Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3904 Feb 1-14 | Page 20
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FRESHWATER
Jan 31 - Feb 14, 2020
VOL.38 • ISS. 25
The next clinic
will be at Hagan
Community Park in
Rancho Cordova
from 8 a.m. to noon.
Likewise, the event is
for 5 to 15-year-olds
only. There is no pre-
registration.
For more
information, call the
Fishing in the City -
Sacramento Metro
Area
Information line:
(916) 358-2872.
FRESHWATER
REPORTS:
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PG 17
used salmon roe
and eel at 32-feet
to 70-feet deep.
- Dan Bacher
ROLLINS/
SCOTTS
FLAT
LAKES
lakes,” he tipped.
Fishing has been tough on the local
lakes. Bank fishermen putting in their
hours are picking up a few largemouth
bass in the 1 to 4 lb. range at Anderson,
Chesbro and Uvas reservoirs. They’re
fishing with jigs, tubes, drop shot rigs and
Ned rigs for the largemouths, noted Tran.
“Calero is producing decent bass fishing
for boaters fishing tubes and darter heads
in 15 to 35 feet of water,” he said. “Some
crappie are hitting small jigs in deeper
water.”
- Dan Bacher
SHASTA LAKE
Browns
Possible,
Pressure
Light
SANTA
CLARA
VALLEY
LAKES/
SAN LUIS
RESERVOIR
COLFAX - Word
is that Rollins Lake
has been planted
with rainbows, but
there has been
only light pressure These anglers hit the Delta with Captain James Netzel in mid-December and ended up with
Shore Anglers
and not many
full limits of stripers.
Photo courtesy of TIGHT LINES GUIDE SERVICE, Loomis. Target Main
reports of success.
“I’ve been to
Lake Stripers
Rollins twice
with Cut and
recently and hit Scotts Flat once from my
SACRAMENTO – Striped bass
Live
Baits
kayak,” reported Jason Pleece of Meadow are moving in and out of the Port of
Vista. “At Rollins, I caught a total of 3
COYOTE – Shore anglers in search of
Sacramento, following the bait schools
rainbows and a single 15-inch brown. I
stripers
can hook fish in both San Luis
and tides. Most of the stripers being
got all the rainbows trolling a Gulp! Killer
Reservoir and the O’Neill Forebay at this
hooked now are smaller fish in the 3 to 4
Crawler in the orange color behind one
time.
lb. range.
of Cal Kellogg’s chrome Diamondback
“Guys are reporting a few fish every
“The trolling with Yo-Zuris and other
dodgers. The brown trout hit a 3-inch Frog lures has slowed down in the Port and the
outing off the bank,” reported Alex Tran
Pattern MagLip.”
at Coyote Bait and Tackle. “The Romero
Sacramento Deep Water Channel,” said
“The brown was about 15 inches long
Visitor Center, Basalt and Dinosaur Point
Uncle Larry Barnes of Sacramento Pro
and beautifully marked, but very thin like
areas are producing the top fishing.
Tackle. “Your best bet is to slow troll with
most of the browns I’ve hooked at Rollins.
They’re using anchovies, bloodworms,
live jumbo minnows.”
He was very energetic. He hit really had
pile worms and frozen shad for stripers
He noted that bank anglers fishing the
and made several jumps before coming to
ranging from 18 to 29 inches.”
south shore of the port are landing some
the net,” said Pleece.
“Boaters are trolling Atlas rigs and
black bass and catfish while fishing with
“I got skunked at Scotts Flat. I started
broken
back P-line Predators by the Trash
live minnows.
off the day with minnow plugs and
Racks, Portuguese Cove and the Basalt
If you want to catch crappie, Barnes
then switched over to a threaded worm
area,” he said. “Drifting jumbo minnows
recommended fishing small jigs in
behind Vance’s flashers and then a
also continues to be productive.”
Eight Mile Slough off Eight Mile Road in
Diamondback. When trolling didn’t
“The O’Neill Forebay has been kicking
Stockton or in the ditches and sloughs
produce anything, I tried drifting with
out keeper
south of Freeport. Lisbon Slough in Yolo
PowerBait and worms, but that didn’t work County is also worth a try with jigs or
stripers, but there
out either,” Pleece concluded.
are a lot more
medium minnows for the crappie.
shaker-size fish
The CDFW fishing in the City program
showing in the
is conducting its winter trout plants and
catches. Shore
fishing clinics in the Sacramento area. T
fishermen are
The next clinic will be on Saturday,
catching the
SACRAMENTO AREA
February 8 from 8 am to noon at the
stripers on jerk
Howe
Community
Park,
sponsored
by
the
Stripers On Move in Port
baits, flukes and
Fulton-El Camino Recreation District. The
Rat-L-Traps and
event is for 5-15 year-olds only. There is
the same baits
no pre-registration.
used on the main
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Bass and Trout Bite as Water
Temperature Approaches 50
Degrees
REDDING - Things are positive at Lake
Shasta. The water temperature is just
above 50 degrees on the surface and
the with a lack of big prolonged storm
systems the water quality is good. Both
bass and rainbow trout are available at
this time, and with the lake only 50 feet
from maximum pool boat launching is
easy.
The bass bite has been better than
the trout bite because the bass are
concentrated. And also, there have been
more folks targeting bass than targeting
trout.
You can find spots either suspended
off main lake points or holding right on
main lake structure. For suspended bass
both drop shot rigs teamed with Mother’s
Finest Worms and jigging spoons are
working well. If the fish are holding tight
to rocky structure, Gitzit style tubes and
spider grubs rigged on darter heads work
well for bass looking to feed on crawfish.
The average bass at this time is a 1
pound spotted bass, but much larger fish
are in the mix. Winter is a good time to
target big bass at Shasta with swimbaits
and other offerings, but it takes patience
to get hit.
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