Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3703 Jan 18-Feb 2 2018 | Page 12

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FRESHWATER
Jan 18 - Feb 2, 2018
FRESHWATER REPORTS:
Service.
“We are not expecting any
measurable snow around
Bridgeport or the Upper Owens
River out of this one,” said Loe.
“The East Walker River has
experienced some cold water
coming from Bridgeport Reservoir.
Flows are running great at 90 cfs.
Some bigger browns are on the
chew,” Loe exclaimed.
“The Upper Owens River has a
few more fish that have traveled
up from below the bridge. There
are a good number of school
sized fish in the mix too. Middle
Owens River is looking good and
holding at 350 cfs. Some bigger
fish are biting the streamers well
and lots of mid-sized browns too,”
advised Loe.
“Pleasant Valley Reservoir
giving up some big rainbows by
the boat ramp recently, while the
Wild Trout section can be decent
if you get your flies down and
dirty,” Loe concluded.
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DAVIS/FRENCHMAN LAKES
cont.
General Store in Chilcoot.
Frenchman is holding 42,995 acre feet
of water, 78 percent of capacity and 130
percent of average.

- Dan Bacher
DEL VALLE RESERVOIR
Trout Offer Best New Year’s
Bite
LIVERMORE – Fishing has been great
lately at Lake Del Valle, with many anglers
limiting out on rainbow trout, reported Cody
McGarry of the Rocky Mountain Recreation
Company.
“For trout, most anglers this week are
using either PowerBait or night crawlers,”
said McGarry. “I also recommend using
either Mice Tails, Kastmasters, or small
spinners. Make sure you fish the sand bars
in shallow water.”
Channel catfish offer good action also.
“Most anglers are fishing rock walls and
deep drop offs,” said McGarry. “The best
baits to use are nightcrawlers, anchovies or
mackerel.”
Big rainbow honors go to Phabian
Warren of Livermore, who landed a trout
weighing 8 lbs.
Jacob Jordan and Brianna Sifton of
Boulder Creek caught 5 trout, with the
largest weighing 2.5 lbs. Kelly Barrington
and friend caught 10 trout, the largest
weighing 4 lbs.
DON PEDRO
Trout Bite Is Up & Down
LA GRANGE - Trout action remains
decent with Monte Smith of Gold Country
Sport Fishing finding up and down action
on various trips.
The bait is moving towards Middle and
Upper Bay and finding the bait is the key
to locating the rainbows. The trout are
fattening up on shad, and shad-patterned
spoons are working.
Smith is planning on switching to grubs
to see if a slower presentation will be more
effective along with trying the river arm out
of Moccasin.
The bass are also following the shad
which have moved into deeper water. Jigs,
plastics on the drop-shot and swimbaits on
a slow roll are the top techniques. The lake
held at 81 percent this week.
-David Hurley
EAST DELTA
Winter Largemouth Success
Requires Slow Presentations
STOCKTON - The long-awaited arrival
of rain in northern California brought only
a pittance to our normal expectations for
precipitation, and although