Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3908 Mar 27- Apr 10 | Page 7

“When I am fishing a frog or flipping matted vegetation, I am throwing the new X-TCB 8 Carrier Braided Line form P-Line. It is critical to be stealthy with both techniques, and with P-line’s new braid, you can make longer casts and it is ultra quiet com- ing through the grass.” – Bass Pro Bryan Thrift 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. Tactical . GETting it done. as an angler, success depends on the tactical decisions MADE long before you get to the water. You need every possible advantage to compete with the serious anglers of today. that BEGINS with your line. derived using the latest in raw material and extrusion advancements, TACTICAL DELIVERS Longer casts, extreme invisibility AND UNEQUALLED KNOT STRENGTH. head to the water spooled with the strongest, and most supple fluorocarbon. AWARD WINNING TACTICAL FLUOROCARBON. 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. Available in 6-20lb. Test ~ 200 yard spools. 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. P-Line Pro-Staffer scott martin 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. www.P-Line.com P-Line The Fisherman.indd 1 4/14/17 1:20 PM