Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3622 Oct. 13-27, 2017 | Page 21

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bass or king salmon over the past couple of weeks , with most bass fishermen concentrating on other lakes and salmon fishermen focusing on the Feather and Sacramento rivers , reported Bob Boucke at Johnson ’ s Bait and Tackle in Yuba City .
The Department of Water Resources ( DWR ) reported that it remains focused on meeting its primary objective of repairing and reconstructing the main spillway by November 1 to handle flows of 100,000 cubic feet per second ( cfs ).
Work will continue well past November on both the main spillway and emergency spillway . The state ’ s contract with Kiewit Infrastructure West is currently until January 2019 .
This year , 730 feet of main spillway
Joe and Joey Gamez headed out to the Feather River with their Phenix rods this September and got their salmon on big time , landing limits of kings .
Photo courtesy of JOE GAMEZ , Phenix Rods .

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leading to the radial gates will be patched , reinforced and left in place . It will be removed and reconstructed with structural concrete in 2018 .
DWR continues to make progress at the emergency spillway , and is on schedule to complete construction of the secant pile wall , or cut-off wall , in December 2017 or January 2018 . Crews have completed 22 percent of the secant pile wall , according to DWR .
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IONE – People were wondering when , after all of the big trout plants in Lake Pardee this summer , the rainbow trout bite was going to break open . Well , it has finally busted loose with the cooling weather .
“ Over the past week ,” the anglers have been catching limits of rainbow while using PowerBait , worms and other baits ,” reported Tammy of the Lake Pardee Recreation Area . “ The best areas are the Narrows and Stony Creek Landing .”
The last plant of 2,000 pounds of 1 to 1-1 / 2 pound trout went in on September 30 .
“ The kokanee fishing has been slow ; nobody has reported catching them lately ,” she revealed . Anglers continue to nail channel catfish while tossing out chicken liver and anchovies in the coves . Fishing for

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largemouth and smallmouth bass also remains very good for fishermen using drop shot rigs and top water lures off submerged points .
The lake is in great shape for this time of year , being 93 percent of capacity . Lake Pardee will close to fishing and other recreation on November 5 and will reopen under new management , the Rocky Mountain Recreation Company , next year .
PYRAMID LAKE
Windy Conditions Make For Difficult Trout Opener
RENO - The conditions on the October 1rst Pyramid Lake opener could be summed up with a few words . Perhaps the legendary angler Jeff Morris said it best , “ We pounded it out in a persistent wind coming out of the north all day long .”
When asked how the fishing was , Jeff had this to say , “ We caught a lot of mostly Summit Lake and small Pilot Peak fish to 7 pounds ; probably close to 100 . The jig bite was on despite the wind .”
The surface water temperature was a brisk 66 degrees . Openers in the past have featured water temperatures up in the 74 degree range , so how this will factor into the rest of the fall remains to be seen . The shore bite may begin a little earlier than usual this year .
A few big fish were landed . Tom Steinbeg caught a cutthroat weighing a whopping 22 pounds , 8 ounces and measuring 37 inches long on opening day , according to Crosby ’ s Lodge . That fish undoubtedly provided quite the thrill for the lucky angler who caught it .
Two other huge fish were weighed in at
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Kristy Carpentier pulled this impressive kokanee cloaked in spawning colors out of Hell Hole Reservoir during a recent high country trolling mission .
Photo by KRISTY CARPENTIER , Fish Sniffer Staff .
the lodger . Loren Mateo landed a 17 lb . 6.4 oz . cutthroat measuring 32-1 / 2 inches long , while Kermit Chapman bagged a 18 lb . 8 oz cutthroat measuring 32 inches .
All in all , this was not an outstanding opening day . The weather made for very difficult conditions for most . Some even kept their boats on their trailers . Look for the bite to really pick up when the lake goes flat for a couple of days .
- Mike McNeilly
REDDING / RED BLUFF
Salmon Scores Climb As More Fish Push Up River
REDDING - There are solid numbers of salmon in the Sacramento River and more fish are moving up the system every day . It looks like the month of October is going to offer incredible salmon fishing opportunities for Sac River anglers .
“ I ’ ve been fishing the Feather because that is where the fishing is best right now , but there is good fishing on tap on the Sacramento River too and I think the fishing on the Sac is really going to take off in October ,” reported Robert Weese of Northern California Guide Service . “ There are some jacks in the Sacramento , but there are some big fish in the 15 to 30 pound class too . From what I ’ m hearing the guys at Woodson Bridge are scoring about one fish per rod . Further up the scores get better with the guys fishing the lava country between Redding and Red Bluff doing the best .”
Anglers fishing with Mike Bogue of Mike Bogue ’ s Guide Service have been scoring limits and near limits while fishing the
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