Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3818 August 16-30 | Page 7

“When I am fishing a frog or flipping matted vegetation, I am throwing the new X-TCB 8 Carrier Braided Line form P-Line. It is critical to be stealthy with both techniques, and with P-line’s new braid, you can make longer casts and it is ultra quiet com- ing through the grass.” – Bass Pro Bryan Thrift GO FOR IT! August 16-30, 2019 VOL.38 • ISS. 18 PRO’S POINTER 5 HOT BITES... 1. SACRAMENTO RIVER KINGS… More salmon are coming into the river every day. A fish per rod ranging to near limits has been the rule for anglers working plugs with guides in the Barge Hole area.. 2. S.F. BAY HALIBUT… A sizzling halibut bite has developed inside S.F. Bay. Drifting live anchovies, sardines and shiners has been the ticket for fish to 35 lbs. 3. EAGLE LAKE RAINBOWS… The trout have moved into deep water the bite is on. Troll grubs and worms at 30 feet for limits of rainbows to 3 lbs. 4. FOLSOM CATS… Summer is catfish time at Folsom Lake. For fish in the 4 to 12 pound range soak mackerel, sardines or crawfish tails early and late in the day. GOOD BETS… IT ALL ADDS UP 5. GOLDEN GATE SALMON… Limits are the name of the game for private boaters and charter boaters. Rigged herring and anchovies have been tempting salmon to 30 lbs. TO MORE FISH IN THE BOAT. 6. HAT CREEK TROUT… Rainbows and brook trout are biting well. Crickets and salmon eggs have been the best things to employ recently. 7. BUCKS LAKE COMBOS … Rainbows and kokanee are on the bite. Dick Nite Spoons, Wedding Ring Spinners and threaded night crawlers are all getting hit. 8. BERRYESSA ‘KOKES… Big kokanee in the 16 to 17 inch class are being caught near the Big Island. Orange Uncle Larry’s Spinners matched with Sep’s dodgers work well. SLEEPERS… 9. BODEGA ROCKFISH… Lingcod and rockfish are on a great bite offshore of Bodega Bay. Bars and squid tipped shrimp flies are hooking heavy limits of bottomfish. 10. DELTA STRIPERS… Patient trollers are hooking stripers that range up to 10 pounds. Yo-Zuri shallow runners have been the ticket at the top and bottom of the tide. 11. WHISKEYTOWN ‘KOKES… Kokanee to 18 inches are biting well. Apex Lures and Wiggle Hoochies teamed with Sling Blades do the damage. Scott Martin P-Line Pro-Staffer ~ 8-Time FLW Tour Winner 12. COLLINS LAKE CATS… Catfish are biting well for anglers working the river arm. Best baits include live minnows, liver, night crawlers, sardines and mackerel. COMING SOON... 13. TRINITY RIVER STEELHEAD… Steelheading will get started on the Trinity in October and peak in early November. Both fly and conventional anglers will get in on the excitement. P-LINE TACTICAL FLUOROCARBON Show up prepared for the battle: smoother, more sensitive, improved knot strength, stronger, and unmatched abrasion resistance. 14. SMITH RIVER KINGS… September and October should be trophy time for Smith River kings. Both roe and sardine-wrapped plugs will draw strikes from fish up and beyond 30 lbs. P-LINE X-BRAID Delivers superior abrasion resistance, longer casts, vibration reduction and a near zero stretch factor for unparalleled power. 15. KLAMATH STEELHEAD… October should be a good month for steelhead. Conventional anglers will score with both roe and back trolled plugs. www.P-Line.com 16. ROGUE FALL RUN… The fall salmon run generally produces big fish and epic fishing on the Rogue. Things get going in late August and the best fishing usually occurs in September. P-Line Fihssniffer-Aug18.indd 1 8/6/18 9:10 AM