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

Up-To-Date and Published Locally... By Sportsmen... For Sportsmen! Lower Bear River Reservoir Map Feature MADE IN U.S.A See Page 14 Vol. 37 - ISS.16 Our 36th Year M Since 1982 July 20 - August 3, 2018 “The Magazine for West Coast Sportsmen!” Caples Lake – the Perfect Summer Family Fishing Destination! y good friend John scratch to learn the lake. We started Brassfield trolling our favorite trout spoons to of Trucksmart stores and see if we could find any I headed up to Caples hold over trout. I managed Lake the hot weekend to land a small mackinaw of June 23rd. It was the on a black Jakes spoon perfect destination on a trolled near the bottom and hot weekend – over 100 a planter rainbow caught on degrees in the Sacramento top with a black/white/red Valley, and only 78 at Excel spoon. Caple’s almost 8000-foot We had heard there were elevation! a lot of planters near the We stayed in a second 2 creek mouths on the story lodge room that other end of the lake so we overlooked the beautiful trolled in that direction. We by lake. Saturday morning, down and John put Paul Kneeland slowed we launched the Fish on a small flatfish, and I Sniffer Rogue Jet Coastal put on a Vance’s dodger in 21 from the paved boat copper/pink, followed by ramp and turned toward an Uncle Larry’s spinner the dam and started trolling. in pink/blue firetiger with a piece of Since neither of us had ever fished nightcrawler. A few minutes later my the lake, we were starting from Continued on page 20 I INSIDE Area Reports Freshwater reports Almanor - American River.......................................4 Berryessa - Camanche Lake..................................7 Carson Pass Region - Eagle Lake .................... 8-9 Eastern Sierra - Klamath River.............................11 Los Vaqueros Reservoir - Quarry Lakes........ 12-13 Redding - Tahoe.............................................. 16-17 Trinity River/Lake - West Delta............................ 19 Saltwater Reports Berkeley - Bodega Bay.........................................23 Fisherman’s Wharf - Half Moon Bay................... ...25 Monterey - Peninsula Shoreline...........................26 Where...When...How... Paul Kneeland caught this impressive 5.5 lb Caples Lake brown trout while pulling an Uncle Larry’s Spinner baited with half a night crawler on June 23. Photo by JOHN BRASSFIELD, Trucksmart. Rip Roaring Kokanee Mayhem Rages At Bullards Bar Reservoir! Due to some bad information from the navigation app on my cell phone we were late and didn’t make it to the ramp until 6:30. I felt horrible. It was one of the very few times I’ve been late for a fishing trip in my 14 years at the Fish Sniffer. It was the first time I’d fished with Brett Brady of Bare Bones Guide Service, so being late was extra Capt. Brett Brady shows off 10 of the 40 kokanee that Team Fish Sniffer put into the cooler at Bullards Bar Reservoir. embarrassing. Photo by CAL KELLOGG, Fish Sniffer Staff. Brett, Kathy Special Section Baja Roundup PG 27 FEATURES Gone fishing t had been an early start for Gena, Lucy (my Labrador) and I to arrive at Bullards Bar Reservoir’s Dark Day launching facility by 6 o’clock in the morning. 36 Years Serving Sportsmen Souders and Larry Edmondson were waiting for us at the ramp. Kathy and Larry were great people and members of the Rooster Tails Fishing Club in Auburn, California. They didn’t mind the delay. They knew the bite was on big time! A short while later Brett had everyone aboard the boat and we were motoring away from the floating dock. As I shot video, Gena chatted with Larry and Kathy and Lucy investigated all the strange smells on Brett’s boat. We only ran for 10 minutes or so before we arrived at the houseboat fleet in Emerald Cove. “The kokanee are holding right there What’s Hot by Cal Kellogg Continued on page 19 New Website Reveals Big Expansion of Offshore Drilling in State Waters See Page 22 baja roundup.................................................... 27 baSS Fishing Spotlight: Randy Pringle.............. 14 Bulletin board................................................... 4 FISH SNIFFER HOW-TO: Cal Kellogg..................... 5 GO FOR IT: Staff....................................................... 2 Kayak Fishing Spotlight: Matt Mayes............ 10 Letters to the editor...................................... 3 MAP Feature: Dan Bacher.............................14-15 Salty tips: Steve “Hippo” Lau............................. 26 SPOTLIGHT ON CONSERVATION: Dan Bacher..... 22 What’s hot saltwater: Kathie Morgan .......... 24 Delta tunnels: Dan Bacher.............................. 21 Fish and Game Adopts Master Plan....................... 18 STAFF TACKLE What We’re Using Cal Kellogg - fished from the decks of the Happy Hooker. For drifting live anchovies Cal used a 8’ Lamiglas Certified Pro Heavy Bouncer rod teamed with an Abu Garcia 7000 High Speed Narrow Spool Big Game Reel spooled with 65 lb. Spiderwire braid. On the business end Cal employed three way live bait leaders tied with 17 lb. Berkley Vanish Fluorocarbon. Paul Kneeland - fished Lake Oroville with Gary Caruso and John Brassfield of Auburn in The Fish Sniffer Rogue Jet 21 Coastal. They caught landlocked king salmon to 16 inches using Cousins 7’6” ultra light graphite downrigger rod with a 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 anchovie, behind UV chrome/orange Sling Blades off the Canon Downriggers 40 to 60 feet deep at 2.4 mph. Dan Bacher - fished for rainbow and brown trout at Silver Lake. He used a Berkley Ugly Stick GX2 6’ 6” medium action spinning rod, teamed up with a Shakespeare GX235 spinning reel filled with 6 lb. test P-Line CX Premium Flourocarbon Coated Line. He fished with chartreuse Berkley PowerBait, 1/8 oz. gold and black Panther Martins and 2/5 oz. gold/red stripe Little Cleos.