Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3822 Oct 11-25 | Page 9

FRESHWATER REPORTS: 7 Oct 11 - 25, 2019 FRESHWATER VOL.38 • ISS. 22 of kokanee and a limit of rainbows. “We didn’t catch any big kokanee – all of them were in the 15 to 16 inch range,” he tipped. “The trout ranged from 16 to 18 inches long. I trolled Apex lures behind dodgers at 75 to 90 feet deep at 75 to 90 feet deep from the Ranch House to the Narrows.” - Dan Bacher Kim, recently and they landed 9 rainbows running Speedy Shiners at depths from 30 to 45 feet in the main river channel from Little Hat BERRYESSA LAKE cont. to the dam. would continue. After 1 pm the lake was “We had a few fish that came off, like a pane of glass! But the morning was and probably six different colors breezy and the bite was on. We drop- worked. There was only one other shotted Robo Worms in shad and morning patio boat out and we basically dawn colors until about 11 am and then had the lake to ourselves.,” he switched to spooning with Blade Runner stated. 1-3/4 oz spoons mostly in the morning Lake Camanche will start plants dawn color.” from the Mt. Lassen Hatchery “Around noon he hooked the big-un in late October and the South of the days at 3-1/4 lbs - a nice spotted Pond is one of the best locations bass!! We had a few dinks, but most were for shore anglers once the plants 2 1/4 to 3 lbs - all three species! His best begin. BULLARDS BAR/ five - around 12 or 13 pounds,” noted After returning from a six-week Hemphill. ENGLEBRIGHT road trip, Andrew Schmidgall “We started early out of Markley Cove of Lake Camanche Village had RESERVOIRS and fished shadow areas in the narrows. an epic fishing day when he Kokanee Fishing We went thru a tough stretch, losing caught and released a 14.71 lb. several quality bass. Just think they largemouth bass at Camanche. He Winds Down As Fish weren’t aggressive early since we saw NO was using a Wicked Weights jig on Turn Dark topwater action - only a dink or two. Our a ledge in the main body at 25 to DOBBINS – Very few spoon bite was interesting as we found 30 feet deep when he hooked the anglers are targeting kokanee the most active bass closer to the bank monster fish. These boys hit Lake Chabot this August and caught a pair of very salmon at Bullards Bar than I expected,” Hemphill noted. “This is my new personal-best impressive catfish. Reservoir as the fish turn dark “That’s where the bait was. We didn’t Photo courtesy of the LAKE CHABOT MARINA, Lake Chabot. bass,” said Schmidgall. “It took and get ready to spawn. find many schools of bait far offshore about 10 minutes to bring in. It Most of the fish you can as we usually do. Most were in 20 to 35 was the fish of a lifetime; I don’t expect to hook on the lake feet - close to Big Island and the west know if I will be able to beat it.” holding 698,587 acre feet of water, 72 are next year’s kokanee, although some side. Interesting that we didn’t find many He hooked the fish while using a 13 percent of capacity and 115 percent of dark fish in the 12 inch class are on tap huge schools of bait.! Fall fishing is here Fishing Omen rod with Bass Pro Qualifier average. for anglers targeting kokanee, while at Berryessa - hunt bait - fish. Hunt bait – reel and 12-pound test Berkley Big Game Englebright Reservoir is holding 65,201 trolling with hoochies, tipped with white fish,” he concluded. line. acre feet of water, 93 percent of capacity corn, behind dodgers, according to Craig Kokanee fishing remained good at - Dave Hurley and 105 percent of average. Newton at Willfish Bait and Tackle. Berryessa at press time, though the - Dave Hurley Spotted bass fishing should improve as season was nearing its end. Craig Newton the water cools down and the lake moves of Willfish Bait and Tackle in Auburn into fall pattern. Fish drop shot rigs with reported great fishing on his latest solo Robo Worms, jigs, Senkos and other lures trip to the lake, where he caught a limit for the bass. CARSON PASS AREA Fishing pressure CAMANCHE LAKE Fourteen Lb. German Brown remains very light Trollers Bag Holdovers, Shore Leads Bear River Lake at Englebright With Pro Bass Fisherman Anglers Get Ready for Plants Reservoir. Rainbow Catches trout are available BURSON – Trollers continue to bag PIONEER - Trout fishing has been Learn Progressive Techniques for Bass for anglers trolling quality rainbows in the deep water near tough at Lower Bear River Reservoir On The Delta, Clear Lake & Berryessa with nightcrawlers, the dam at Camanche, while shore lately. Yet in the midst of the slow fishing, ALL SKILL LEVELS WELCOME spoons and anglers are getting ready for trout plants one angler landed a 14 lb. German brown www.jcbassfishing.com spinners behind on the lake. while trolling a worm behind a dodger, dodgers or flashers. Robbie Dunham of the Koke Machine (925) 216-2757 according to Mike Raso of the Bear River 3811 Bullards Bar is jasoncordiale79@gmail.com Guide Service was out with his wife, Lake Resort. Other anglers have been catching some pansize rainbow trout while fishing worms and green PowerBait. “The fishing is a little slow at this time, but we expect the fishing to pick up with the cooler weather,” said Raso. The top fish weighed in at Caples (510) 223-1661 (925) 426-0197 Lake over the past couple weeks were a 14 inch rainbow and a 16 inch brown. 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