Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3715 July 6-20 2018 | Page 26
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July 6 - 20, 2018
VOL.37 • ISS. 15
FRESHWATER
FRESHWATER REPORTS:
PYRAMID LAKE
CONTINUED FROM PG 21
NEW MELONES LAKE
Fishing Season Closes with
Exceptional Cutthroat Bite
cont.
For bass, there is probably no better
time to fish than when the top water bite
is on. “You’re sure to get an adrenaline
rush using River2sea Rover, or a Whopper
Plopper,” said Hildebrand.
“Catfish are scouring the bottom and
are on the prowl for an easy meal. Jocelyn
Glessman of Angels Camp had a fun day
drop shotting minnows to the bottom of
rocky underwater structure, coming up with
a 5 lb. catfish by the dam. Chicken livers,
anchovies and mackerel are getting quality
catfish,” said Hildebrand.
Crappie are targeting a variety of baits
including wacky rigs, minnows, crankbaits,
topwater baits, and even crappie jigs.
Jocelyn Glessman brought a s 2 lb.
crappie, along her channel catfish, while
fishing by the dam.
New Melones Lake level has dropped
2.5 ft. since June 4 and is currently at
1045.69 ft. and 42.31 ft. from full. Water
temperature across the lake is 75 degrees.
These folks visited Lake Pardee on June 13 and landed full limits of rainbow trout!
Photo courtesy of THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN RECREATION COMPANY, Lake Pardee.
OROVILLE LAKE
Trollers Lay Into Landlocked
Kings
OROVILLE – It’s the hard-fighting
Chinook salmon this summer that are
drawing anglers to fish on the clear waters
of Lake Oroville
“We caught limits of salmon for three,”
reported Rob Reimers of Rustic Rob’s
Guide Service after his latest trolling
adventure. It was another awesome day
on Oroville catching kings on Brad’s
kokanee series cut plugs”
Paul Kneeland, Fish Sniffer Publisher,
fished Lake Oroville with Gary Caruso
and John Brassfield of Auburn in The Fish
Sniffer Rogue Jet 21 Coastal for limits of
king salmon.
Kneeland caught landlocked king
salmon to 16 inches while fishing Cousins
7’6” ultra-light graphite downrigger rods
with an Abu Garcia Revo MGX Extreme
level wind reel loaded with 6 lb test Yozuri
TopKnot fluorocarbon line. They trolled
Mack’s Lures orange/green Cha Cha
Squidders with a strip of anchovy behind
UV chrome/orange Sling Blades off the
Canon Downriggers 40 to 60 feet deep at
2.4 mph.
- Dan Bacher
PARDEE LAKE
Anglers Battle Hefty Rainbows
IONE – Trout fishing at Lake Pardee has
improved over the past month as weekly
plants of 1000 pounds of Calaveras Trout
Farm rainbows help
CAPTAIN
JAMES fill the stringers.
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We also fish Folsom, for $50
Lanuza
of Stockton
Veterans
Oroville, Donner,
caught their limits
Stampede, Boca,
of trout weighing
Lake Tahoe and the
a total of 18 lbs.
Sacramento River.
near Rainbow Point
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Fish Lake Tahoe!
while using Power Eggs. The largest fish
weighed 3.11 lbs.
John Loney out of Stockton caught five
rainbow trout weighing a total of 11.3 lbs.
of rainbow trout with his largest being 3 lbs.
He was soaking Power Eggs near Rainbow
Point.
Brooklyn Nicholls of Tracy caught a
3.14 lb. rainbow trout while trolling the
mouth of the river with her dad & grandpa
for Father’s Day. She was using a green
hoochie.
Kokanee fishing is slowly impr