Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3821 Sept 27, 2019 | Page 24

22 FRESHWATER Sept 27 - Oct 11, 2019 FRESHWATER REPORTS: CONTINUED FROM PG 21 QUARRY LAKES/SHADOW CLIFFS RESERVOIR cont. Big fish honors go to Rudy, who caught a nine-pound catfish while fishing from the ADA dock near the boat ramp. Henry also caught a total of four catfish while fishing from the ADA dock near the boat ramp. Fishing for rainbow trout should improve dramatically by the end of September when the water temperature cools and trout plants begin again at both the Quarry Lakes and Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area. RANCHO SECO LAKE Trout Plants Will Begin In Late October HERALD – The surface water temperature at Rancho Seco Lake is still too warm to plant rainbow trout, but plants will resume this fall during the week of October 28 when 500 pounds of trophy rainbows will be stocked in Rancho Seco. After the week of October 28, 500 pounds of standard size catchable trout will be planted the week of November 11, November 25, November 25, December 9 and December 30. To see the plant schedule, go to: https:// rockymountainrec.com/lake-facilities/ listing/rancho-seco-recreational-area. A total of 6500 pounds of trout will have been planted by the end of this year. Florida-strain largemouth bass, redear sunfish, crappie and bluegill are now available for anglers on the lake. Anglers nail the bass while using Huddleston and other rainbow trout swimbaits, Senkos, swimbaits, plastic worms, spinnerbaits and jigs. For redear sunfish, crappie and bluegill, anglers should fish small jigs, redworms and mealworms around structure and bad salmon. To book a trip with Weese of Northern California Guide Service, give him a ring at (530) 755-7196. To arrange a trip with Mike Bogue of Mike Bogue’s Guide Service reach out to Mike at (530) 246-8457. weedbeds. Rancho Seco Recreational Area is a 400-acre park overflowing with recreational opportunities including camping, boating, fishing, swimming and wildlife viewing. The 160-acre lake is fed by the Folsom South Canal and is a great year-round day or overnight getaway located in California’s Central Valley, just 25 miles from downtown Sacramento. For more information, call 209- 748-2318. - Dan Bacher ROLLINS/SCOTTS FLAT Fly Rod Poppers & Streamers Fool Bass! REDDING/ RED BLUFF Big Kings Push Up River With Full Moon! Big rainbow trout are on the prowl at Lake Almanor. This hefty fish was landed on September 6. Photo courtesy of BIG DADDY’S GUIDE SERVICE, Chester REDDING- The 2019 river salmon season has been a strange one so far. The fishing is productive and big fish up to and beyond 30 pounds are being caught, but hooking up takes patience. The fish have not arrived in a big push. Instead the fishing has been characterized by starts and stops…great today, slow yesterday and good the day before that. Most guides are scoring anywhere from a fish per rod to limits depending on the day and there has been a definite uptick in the action with the arrival of September’s first full moon. Nobody is complaining about the size of the fish. The average salmon goes 12 to 14 pounds and fish up to and beyond 20 have been common. There are few colored fish mixed in and even those are in good shape. The average rank and file king is chrome bright and clean. Due to the downriver water temperature, the fish are shooting right up the system and that’s why chromers have been the norm from Corning north. Some anglers are finding success fishing out of Woodson Bridge, but most of the pressure is upriver from Red Bluff. Plugs are the offering of choice early. When the sun hit the water back bouncing with a combination of plugs and roe leaves no stone unturned. 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I added a tiny split shot above the fly to get it down a foot or so. For topwater action I used both a small deer hair mouse and a foam rubber legged bluegill style bug,” Pleece disclosed. “In all I caught 7 spotted bass and smallmouths to 2 pounds and 4 bluegill up to about 5 inches. The Woolly Bugger and the foam bug got most of the strikes. I thought I’d be somewhat handicapped with the fly rod, but in reality, I don’t think I could have done any better with a spinning rod at this time of the year,” Pleece concluded. At Scotts Flat, anglers continue to catch bass on topwater baits early and late. During the daylight hours, plastic worms and Senkos can pay off provided you fish slowly. The big news at Scotts has been the catfish bite. Whiskerfish to 2 pounds are being caught near the dam on ‘crawlers, mackerel strips and pieces of hotdog. 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