Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3825 Nov 22- Dec 6 | Page 20

18 Nov 22 - Dec 6, 2019 FRESHWATER REPORTS: CONTINUED FROM PG 17 PARDEE LAKE cont. recreation area will reopen on February 13, 2020. Pardee received a total of 40,000 pounds of rainbow trout and 1,000 pounds of channel cats in the 2019 season. The NorCal Trout Angler’s Challenge event at Lake Pardee on October 12 drew a total of 73 adult participants and 11 youth participants, according to Vince Harris of Angler’s Press. Mike Wilson won first place in the adult division with a 4.42 lb. rainbow. The second through fifth place winners were (2) Mike Wilson, 4.42; (3) Dean Moules, 3.57; (4) Jeff Garcia, 2.32; and (5) Kyle Garcia, 2.01. Andrew Lawlor won first place in the youth division with a 1.6 lb. rainbow. The second through fifth place winners were (2) Mykala Smith, 1.53; (3) Damien Fuentes, 1.5; (4) Natalya Smith, 1.28; and Ryder Salvensin, 1.27. After the NTAC event, anglers continued to catch a mixture of rainbow trout, kokanee, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass and catfish at Lake Pardee. PYRAMID LAKE Cutthroat Fishing Heats Up! RENO - “This fall has been a little different at Pyramid Lake, but things are starting to shape up now,” reported Sam Shallow of Deep Water Guide Service. “The water temperature has been coming down slowly and now it’s in the middle 50’s. The water temperature has kept the fish on the move, but we’ve been able to keep up with them. We are still seeing green algae and grass in the water in some areas, so we’ve had to work to find those clean zones and we are going the extra mile to make sure our gear is free from junk,” said Shallow. “For us the south end has been the hot spot. We are trolling Shallow Glass spinners and other lures off downriggers. We’ve been getting fish anywhere from 15 to 70 feet deep. This week we’ve started getting a few fish on our toplines, so the fish are gradually coming to the surface and that’s a good thing. I expect to have very good action at Pyramid soon. Everything depends on the weather and water temperature at this point,” Shallow concluded. The Reno Fly Shop reports improved action on the fly fishing front. Their guides report that the fish are on the move and that schools show up randomly throughout the day. They are focusing on deeper beaches and drop offs as the fish move from the depths into shallower water. QUARRY/SHADOW CLIFFS/CHABOT LAKES Trout Plants Continue in East Bay VOL.38 • ISS. 25 Regional Park District. The regulations for the Arroyo Del Valle Ponds include an EBRPD Daily Fishing Permit, CA State Fishing License. Fishing is catch and release, barbless hooks with artificial lures only. Float tubes only are allowed. The park district stocked Lake Chabot with 1000 pounds of rainbows the week of November 11-15. Michel Rauch from Clovis, CA caught a 2 lb. rainbow trout while trolling with a lure and worm combo by Chabot Dam. with zero action. I tried spoons, threaded worms and minnow plugs,” Kellogg related. “I had another three hours or so to fish at that point so I switched over to a Rebel crawfish crankbait and immediately started catching spotted bass. I caught fish off both downed trees and small rocky points. The surface temperature was in the middle to upper 50’s and the spots were really feisty. The biggest fish of the day was about 14 inches long and I got over a dozen fish total,” said Kellogg. “Hopefully Rollins will be planted soon, but even if it doesn’t we should start seeing some browns show up for trollers pulling minnow baits. Traditionally late November and December are good months for targeting browns at Rollins,” Kellogg concluded. Reports are few and far between from Scotts Flat. Catfish action is likely over for the year, but bass are certainly available. If a trout plant occurs both boaters and bankies will prosper. REDDING Late Fall Run Salmon Arrive! REDDING- “The fishing has been fair to good depending on the day,” reported Mike Bogue of Mike Bogue’s Guide Service. “My boat hasn’t been getting limits, but we’ve been getting salmon every day and mixing in some trout fishing trips too.” “On the salmon side, I’m seeing more and more late fall run fish arriving. They are outstanding quality fish and some of them are very large. That bite should get stronger and stronger right up until the season ends,” said Bogue. Mike loves pulling plugs, so he starts the day back trolling with Flatfish. When the plug bite ramps down, he finishes out the day drifting and bouncing Pautzke cured roe. Robert Weese of Northern California Guide Service offers trips on both the Feather and Sacramento. Robert’s clients have been scoring while fishing a combination of plugs and roe. “Plugs work early and then we start mixing in some roe,” says Weese. “The trout fishing has been really good. The weather is nice, bugs are hatching and of course there are spawning salmon in the river, so the trout are on the bite. Most of the trout are anywhere from 14 to 18 inches long, but 20 plus inchers are common. You can catch them a variety of different ways. I’ve mainly been back trolling with Mag Lips and other small plugs and that is working very well,” Bogue related. If you’d like to experience the thrill of hooking a big late run chinook, both Robert Weese and Mike Bogue are top sticks when it comes to putting anglers on big 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. SACRAMENTO AREA Trollers Work for Bright Chinooks This angler was trolling the Sacramento with Captain SACRAMENTO – Salmon Rob on October 25 and was rewarded with a monster fishing is tough for anglers chrome bright king salmon. Photo courtesy of RUSTIC ROB’S GUIDE SERVICE, Yuba fishing in the Sacramento River City. in the Capital City region, but Slough,” said Alan Fong of Fisherman’s Warehouse. “There was no grass there, so my fishing partner and I started fishing. We got stuck for about five minnows in the sand getting in and out of there since it was so shallow.” “We caught and released over 20 stripers in the 5 to 10 lb. class while tossing out glide baits in only 1 feet of water,” he said. “The stripers don’t like the grass, so they go to areas without the grass.” “We then went flipping with beavers for largemouth bass,” he noted. “We had five fish weighing a total of 20 pounds, a 4 lb average, by 10:30 a.m. - Dan Bacher ROLLINS LAKE Bass Provide Top Sport! RIO VISTA AREA West and North Ends of Delta Kick Out Quality Stripers STOCKTON - The grass in the water continues to be the big problem for anglers targeting stripers throughout the Delta. If you can find an area free of the obnoxious grass, you can catch a lot of bass. The western and the far northern ends of the Delta are yielding the top striper action. Virgil’s Bait and Ice House in Suisun City reported 186 entries in their Striper Derby on November 1, 2 and 3. There were 81 big fish entries and 102 fish weighed in totaling 948.75 pounds. Cameron Oliver caught the big fish, weighing 28 pounds, and Kenny Peschel won first place. The fish hit in Montezuma Slough, Suisun Bay and Grizzly Bay. Sturgeon action remains “pretty darn good” from Grizzly Bay to the Benicia Bridge, reported Barry Canevaro of the Fish Hookers Sportfishing. Anglers are hooking most of the fish on salmon roe from 17 to 35 feet deep. Alan Fong, manager of Fisherman’s Warehouse in Sacramento, went north for his fish. “While out fishing in the Liberty Island area, I could see in the distance stripers breaking the water in Lisbon COLFAX - Fish Sniffer editor Cal Kellogg took a trip to Rollins Lake this week hoping to tangle with some trout from Hobie Pro Angler 14, but trout proved hard to find. In the end, Cal salvaged the day, by turning his attention to bass. “Well it’s a familiar story at Rollins Lake. The CDFW hasn’t planted any rainbows so trout fishing is tough,” said Kellogg. “The DFW just doesn’t seem to be planting fish like they used to and as a result the fishing at places like Rollins and Scotts Flat really suffers for guys that like to target trout. I spent two hours trolling from Long Ravine all the way up to the Goose Neck in the Bear River Arm S h the fish being caught are big and bright. “I fished the Wounded Warriors event,” said Rob Reimers of Rustic Rob’s Guide Service. “We had ninety warriors and forty boats. The fishing was pretty tough; I know of only know of 4 fish caught but one of them was a 14 pounder caught by one of my guys. We trolled with Brad’s Cut Plugs.’ “On my next trip in the Sacramento area, the fishing was better. We hooked two fish, landing a 15 pounder and losing another fish while using Brad’s Cut Plugs,” he noted. Uncle Larry Barnes at Sacramento Pro Tackle also reported slow fishing on the Sacramento for most anglers. “Seven salmon were hooked by the boats fishing at Discovery Park one day this week, but they got just 2 fish to the boat,” he said. “Boaters are trolling with Silvertron spinners.” “It’s not a red hot bite, but with the prime 56 degree water, at least they are on the CONTINUED ON PG 20 ow a ll G laSS l ur Trout • Mackinaw Kokanee • Salmon Bright, Durable, Unique eS Glass Lures Handmade In Northern California www.shallowglasslures.com 3810 (530) 386-8064 captain JAMES NETZEL FREMONT – Rainbow trout fishing at Horseshoe Lake, located in the Quarry Lakes Recreation Area, Shadow Cliffs and Chabot has improved with trout plants and cooler weather, but few anglers are reporting in with their fish. The park district stocked Horseshoe with 750 pounds of rainbows the week of November 11-14 and 1000 pounds the week of November 18-22. Zack D. of Oakland caught a two-pound and five-pound trout while fishing with a spoon near the boat ramp at Horseshoe. Paul H. of Hayward caught three trout while fishing off of the ADA fishing pier with a Mice Tail and rainbow PowerBait. The weights of the fish weighed between one-and-a-half and eight pounds. The park district planted Shadow Cliffs with 1000 pounds of rainbows the week of November 11-15. No reports of recent catches were available from the East Bay FRESHWATER Full Time Guide “I’ll make you a better Hooker!” Now booking Sacramento River SALMON! 3615 888-975-0990 WWW.FISHTIGHTLINES.COM $50 OFF for Veterans!