Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3908 Mar 27- Apr 10 | Page 7
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vegetation, I
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GO FOR IT!
Mar 27-Apr 10, 2020
VOL.39 • ISS. 8
PRO’S
POINTER
5
HOT BITES...
1.
LAKE PARDEE TROUT … Trout are on the bite
for bank anglers. Orange PowerBait and Power
Eggs work best, but worms, salmon eggs and spoons
create hookups too.
2.
TAHOE MACKS… Mackinaw ranging to 11 lbs.
are being landed by trollers. Minnows teamed
with flashers have been working best when trolled
from 100 to 225 feet deep.
3.
SAN PABLO STRIPERS… The striper bite is on.
Trollers are scoring with bucktail jigs and Rat-L-
Traps, while bait guys soak bullheads, ghost shrimp
and pile worms.
4.
TRINITY LAKE BASS… Anglers are hooking
good numbers of smallmouth bass. Jigs, plastic
worms and topwater plugs worked around gravel
piles are tempting the fish.
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GOOD BETS…
5.
ALMANOR TROUT… Browns and ‘bows are on
the bite. For trout to 6 lbs. anglers are toplining
silver and black Rapalas along the east shore.
6.
SAC RIVER RAINBOWS… Wild rainbows to
3 lbs are on the feed. Fly guys score on egg
imitations while conventional anglers rely on roe and
plugs.
7.
S.F. BAY HALIBUT… Trollers are hooking
halibut. Rigged herring trolled behind a large
Sling Blade dodgers work well.
8.
FOLSOM TOPWATER BASS… Morning and
evening anglers are enjoying topwater action.
Poppers and walking baits are hooking spots to 3 lbs
when worked over submerged rock piles.
SLEEPERS…
9.
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PYRAMID LAKE CUTTS… Both trollers and fly
casters are hooking huge 15 plus pound trout.
Purple and green lures and flies work best.
10.
CAMANCHE BASS… The bass are cruising
the top 30 feet at Camanche. Bass anglers
are hooking 5 to 15 bass per day on soft plastics, jigs
and crankbaits.
11.
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Record 8-time FLW Tour Winner
AT Lake Cumberland
HALF MOON PERCH… Beach anglers are
scoring perch to 2 lbs. Gulp! Sandworms are
working well as are shrimp baits and real pile worms.
12.
BULLARDS KOKANEE… Limits style
kokanee fishing continues at Bullards Bar.
Pink hoochies and spinners fish off the Dark Day
launch ramp do the trick.
COMING SOON...
13.
RANCHO SECO NTAC EVENT… April 4-5:
The SMUD Derby at Rancho Seco Lake
offers family fun, trout and more. The low-cost event
features a long list of prizes.
14.
COLLINS LAKE NTAC... The Northern
California Trout Angler’s Challenge tour will
visit Collins Lake on April 25.
15.
SIERRA TROUT OPENER… Stream
fishing is slated to open on April 25. Salmon
eggs, worms and spinners typically work well on the
opening weekend.
16.
LAKE AMADOR NTAC... The Northern
California Trout Angler’s Challenge tour will
visit Lake Amador on May 23.
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