Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3618 August 18- September 4 2017 | Page 15

provides stretch .

Unlike a striper salmon do a lot of head shaking during the fight . The stretch of mono provides a cushion during bouts of head shaking , but if you were using braid there is a good chance the fish could jar the hook loose .

On the business end of your rig everything runs off a three way system . To start rigging take your main line and attach it to a three way swivel . On the lower eye of that swivel attach an 18 inch dropper made of 10 or 12 pound mono and tip it with a snap . That ’ s where your sinker will attach . To the remaining eye of the three way attach a 4 to 5 foot 25 pound test mono leader that will ultimately be tipped with your lure .

Historically the favored lure is a large spinner such as a Silvertron or Shasta Tackle Scorpion Spinner but in recent years , Brad ’ s Super Bait Cut Plug has come on strong and is now considered a must have offering , running neck and neck with spinners in terms of effectiveness .

When it comes to spinners it seems like everyone has their favorite color . Proven producers include hot pink with a silver or glow blade , chartreuse with a silver blade or orange with a silver or orange glow blade .

Brad ’ s Super Cut Plugs look and roll like a real plug cut herring . The baits have an internal scent chamber that you can load with gel scent or real bait . Cut Plugs utilize UV glow paint and come in a broad range of colors from realistic to insanely bright .

Beyond lures the only other thing you ’ ll need in terms of terminal tackle is a selection of torpedo weights ranging from 2 to 8 ounces .

In terms of accessories you ’ ll want to have some bait scent on hand . Anise is a

good choice as is garlic . Pro-Cure ’ s Bloody Tuna Super Gel may be the overall most popular scent with Delta salmon chasers .

Okay let ’ s put these rigs into the water and troll . Sinker selection is based on the amount of flow , but let ’ s say the flow is average so you start out with a 3 ounce sinker snapped on a rig armed with either a plug or spinner . To catch salmon while trolling the Delta you want your lure near the bottom , so with the boat moving no faster than 1.5 miles per hour lower your rig slowly down until you feel the sinker hit the bottom and then bring it up one turn of the reel . With the lure near the bottom , put the rod in a hold with the drag set fairly loose and the clicker engaged .

You should be able to see the rhythmic action of your lure on the rod tip . As you troll keep an eye on both the rod tip and the depth finder . If the water gets deeper let out more line , if it gets shallower retrieve line . If the rod tip stops working pull in the lure and make sure it hasn ’ t fouled debris . Your line should enter the water at a steep angle . If too much line is scoping out behind the boat , that means you need a heavier sinker . Salmon will hit a lure moving with or against the current . Naturally when trolling against the current the boat can move slower and the lure will still work well . When moving with the current you need to be moving faster than the surrounding water for the lure to work .

Having said that you don ’ t want to go over 1.5 mph , the real key in dialing in the correct speed is watching how your lures are working on the rod tip . You want them working , but you don ’ t want them going crazy .

Some salmon strikes are savage , while others are more subtle with the rod just gradually loading up as if you ’ ve hooked a large piece of debris . The most important thing is to stay cool and not jerk the rod out of the holder until the rod is really doubled over or the fish begins head shaking which is signaled by a series of sharp jabs that typically yank the tip down a foot or more several times in quick succession . At this point the salmon is hooked . Slip the rod out of the holder and fight your fish .

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nice trip , according to Hemphill .

“ Different color combinations worked well as long as there was some brown in it . We used various Yamamoto plastic trailers . We found one or two groups of bass in schools - again not big ones - 2 to 2-3 / 4 lb average . For awhile we were hooking bass on every cast , really ! That doesn ’ t happen much , unfortunately <” he said .

“ Also , I caught the 4 pounder in an area that I haven ’ t caught a quality bass in several years . Most of our bass were in the top 10 feet of water . We did try deeper areas but couldn ’ t get bit . I switched to a red shad 10 ” Power Worm at dusk and hooked a much bigger bass but lost her ,” Hemphill concluded .

The water temperature was 80-83 degrees and the water clarity was stained , with a 2 to 4 foot visibility

- by Dan Bacher

COLLINS LAKE

Channel Cats , Bass & Trout Continue Summer Bite

Come see the Incredible Wildflowers !

Ken Salvi caught this 4 lb , 24 inch German brown in July 2017 near Emigrant Creek . For information , call ( 209 ) -258-8888

www . capleslakeresort . com

C-Dog hit Collins Lake with Capt . Manny of MSJ Guide Service this July and the pair caught several bass including the feisty spotted bass .

Photo courtesy of MSJ GUIDE SERVICE , Yuba City .

OREGON HOUSE - The summer parade of catfish , black bass and crappie continues at Collins Lake , but anglers are also hooking some big trout from boats at 40 feet deep or more . “ Night fishing off the rental dock is always a fun time to catch some trout or catfish ,” reported Shelly Groce of Collins Lake Resort .

Big catfish honors go to Jordan , Britney , Jassiah and Wyatt of Redding , who caught a 7 lb channel cat while shore fishing with a hotlink for bait . Trinity and Landon of Sacramento teamed up to bag a 6 1 / 4 lb catfish by the dam while using chicken livers

Thomas Hagerty landed a 4.5 lb catfish using green PowerBait by the dam . He also caught 2 rainbows . Amaia of Oakley caught a

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3.5 lb catfish soaking anchovies in the middle of the lake

Duane and Family of Yuba City bagged the biggest bass of the past few weeks , a 3-1 / 4 pounder , while using crawdads off the beach . Saxten Miller of Rocklin caught a 3 lb bass from shore by the marina while soaking live bait .

Big trout honors go to Craig Smith of Olivehurst , who nailed a 7-1 / 2 lb rainbow trolling a spinner down about 40 ft by the dam . Lori Proctor and LuAnn Matthews reeled in a 7 lb trout while trolling worms in the middle of the lake .

“ Joshua Delgado , with the help of Grandpa Bruce Harris , caught a 3 lb trout at the boat docks and Bro-Bro and Jade also landed a 3 lb trout at the boat docks ,” said Groce . “ It was Bro-Bro ’ s first-ever trout .”

The water level is 10 feet from full and the surface water temperature is 80 degrees .

COLUSA / KNIGHTS LANDING

It ’ s Stripers , Cats Until Kings Arrive

COLUSA – It ’ s the dog days of August , with hot weather and tough fishing the rule .

When the weather cools down next month , expect the fishing for salmon in the Sacramento River from Knights Landing to above Colusa to pick up . Salmon fishing has been good outside the Golden Gate this summer , so you can expect these fish to move upriver soon .

“ The salmon fishing report is pretty grim now ,” said Don Black at Kittle ’ s Otudoors . “ We ’ ve seen hardly any salmon caught locally by shore anglers or boaters since the opener .”

Most anglers are still fishing for stripers in the Colusa area . “ Anglers are wading through all of the undersized fish to hook the keepers ,” said Black . “ Local shore fishermen have

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