Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3822 Oct 11-25 | Page 27

FRESHWATER VOL.38 • ISS. 22 25 Oct 11 - 25, 2019 FRESHWATER REPORTS: CONTINUED FROM PG 23 SAN PABLO RESERVOIR cont. their “secret spot” while using anchovies.. Catfish are biting chicken liver, anchovies and worms in various places. The bite seems to be active across from the boat launch. “With the weather starting to cool down, we will start planting trout as soon as the water temperature dips below 70 degrees,” said Shoemaker. “For all of you carp anglers, I am being told the bite is active once again.” stated Schoemaker. “The crappie are also hitting worms fished funder a bobber or crappie jigs in Graveyard Cove. Bass are being caught by trollers in Scow Canyon.” The lake level is 300.8 feet in elevation and the surface water temperature is 73.9 degrees. SHASTA LAKE Bass Bite Well, Trout Action Fair At Shasta REDDING - Shasta is currently in transition from summer to fall conditions. The trout are scattered, full of forage and playing hard to get overall. Bass action remains steady for anglers working the main body and the lower reaches of the lake’s arms. Historically September and May are the two toughest months on Shasta for trout, simply because the fish are scattered and it’s tough to establish a pattern. If you are looking for trout, trust your sonar, stay on the move and pound the fish with shad pattern lures. Start off fast and then slow down if you have to. Look for trout holding 60 to 100 feet deep, but if you see shallower marks work them because the rainbows will be coming out of the depths soon. Bass anglers are scoring with a variety of different approaches. There has been fair to good topwater action early in the morning for spots and largemouths in the 1 to 3-pound range. Working walking baits and poppers parallel along points adjacent to deep water has been the key. The fish are holding in open water and an offering that they can pin against the structure triggers strikes. When the surface action backs off, crankbaits and small swimbaits draw S Anglers trolling Lake Tahoe have been landing some very nice mackinaw. This fish was landed on September 5. Photo courtesy of TAHOE SPORTFISHING, South Lake Tahoe. strikes in the same areas. Offshore anglers are hooking suspended bass while working dropshot rigs armed with Mother’s Finest Worms or jigging spoons. Lake Shasta is currently 35 feet from maximum pool. Boat launching remains in full operation at locations around the lake. trip to Donner,” said Craig Newton at Willfish Bait and Tackle. “They trolled with nightcrawlers behind 6 dodgers off the bottom.” - Dan Bacher TAHOE Mack Bite Solid, Kokanee Available Too! DONNER/STAMPEDE LAKES Mackinaws Hitting at Donner TRUCKEE – The kokanee salmon season has ended at Stampede Reservoir as the fish transition into their spawning pattern, but there other fishing opportunities in the Truckee Basin, including mackinaw angling at Donner Lake. At the end of the season, trollers at Stampede were bagging quality kokanee in the 14 to 17 inch range while using hoochies, spinners and other lures, tipped with white corn, behind dodgers. Donner Lake is producing some decent numbers of mackinaws for trollers. “Three customers reported landing their limits of mackinaw to 5 pounds on a recent SOUTH LAKE TAHOE - There are still kokanee available at Lake Tahoe, but most anglers are now targeting macks. The lake trout bite is good with most anglers getting limits most days. The average fish goes about 3 pounds. There has been the occasional 3 to 6-pound rainbow showing in the catches, but the action isn’t consistent enough to target them. Instead they are coming incidentally for anglers working shallow to moderately deep areas for macks. Crowds have gotten lighter in the wake of Labor Day. 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