Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3821 Sept 27, 2019 | Page 25

cont. “There are anglers in three boats who have reported limiting out on salmon while trolling spinners and plugs below Freeport. The boaters jigging below the Freeport Bridge are also picking up salmon while using Salmon Slammer jigs.” Barnes also noted that kayakers are catching some Chinooks while drifting salmon roe just above the bottom at the Barge Canal in West Sacramento. The Port of Sacramento is also kicking out some stripers for anglers drifting jumbo minnows, jigging spoons and trolling with Yo-Zuris and other lures. The best options for catfish remain the Port, Sacramento Deepwater Channel and Steelhead Creek in the East Natomas Area. Anglers are using mackerel, chicken livers and anchovies to entice the cats. One angler brought in a 12 lb. catfish that he caught on bait in Steelhead Creek. - Dan Bacher SHASTA/WHISKEYTOWN LAKES Rainbows, Salmon & Bass Continue To Bite For North Valley Anglers Anglers Target Channel Cats, Crappie Until Trout Plants Start EL SOBRANTE – “With the weather starting to cool down, we will start planting trout as soon as the water temperature dips below 70 degrees,” reported Marcella Shoemaker at the Rocky Mountain Recreation Company.” Until the trout plants begin, anglers can expect to find their best action on catfish, crappie and bass at San Pablo Dimitri battled this chunky largemouth bass Reservoir. while fishing at San Pablo Reservoir this September. “Catfish are hitting chicken liver, Photo courtesy of the ROCKY MOUNTAIN anchovies and worms in various RECREATION COMPANY, San Pablo Reservoir. places.,” said Shoemaker. “The crappie are also biting; try hanging a red stripers while throwing Zara Spooks, worm from a bobber or crappie jigs Pencil Poppers and other top water in Graveyard Cove. For all of you carp lures. Using Zoom Flukes on Underspin anglers, I am being told the bite is active or Scrounger heads is also productive. once again.” Both shore anglers and boaters are Big fish honors go to Dimitri Shocron of hooking fish; the key is to fish shallow Richmond , who caught and released a in the morning and deeper as the day 4.4 lb. bass. proceeds.” The lake level is 304.7 feet in elevation “Trolling with Atlas Rigs is also and the surface water temperature is 74.8 producing stripers,” he said. “Bait degrees. fishing with anchovies, pileworms and bloodworms is also effective. While some Professional Guide Dan Ponciano Call Now for Best Dates! Fish Eagle Lake! 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As a result, boat launching is easy in all areas of the lake. “The rainbow bite has been good early in the 3813 morning,” reported Robert Hower of Redding. “We’ve been getting some trout on hoochies, but overall spoons have been doing the most damage. We’ve been pulling the Trinidad Tackle Popped Eye spoons in gold colors recently with very SAN PABLO RESERVOIR SAN LUIS/SANTA CLARA VALLEY LAKES good results on trout that weigh up to around 3 pounds. For us the bite has been best in the arms near the main body. I’ve been launching at Bridge Bay and heading south to work fish that are 80 to 90 feet deep. There have also been some kings showing up. Nothing huge, but we’ve seen some solid 2-pound salmon.” Bass anglers are working a familiar late summer pattern. Early and late you can hook fish on crankbaits, spinnerbait and topwater lures, although this action has slowed a little in recent days because the surface temperature has been dropping a bit. The rest of the day soft plastic and jigging spoons are the way to go. The bass are moving up early and late, but midday you’ll find them anywhere from 20 to 90 feet deep. There haven’t been any reports of big bass in recent days, but spots in the 1 to 2.5-pound range are common. At Whiskeytown, the Whiskey Creek section of the lake continues to boot out late season kokanee and some of them are large. 17 and 18-inch fish are being caught with regularity and a 20 incher is possible. Pink spinners, hoochies and Apex Lures teamed with 4-inch Sling Blades are getting the job done. fish up to 20 pounds are being hooked, most of the fish are shakers or smaller keepers.” Calero Reservoir is the one local lake open to boating; Anderson and Coyote reservoirs are both closed to boating, due to low water levels. “Boaters and shore fishermen are picking up some decent largemouth bass in the 2 to 5 pound range while using drop shot rigs and dragging jigs off points,” he said. “Throwing crankbaits is also worth a shot.” Uvas and Chesbro reservoirs are producing some black bass, but the catfishing is the top prospect there now. 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