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FRESHWATER REPORTS:
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lure they are biting on,” Jacob stated.
“The largemouths have been especially
voracious on the surface.; sub surface
jerkbaits can be a good bet as well.
You want to work the rock points in the
narrows or try fishing the reed patches in
the coves that are bottoming out.”
And of course, the bluegill are always
hitting on redworms. “Any structure is
good to fish for them because they like
to hide under tree branches or in weed
mats.,” he tipped.
EAST DELTA
Target Striped
Bass with
Topwater Baits
EAGLE LAKE
Trout Bite & Conditions
Improve as Trophy Time
Approaches
SPALDING- Over the past two years the
trout fishing at Eagle Lake has improved
dramatically. While the fishing has been
good in the spring and summer, fall is
the time that really gets Eagle Lake
anglers excited because that’s the time
when the biggest fish of the year move
shallow and gobble goodies. The best
fall action typically takes place when the
surface temperature dips down to about
50 degrees. With the surface temperature
now in the middle 50’s and slowly
dropping we are almost there!
As of press time anglers were rounding
up limits of trout to 4 pounds on a variety
of offerings. Orange spoons were doing
damage for guys that like to troll fast,
while grubs and threaded worms were
taking rainbows for the slow trolling
crowd.
Currently there is some algae in the
water column in the south basin, but not
enough to interfere with trolling. Currently
the trout are holding and feeding in the
top 15 feet of the water column.
Boat launching is going fine at the
second ramp in Gallatin. Crowds have
been light this fall, with less than 20 boats
on the water most days.
If you’re planning a trip to Eagle Lake
and would like to take your RV, get in
contact with the team at the Eagle Lake
RV Park and ask them about the Fish
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If you’d like to take a guided fishing trip
at Eagle Lake, Capt. Cliff Spediacci of
Hook & Ladder Guide Service is a great
choice. For more information or to book a
date, give Cliff a call at [phone].
For both late season gear and fly
fishing, Captain Bryan Roccucci will be
back on Eagle again this fall. As of press
time Roccucci had started his fall fly
trolling trips on Eagle with great success.
For more information or to book a date
STOCKTON - Randy
Pringle, the Fishing
Instructor, has duck
fever on the weekends,
but he took a recent
trip looking for striped
bass, and he said
before the trip, “I will
be launching out of
B and W Resort and
heading west towards
Sherman Island to look
for moving water out
of cuts and areas. The
striped bass will be
sitting in the moving
water waiting for the
bait flushing out.”
“I will start with the
ima Big and Little Stick Topwater baits are nailing bass at Lake Berryessa. This monster
largemouth came up for a surface plug during a mid-October
topwater lures in the
outing with Don Paganelli.
morning, and if the
Photo courtesy of PAGANELLI’S BASS FISHING EXPERIENCE,
stripers are in schools
Sacramento.
in deeper water, we
will switch over to
“Bridgeport Reservoir is still kicking out
P-Line Laser Minnows. If the stripers
a bunch of nice fish, both trolling and bait
aren’t biting or around, we will switch over
fishing. Just today we have had several
to the ima Pinjack or Squarebill crankbaits
4 to 6 pounders come in to get weighed.
for largemouth bass as there’s a good
Trolling has been good with night
crankbait bite. The water in the Delta is
crawlers, Needlefish, Thomas Buoyants
very clear right now, and there hasn’t
and small Rapalas. Bait anglers are using
been much wind.,” he tipped.
pinched crawlers, inflated crawlers and
Sturgeon fishing remains very good in
Mice Tails. We did talk to a couple anglers
Suisun Bay, and Captain Steve Mitchell
who checked out the stomach contents
out of Pittsburg will be following up to
of a couple nice catches and they were
his successful trips from last weekend
loaded with small red worms, this could
with open loads with room this coming
be a good time for fly anglers to stillwater
weekend. He said, “The bite is on fire!”
nymph with a flossy worm or a San Juan
The salmon bite off of Benicia has
worm,” exclaimed Reid.
improved considerably over the past few
“The flows on the East have been
days after several days of slow action.
steadily dropping and right now they’re
Tony Lopez of Benicia Bait reported 10
sitting at about 88 cfs. The fishing has
salmon were hooked off of 1st Street on
still been very good with some anglers
Wednesday, but the sea lions got 4 of
reporting catching up to 20+ fish in a day.
them on the way to the bank. The sea
The caddis have mostly gone away but
lions have moved in, and you have to reel
the crawdads are still around and there’s
in hookups as soon as possible.
lots of midges and baetis hatching. The
Big striped bass over 20 pounds have
Nevada side is also fishing very well,
been taken from the region from the top
both the private and public sections. With
of the Mothball Fleet to the Firing Line,
and live splittail are the key bait for the big the lower water flows the fish will start to
concentrate more on the deeper pools
striped bass. Ron Reisinger of Chico went
and runs so that’s where you’re going to
out for two limits from 15 to 20 pounds on
want to focus,” Reid concluded.
the live bait, and it is not uncommon for
these fish to end up in someone’s freezer.

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BRIDGEPORT-
“Twin Lakes are
starting to liven up a
bit with some good
stringers making a
showing,” reported
Jim Reid of Ken’s
Sporting Goods.
“The bait fishing
seems to be the
best with pinched
crawlers, night
crawlers and mice
tails. There is also
some good action
for the fly anglers
stripping streamers
near the inlets of
both lakes. We’d
expect the trolling to
start picking up with
the cooler weather
as well.”
Big Numbers of Salmon Move
into Hatchery
season.”
They are expected to keep spawning
fall Chinooks through the second week in
November.
The hatchery this year trapped 2,103
spring run Chinooks, compared to just 686
fish last year, the worse season on record.
The facility has also taken over 3 million
spring run eggs, much better than the only
600,000 eggs they took last year.
Salmon fishing on the Feather from
the unimproved boat ramp above the
Thermalito Afterbay Outfall to 200 yards
above the Live Oak boat ramp closed after
October 15, though fishing for steelhead
and other fish species will remain open.
“Right after the closure, we were
hooking 5 to 6 salmon per day while
fishing Brad’s Killer Fish in the Yuba City
area,” reported Rob Reimers of Rustic
Rob’s Guide Service. “However, the
fishing slowed down on my two most
recent trips. On the first trip I caught and
released two salmon and the next trip had
two take downs, but didn’t land any fish.”
The bag limit for fall-run Chinook Salmon
on the American, Feather and Sacramento
rivers is one fish, and the possession limit
is two fish, according to the 2018-2019
Supplemental Sport Fishing Regulations.
- Dan Bacher
FOLSOM LAKE
Experienced Spooners Bag
Big Bass Numbers
SACRAMENTO – The spotted,
smallmouth and largemouth bass are
gorging on big schools of pond smelt and
threadfin shad as bass action heats up at
Folsom Lake.
“Rick Tietz and his fishing buddy hooked
and released a ton of spotted, smallmouth
and largemouth bass while jigging with
Blade Runner spoons on a trip to Folsom
Lake,” said Alan Fong of Fisherman’s
Warehouse. “The majority of fish were
spots and smallmouths in the 1-1/2 to 4 lb.
range. The best depth was 25 to 35 feet
deep.”
“He showed me a photo of the bait
and fish and stacked up on the graph,”
said Fong. “He didn’t need to tell me any
more.”
The water temperature has dropped to
67 degrees at Folsom Lake Marina.
Folsom Lake is holding 425,627 acre
feet of water, 44 percent of capacity and
82 percent of average. The lake is 406.69
feet in elevation.
The ramps at Granite Bay, Folsom Point
and Hobie Cove are still in operation. The
top of old Salmon Falls bridge, located on
the south fork of the American River, is
just below the water’s surface. The bridge
is well marked, but use caution when
boating both forks of the river.
Trout and salmon reports at Folsom
have been very scarce lately. As water
temperatures cool, you can expect the
rainbow trout and king salmon bite to
perk up on Folsom. When the reservoir
undergoes its annual fall turn over, shore
fishing can be as good or even better than
fishing from a boat as the fish move into
the shallows to feed.
Bank anglers should toss out
nightcrawlers, PowerBait and live
minnows at Browns Ravine, Granite Bay
and Five Percent. Trollers should use
OROVILLE – Big numbers of Chinook
salmon are surging into the Feather River
Fish Hatchery this year.
To date, the hatchery has trapped 7,789
fall run Chinook salmon, including 1,041
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• Salmon
“We’re seeing
• Steelhead
lots of fish, and
• Trout
a lot are still
coming,” said
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“Right now,
we are close
to the number
of salmon that
we saw all last
season. It looks
like a really
good run this
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