Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3716 July 20- Aug 3 | Page 12

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Freshwater reports :

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For holdover rainbow trout from the heavy Mt . Lassen Hatchery plants during the fall / spring months , Robbie Dunham of Koke Machine Guide Service put in 9 Lassen rainbows and a bonus 4.8-pound German brown running Speedy Shiners in the main river channel near the dam at depths to 60 feet .

He said , “ I didn ’ t know how it would turn out as I haven ’ t been on the lake in a week along with the full moon , but we put in our 10 by noon along with releasing two bass at 4.9 and 3.6 pounds .” The lake dropped from 93 to 91 percent .

- Dave Hurley

Carson Pass Region

Trophy Rainbows Top Caples Lake Catches

PIONEER – The El Dorado Irrigation District stocked 1200 pounds of rainbows in the 3 to 9 lb . range , boosting catches over the July Fourth Holiday weekend .

“ Fishing has been very good for both shore and boat anglers ,” reported Joe Voss at the Caples Lake Resort . “ Trollers are using lures and nightcrawlers behind flashers and dodgers , while shore anglers are tossing out PowerBait , nightcrawlers and Kastmasters .”

Paul Kneeland , Fish Sniffer Publisher , and John Brassfield , owner of Trucksmart , reported excellent fishing during two days of trolling at Caples .

“ I landed a 5-1 / 2 lb . brown while trolling with an Uncle Larry ’ s Spinner behind a dodger at 10 feet deep ,” stated Kneeland . “ We also landed two mackinaw weighing 3 and 1-1 / 2 pounds while using Flatfish at 10 to 15 feet deep . We also caught around two dozen rainbows . We released all of the fish we hooked both days .

“ Most of the rainbows hit nightcrawlers behind flashers at the mouth of the creeks , including Emigrant Creek ,” said Kneeland .

Emigrant and Winnemucca lakes , both high mountain hike in waters , are producing good numbers of 8 to 9 inch brook trout for fishermen tossing out lures and flies , noted Voss .

Stephanie Spears at the Bear River Lake Resort reported tough fishing for shore and boat anglers over the July Fourth weekend . She said the lake hasn ’ t been planted with rainbows since June .

- Dan Bacher

Chris Holsey used worms to temp this big stringer of Collins Lake crappie during a late June outing . Photo courtesy of the COLLINS LAKE RECREATION AREA , Oregon House .

Clear Lake

Take Your Pick of Drop Shot Rigs or Top Water Lures

Hubert used PowerBait to tempt these Lake Chabot rainbow trout during a June 28 fishing adventure .

Photo courtesy of LAKE CHABOT MARINA , Lake Chabot .

CLEARLAKE – Largemouth bass fishing is “ really good ” for anglers using drop shot rigs and top water lures at Clear Lake , reported Dave Burruss of Clear Lake Outdoors .

“ Boaters are drop shotting with Robo Worms in Margarita Mutilator patterns in 6 to 12 feet of water ,” said Burruss . “ They ’ re also fishing top water lures , including frogs . The top water fishing is best in the lake ’ s north end around tules , docks and weed mats .”

Anglers reported catching and releasing two 10 lb . largemouth over the past couple of weeks , but most of the fish are between 2 and 4 pounds .

“ I caught and released 35 bass in two days of fishing ,” said Burruss . “ Most were 2 to 4 pounds , with the biggest going 4-1 / 2 pounds . I found my best action on the River2Sea Top Notch lures .”

Crappie have moved into deep water with the summer heat . He recommended fishing crappie jigs at 20 feet deep around drop offs for the best slabside success .

“ There are still a lot of bluegill hitting off the docks ,” Burruss added . “ Use red worms , mealworms and pieces of nightcrawlers .”

- Dan Bacher

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Collins Lake

Trout , Catfish & Crappie Grace Stringers

OREGON HOUSE – Ed at Collins Lake Resort reported a number of good catches and overall still more trout than bass or crappie this summer .

However , he said , “ It ’ s clear that the trout are not immune to the constant unabated heat of the last two weeks . It is possible to bring in a limit but even Don Feryance , who earlier this month limited eight days in a row is coming up with partial stringers .”

“ At the same time there ’ s been an uptick in the number of catfish and crappie visiting the scales . At the top of the leaderboard , Eric Crow sent a picture of a 12.2 pound catfish his wife Renee reeled in . This monstrosity was drawn in by the scent of sardines right out in front of campsite # 412 ,” he noted .

“ Lucky Williams from Richmond pulled up a 5-3 / 4 pound cat on worms .

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Joe from Vacaville didn ’ t have chicken livers so he tossed out a hotdog-on-ahook from the shore near Elmer ’ s cove and caught a 3 pounder for his efforts . As the runoff slows for the summer some catfish that had been hiding in coves and corners will migrate up the channel toward the inlet , where Tristan and Aaron Smith caught a pair , weighing in at 5 and almost 7 pounds ,” said Ed .

“ I don ’ t have a whole lot of pictures of crappie but I can tell you they are biting ,” he noted . “ My bait of choice would be red worms , which I didn ’ t have last Saturday evening when I took my kids and nephew and niece out for a sunset cruise on the patio boat . It was last minute and the Collins Lake store was out of redworms so I was stuck with whatever bait was left on the boat , PowerBait and salmon eggs .”

“ All evening long we just had nibbles while , I kid you not , 30 feet off our bow my buddy in another boat was pulling up a crappie on a redworm about every 3 minutes . He felt so sorry for us that he passed a pole our way ,” he stated .

“ Of course , not everyone agrees with me , my fish photo log says Chris Holsey from Yuba City caught 25 crappie down by the dam on nightcrawlers ,” he concluded .

Colusa / Knights Landing

Night Time Is Catfish Time

RIO LINDA – Until the salmon season opens up on the Sacramento River on July 16 , channel and white catfish will offer the best summertime action .

“ Catfish are now hitting on the Sacramento from Verona to Knights Landing ,” said Eddie Bisbee at Elhorn Outdoors . “ The fish average 3 to 5 pounds . Of course , there are also

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