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8 Sept 14- 28, 2018 VOL. 37 • ISS. 20
ALMANOR / BUCKS LAKES
Trout Bite At Almanor As Bucks Kokanee Hit 15 Inches
CHESTER- The water level at Lake Almanor is higher than usual and the lake’ s rainbows are providing thrills. At this point the action is fair, but is expected to get much better the days get shorter and the water temperature drops.
Anglers are starting to pick up some rainbows while trolling quickly with spoons, but the most consistent approach remains slow rolling a threaded worm right along the bottom.
“ We’ ve been working just off the bottom around the Peninsula with threaded worms with very good results. We’ ve been getting some very good rainbows up to 5.5 pounds and there have been some good size salmon showing up too. We haven’ t seen many browns recently, but they will start getting active again with the approach of fall,” reported Bryan Roccucci of Big Daddy’ s Guide Service.
The average trout has been going about 2.5 pounds and rainbows to 6 are possible.
“ The kokanee bite has been really consistent up at Bucks Lake,” disclosed Roccucci.“ We are seeing lots of 14 and 15 inch fish right now on lures and blades from Paulina Peak Tackle.”
Roccucci will be leaving Bucks Lake soon. He will be spending the fall guiding on both Lake Almanor and Eagle Lake.
LAKE AMADOR
33.4 Lb. Bag Tops Moonlighter Team Bass Tournament
IONE – On August 25-26, Lake Amador Resort sponsored its annual Moonlight Team Bass Tournament from 7 p. m. to 7 a. m. Twenty-one teams participated in the unique event, according to Elizabeth Lockhart at the Lake Amador Resort.
Jimmy Ghiorsso and Bryan Roland won first place with 33.40 pounds of bass.
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They won a total of $ 1250.
Scott Hammond and Tom Manley placed second with 25.85 pounds, winning $ 750.
Steven Cotiler and Dennis Torre placed third in the event with 24.35 pounds, winning $ 350.
Big fish honors go to Kevin Kaufman with his 8.95 lb. largemouth. He won $ 210.
The event cost $ 174 per team, including entry fees. There was a 80 percent payback for the prize money.
The morning, evening and night hours are the prime time to target catfish at Lake Amador now. Anglers are bagging cats ranging from 4 to 17 pounds while soaking mackerel, nightcrawlers and other baits. The boat docks, RV Park and Carson Creek Arm are among the better areas for the channel cats.
The lake is currently 16 feet from maximum pool.
AMERICAN RIVER
Bureau Drops Flows Below Nimbus Dam to 1,800 cfs
SACRAMENTO – As is normally the case right before the fall run of Chinook salmon enters the lower American River, the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation has reduced water releases below Nimbus Dam. The agency cut flows from 2,200 cfs to 1,800 cfs on August 28 and 29 due to“ reduced delta needs,” said Peggy Manza of Reclamation.
The top prospect on the river now is striped bass, but few anglers have been out fishing for them. Anglers fishing the river from Sailor Bar to Howe Avenue should toss out Zara Spooks and Pencil Poppers early and late in the day. During the heat of the day, fishermen should fish with jumbo minnows, sardines and anchovies.
“ Salmon fishing on the American is very slow at this time and I haven’ t heard of many anglers getting out on the river,” said Alan Fong at Fisherman’ s
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NAPA- Larry Hemphill, fishing guide, reported on a good bass fishing trip to Berryessa with long time fishing buddy and owner / creator of Blade Runner Tackle, Rick Tietz.
“ Most of you know he created the now famous Blade Runner spoon, with the most natural colors ever seen on a spoon,” said Hemphill.“ When I fish spoons with Rick, I do my best not to be embarrassed. He is the best!”
“ The bite was slower than expected in spite of bait everywhere now,’ noted Hemphill.“ Yesterday was cooler and windy which might have slowed the bite. Yea, we only caught around 50 and lost 15-20 more. It wasn’ t a search and destroy trip, just covered about 2 / 3’ s of the lake, checking out locations of bait, etc.”
“ Wow, Berryessa is one healthy lake,” said Hemphill.“ In one section of the narrows, we saw an amazing feeding period of about 45 minutes, bass chasing bait all over the place. It makes one realize how many bass are in the lake- that don’ t BITE!”
“ We did catch a few of them. I
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caught a few drop-shotting a MM111 Robo worm in 40 feet of water. We didn’ t catch any big bass, but several in the 2-1 / 2 to a little over 3 lbs. All three species were biting- and the smallmouth were back,” stated Hemphill.
“ We didn’ t fish much on the bank, just tried to find off-shore structure with ledges, rock piles, and creek channels. These are the new homes of summer bass, following the bait! We use the 1 3 / 4 ounce spoons. Don’ t waste time with a light spoon! As in drop-shotting, get down to where the summer bass are,” he concluded.
Kristy and Mike Carpentier, Fish Sniffer subscribers, reported top-notch trout fishing on their trolling adventure at Lake Berryess on August 26..
“ With the weather being so hot, this was our first time fishing in about a month,” said Carpentier.“ It was really nice to get the boat wet and hunt down some Berryessa trout.”
“ A 7am we headed out to the main lake and began fast trolling, 3-3.5mph,” she stated.“ It didn’ t take long before the poles
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