on the troll on the Old Sacramento River .

- Roland Aspiras

ROLLINS / SCOTTS FLAT

Bass Blitz Baits , Trout on Tap Too !

COLFAX “ I ’ m impressed . I ’ m seeing the best fishing I ’ ve seen at Rollins in a very long time . In fact , bass fishing has never been better at least not for the 20 plus years I ’ ve been fishing the lake ,” reported Jason Pleece of Meadow Vista .

“ For a long time , a big bass up at Rollins was a 12 inch smallmouth and once in a great while someone would hook a decent 3 to 5 pound largemouth . Once spotted bass got into the lake things started changing . These days I ’ m getting more spots than smallmouths and I ’ m getting one or more 2 to 3 pound bass on almost every trip ,” said Pleece .

“ On my last trip , I got 11 fish in about 3 hours fishing from my kayak . I got them up top on a Yo-Zuri Banana Boat and used a Shad Rap for shallow cranking . The fish are post spawn and spread out , so you

never know when or where the next strike will come . My top fish last night was a 2.07 pound spot ,” related Pleece .

“ I haven ’ t been trout fishing at Rollins for a couple weeks , but my buddy Ryan and his dad did pretty good trolling . They got a total of 7 planted rainbows in the Bear River Arm while puling flashers and worms on 3 to 5 colors of lead core ,” disclosed Pleece .

Over at Scotts Flat there is good reaction bait bass action at times on poppers and rip baits for smallmouths to 3 pounds and northern largemouths to 4 .

When the hard baits aren ’ t performing a Ned Rig or a 4 inch wacky Senko will get bites .

Trout reports are few and far between for Scotts . Bank fishing is thought to be slow , but trollers had been finding action at the mouth of the river with standard spoons such as Needlefish .

Catfish action should be kicking into gear soon at Scotts with baits like liver , hot dog slices and night crawlers .

SACRAMENTO AREA

Catfish Bite Picks Up With Warm Weather

SACRAMENTO – Striped bass fishing in the Sacramento River in the metropolitan area is winding down , although anglers are still picking up some schoolie-sized fish from Freeport all of the way to Verona .

“ Anglers are hooking most of the stripers on blood and pileworms ,” reported Dennis Pfanner at Sacramento Pro Tackle . “ However , anglers are beginning the target catfish locally with the arrival of the hot summer weather .”

Local anglers are hooking catfish while soaking chicken liver , sardines and mackerel in the Port of Sacramento . The Sutter Bypass off O ’ Bannion Road is another good place to target channel catfish in the 1 to 8 lb . class with the same baits . The best fishing can be found at night

This angler visited New Melones Reservoir this May with Captain Monte Smith and caught several trout including this impressive rainbow .

Photo courtesy of GOLD COUNTRY SPORTFISHING , Oakdale .

and early and late in the day .

“ You can also try targeting crappie and bluegill with minnows under bobbers in the bypass ,” added Pfanner .

Shad action has slowed down on the Sacramento at Discovery Park and Miller Park , with the top fishing reported now in the upper section of the American River .

Other local anglers are focusing on bass fishing in the Delta . Alan Fong at Fisherman ’ s Warehouse in Sacramento reported top-notch top water action for largemouth bass on his most recent trip on the Delta .

QWEST 23 ’ AVANTI “ The California Camper ”

“ We caught and released good numbers of bass while throwing top water lures , including Whopper Poppers and plastic frogs , on the upper section of the Mokelumne River ,” said Fong . “ We hooked and released a lot of fish in the 1-1 / 2 to 2-1 / 2 lb . range , along with 3 good-sized fish weighing up to 8 pounds .”

- Dan Bacher

SAN PABLO RESERVOIR

5,500 Pounds Of Catfish Stocked !

EL SOBRANTE – A huge plant of channel catfish has boosted the catches of anglers at San

Pablo Reservoir .

“ We bought the last of the Mt Lassen catfish - they are no longer producing them ,” said Marcella Shoemaker of the Rocky Mountain Recreation Company . “ We were expecting between 7,000 and 8,000 lbs ., but we ended up with 5,517 lbs .”

Consequently , catfish have the most dominant fish in the catches lately . Mario Novoa of Rodeo landed a 7 lb . catfish using anchovies at the boat launch . Patricia Ryan of San Pablo caught a catfish weighing over 13 lbs . on night crawlers at the boat launch .

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