Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3826 Dec 6-20 | Page 19

FRESHWATER REPORTS: CONTINUED FROM PG 13 SANTA CLARA VALLEY LAKES/ SAN LUIS RESERVOIR Minnow Drifters Nail Big Stripers off Dinosaur Point COYOTE – Striped bass fishing is “phenomenal” at San Luis Reservoir for anglers drifting live jumbo minnows, reported Alex Tran at Coyote Bait and Tackle. “Boat anglers have picked up a lot of stripers over 20 pounds lately, addition to smaller fish up to 12 pounds,” said Tran. “The fish are suspended at 50 to 65 feet deep, so your best bet is to fish the minnows on Carolina rigs on line counter reels. The top areas to target are Portuguese Cove and Dinosaur Point.” Shore anglers are also landing schoolie stripers while fishing anchovies, shad and pileworms, noted Tran. “Shore fishing is great for anglers tossing bloodworms, pileworms and shad in the O’Neill Forebay,” he stated. “Trollers are also bagging Dec 6 - 20, 2019 FRESHWATER VOL.38 • ISS. 26 17 stripers while using broken back Rapalas and Lucky Craft Pointer Minnows.” Calero remains the only local lake open to boating, Tran said boaters are catching largemouth bass averaging 1 to 3 ponds and going up to 3 pounds while throwing out spinnerbaits and Rat- L-Traps. For crappie, he advised anglers to fish crappie jigs in the morning hours at Uvas Reservoir. A few bass are also hitting drop shot rigs, spinnerbait, jerkbaits and tubes at Uvas. “We’re not hearing many fishing reports on bass, crappie or catfish at Anderson and Coyote reservoirs,” added Tran. - Dan Bacher of rainbow trout the week of November 18-22. The park district stocked 700 pounds of rainbows and 500 pounds of Mt. Lassen Lightning Trout the week of November 25-29. The water temperature is 58 degrees, depending on depth and the water clarity seems to vary between 10-15 feet. “Boaters are catching limits early in the morning,” said Edward Culver of the East Bay Regional Park District. “Mario Rodriques was fishing off his boat and caught his limit of trout in the afternoon. Stan Nunes of Castro Valley also landed his limit of trout. Duc Hoang was boating with friend and they caught limits of trout, too.” Jon Hickey landed a limit of trout, topped by an 8 pounder, while fishing lures by the second dock. Dave Mix bagged an 18-inch trout fishing down by the boat launch. 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