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Freshwater reports :
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Pyramid Lake
Trout Season Closed Until Oct . 1
RENO - Trout season ended on June 30th at Pyramid Lake . There was a surprising amount of fanfare on the last day of the season . Boaters could be found throughout the lake , and a respectable amount of shore anglers could be found at the deep drop-off beaches like Spider Point . On the not so good side , the bite wasn ’ t great to finish the season .
This writer burned a bunch of boat gas and bee lined straight to the deep rocky structure of Hell ’ s Kitchen . Expecting to light it up , I was surprised to see a blank screen on my Lowrance HD . There were no big schools of chubs . Where there ’ s no food , there ’ s no trout .
After an hour of poking around , I had one fish to show for my efforts . I reluctantly headed back to the west shore and a spring that has produced in the past . Once again , I found a lackluster bite and no obvious concentrations of trout . I did manage to vertical jig a nice 5 pound cutthroat , but overall , the bite was quite slow . Then I headed north towards Warrior ’ s Point and Nine Mile Bay . This area has definitely offered the most consistent fishing since about the month of May . My friend , Lou , trolled beside me in his boat . We found a fair bite on trout up to about 6 pounds and 26 ”.
Lou focused on trolling Lyman ’ s near the bottom , while I video game fished with vertical jigs . The “ video game ” technique is to motor around and study the fish finder . When a few trout are directly beneath the boat , stop and drop a jig on them . Many of the fish I hooked bit before the jig made it to the bottom . If they didn ’ t eat on the initial drop , they typically bit
within 4 or 5 pumps .
Overall , the other anglers encountered reported very similar results . The reports were underwhelming with most anglers landing only a handful of trout for their efforts . The action for shore anglers was basically non-existent .
- Mike McNeilly
Quarry Lakes
Channel Cat Action Shifts Into High Gear
FREMONT - Fishing has been picking up a little , especially since the catfish plants began at Horseshoe Lake this summer . Boaters are still bagging rainbow trout also , according to Edward Culver of the East Bay Regional Park District .
Freshwater
Alex Ballew had a great day fishing the Sacramento River for wild rainbows on June 21 . This huge trout smacked a Yakima Bait Mag Lip plug .
Photo courtesy of MIKE BOGUE ’ S GUIDE SERVICE , Redding .
The park district stocked 750 pounds of cats in Horseshoe the week of July 9 – preceded by 500 pounds of cats the week of June 25 .
Jack Antrim of Hayward caught and released a five-pound catfish while trolling a Rainbow Runner on the backside of Horseshoe Lake . He also caught and released two trout on the same lure in the front of Horseshoe Lake that day .
On his next adventure , Jack landed and released three trout in an hour , again while trolling a Rainbow Runner in the front of Horseshoe .
Over a two-day period , Wes Anderson of Fremont caught four catfish while soaking anchovies in the Kiosk Cove .
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Bernie Helwig of Milpitas nailed three trout from his boat using garlic PowerBait – and two more rainbows from his boat on his next trip . Dexter Miguel of Union City caught a fivepound , 12-ounce rainbow trout while trolling a Cordell lure from his kayak by the old boat ramp .
Note that the use of lead fishing tackle is prohibited at Quarry Lakes . You can exchange lead tackle at the kiosk in a “ 1 for 1 ” trade for stainless steel weights .
Redding / Red Bluff
Big ‘ Bows Grab Plugs And Flies
REDDING - Trout fishing on the Sacramento River is red hot between Redding and Red Bluff . The average trout runs about 15 inches and fish over 4 pounds have been common over the past two weeks .
“ The fishing has been outstanding ,” reported Captain Mike Bogue of Mike Bogue ’ s Guide Service . “ The flows have dipped down to 9,000 cfs , but that hasn ’ t slowed the fishing .
“ I always have bait aboard the boat , but I haven ’ t used much of it recently because the plug bite has been so good . We are getting both numbers of fish and big fish on Yakima Bait Mag Lip 2.5 plugs . The size and action of these plugs seems to be just about perfect for the trout right now and the rainbows are really slamming them . I ’ ve been running a lot of silver patterns and they continue to work great ,” Bogue continue .
We are really getting excited about the salmon season up here . The fishing in the ocean has been really good , so I ’ m thinking the river fishing is going to be pretty exciting this year .
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