Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3822 Oct 11-25 | Page 23
KNIGHTS LANDING/COLUSA AREA
PARDEE LAKE
cont.
Catfish and Trout Pace
Catches
sites also. For reservations, please call
City Hall at (530) 329-9198 Monday -
Thursday 8am-4pm.
- Dan Bacher
LOS VAQUEROS
RESERVOIR
Catfish, Stripers Pace Early
Fall Catches
LIVERMORE – Catfish and striped bass
continue to provide the top fishing at Los
Vaqueros at this time. Expect the trout
fishing to improve when autumn rainbow
trout plants begin.
The catfish are hitting anchovies and
chicken liver in the South Cove, Cowboy
Cove and Oak Point. The latest plant of
1000 pounds of channel catfish went into
the lake on August 27.
Both legal-sized stripers and undersize
fish continue to be caught at Los
Vaqueros.. Cut anchovies, shad and
chicken livers are the baits of choice,
either fished from shore or a boat.
Cowboy Cove and Howden Cove are the
hot spots.
The Catch A Special Thrill (C.A.S.T.) for
Kids event will take place at Vaqueros
Reservoir on October 5, 2019.
It’s a free fishing event that pairs
students with special needs and their
families with local volunteer fishing
experts for a day of boat or shore-fishing,
a BBQ, awards, and freebies like fishing
roe and other goodies for the students!.
For more information, contact Event
Coordinator Justin Fivella at 925-688-
8307.
NEW MELONES LAKE
Big salmon are surging up the Sacramento River. This huge king was caught in the Redding
area on September 23.
Photo courtesy of MIKE BOGUE’S GUIDE SERVICE, Redding.
fishing should improve when the water
temperature cools.
The black bass bite on New Melones
is also tough. Randy Pringle, the Fishing
Instructor, was on New Melones this
week, and he said, “The bite was not as
good as I hoped it would be as the lake is
dropping and the fish are suspending. We
found our best action with the small Opti
Shad on a drop-shot rig alogn with the
Splittail Flatnose Minnow with Max Scent.
Dark colors worked best in the morning
with lighter plastics in the afternoons as
the shad are starting to ball up.”
The Annual Glory Hole Catfish Contest
began accepting registrations on
September first for the month-long contest
held from October 1 through October 31.
The entry and insurance fees total $15.00,
and the contest has a limited entry. Three
fish can be weighed in, and the first
catfish over 12 pounds will take the Big
Cat side pot. For more information, call
(209) 736-4333.
- Dave Hurley
Bass Bite Is Tough
ANGELS CAMP– The kokanee season
has wound down as the fish get ready
for the fall spawn.. The rainbow trout
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FRESHWATER
VOL.38 • ISS. 22
OROVILLE LAKE/
THERMALITO AFTERBAY
Afterbay
Kicks Out Big
Largemouths
The fall striper run is rolling forward. This happy angler limited out
while trolling the Sacramento River on September 13.
Photo courtesy of DELTA PRO FISHING, Elk Grove.
OROVILLE
– The Tuesday
night series at
the Thermalito
Afterbay ended
with the biggest
largemouth bass
of the summer.
Harley Matney
Sr. caught a
giant largemouth
measuring 24”
and weighing
almost 8 pounds.
Ryan Friend took
second place with
a nice 19 1/4”
fish, according to
Jamey Sorensen
at North Valley
Tackle and Pro
Shop.
Boaters continue
to nail limits
of landlocked
king salmon at
Oroville. “Two of
my customers
landed 10 salmon
averaging 16 to
17 inches long
on their latest
trolling adventure
at Oroville,” said
Craig Newton at
Willfish Bait and
Tackle in Auburn.
“They pulled glow hoochies, tipped with
white corn,, behind dodgers. They trolled
from Bidwell Point to the dam and also by
the Bidwell Canyon Bridge at 45 to 55 feet
deep,” said Newton.
The Department of Water Resources’
recently reopened the Spillway Boat
Ramp area on Lake Oroville three days
per week.
From now on, the Spillway Boat Ramp
area will be open to the public Friday
through Sunday from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m.
The Boat Ramp area will remain closed
Monday through Thursday as construction
activities continue.
The Spillway Boat Ramp is the largest
boat ramp facility at Lake Oroville with
two stages of multi-lane boat ramps and
a total of 20 launch lanes depending on
lake levels. DWR has repaved the parking
lot and portions of the boat ramp lanes to
increase access. The area also includes
the trailhead to a network of multi-use
trails for hikers, bikers and equestrians.
Lake Oroville is holding 2,734,465 acre
feet of water, 77 percent of capacity and
115 percent of average. The lake level is
844.44 in elevation.
- Dan Bacher
IONE - Lake Pardee is known best
for its rainbow trout, kokanee salmon,
largemouth bass and smallmouth fishing,
but the lake kicks out quality catfish every
year.
Just ask John Beogovich, who caught
an 11-1/4 pound catfish while bait fishing
from Blue Herron Point.
Lake Pardee is the only Mother Lode
reservoir currently stocking rainbow trout,
due to the cooler water coming out of
the upper Mokelumne River watershed.
Mount Lassen Fish Hatchery is planting
1000 pounds of rainbows 1- to 3-pound
range every week. A total of 39,000
pounds of rainbows have been planted in
the reservoir since February.
If you want to hook rainbows, fish in the
deep water of the main recreation area off
Rainbow Point or the Brush Pile. Toss out
nightcrawlers, PowerBait, Kastmasters,
Panther Martins and Little Cleos from
shore or troll with nightcrawlers, Apex
lures, hoochies and other lures behind
flashers or dodgers.
Pardee will close for the winter from
November 3, 2019 to February 13, 2020.
Although the date has not been
announced yet, the Rocky Mountain
Recreation Company will make a plant
of channel catfish before the November
closure date.
REDDING/RED BLUFF
Solid Numbers Of Salmon
Hooked!
REDDING-The salmon run is hitting
its fall stride for anglers working from
Woodson Bridge up river to Anderson.
Anglers have been hooking limits and
near limits of fish and the kings being
landed are big.
“We had a shot of rain last night, but
it sure didn’t change the salmon bite,”
related Mike Bogue of Mike Bogue’s
Guide Service. “We hooked up several
fish today, losing some and landed some.
It’s been good. We are seeing lots of big
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