Oregon River Trails
FRESHWATER
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around the lake while using PowerBait , jigs and other offerings ,” stated Shane Oneto of the Rocky Mountain Recreation Company . “ The bass and sunfish fishing has been slow lately .”
“ Due to a fish kill in the Folsom South Canal on 12 / 4 / 17 , catch & release recommendation signs were posted at Rancho Seco Lake ,” according Rocky Mountains ’ website . “ Based on findings from recent testing from the Bureau of Reclamation , the CA Department of Fish & Wildlife along with the Bureau of Reclamation feel it is safe to remove those signs as there is no indication of risk at this time
REDDING
Fair Weather & Mild Temperatures Make For Solid Trout Action
REDDING - Conditions are very pleasant for anglers visiting the Sacramento River downstream from Redding and the river ’ s wild rainbows are on a good bite . With the holiday season if full swing , fishing pressure is light and will likely remain light for several weeks .
Guides that are fishing report 15 to 25 fish per day . Some guides are using fly gear , while others are working with spinning rods .
The Fly Shop reports that fly anglers are having success using baetis imitations in the afternoon and midges in the morning . There are some big stonefly on the move at times around boulders and clay banks . In these areas , large rubber leg nymphs have been effective and of course with salmon in the system you want to give egg imitations a try too .
Mike Bogue of Mike Bogue ’ s Guide Service is offering conventional tackle trips on the river for anglers interested in fooling trout with crankbaits , glow bugs , Pautzke salmon eggs and Pautzke cured roe .
When working the shallower runs and riffles , Bogue utilizes back trolled crankbaits to cover the water . He probes the deeper water areas with bait and glow bugs . These
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These anglers hit the water with Captain David Hammond on December 18 for a birthday celebration and ended up landing this awesome West Delta sturgeon .
Photo courtesy of DELTA PRO FISHING , Elk Grove . deep water areas are seldom hit by the fly guys and the action can be very good as a result .
As of press time the river was flowing at 5,000 cfs and the clarity was good .
If you ’ d like a crack at some wild rainbows in the Redding area , give Robert Weese of Northern California Guide Service or Mike Bogue of Mike Bogue ’ s Guide Service a call . They are two of the best sticks on the river and will work hard to get you fish . To contact Weese , call ( 530 ) 755-7196 . To reach Mike Bogue , dial ( 530 ) 246-8457 . lost steelhead recently , but almost no one is targeting steelhead exclusively .
If you ’ d like to take up the challenge of nailing a Sacramento River steelhead , stake out a gravel bar between Woodson Bridge and Anderson and go to work with standard steelhead offerings such as roe , ‘ crawlers , beads and glo bugs . Spinners and spoons can work well at times too , particularly dark colored spinners .
RIO VISTA
Cold Weather Chills Delta Striper , Sturgeon Bites
RIO VISTA -
RIO VISTA - Sturgeon and striped bass continue to be on a light bite due to cold temperatures .
Striped bass were available for anglers soaking bait in and around Decker Island over the holiday weekend , according
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“ The days are cold but it warms up pretty good in the afternoons and evenings . Shad and sardines are working good , but a few guys drift live bait are catching some too ,” he noted .
“ There ’ s still signs of bait between Sherman and Decker Island . That ’ s where a lot of the fish are still hanging out .” he added .
Anglers in search of sturgeon were being sent south towards Pittsburg , where a spotty bite was being reported .
“ A lot of the guys are blanking right now with the cold temperatures . Everyone was on a hot roe bite before the water dipped below 52 degrees . It ’ s anywhere between 48 and 52 now . Eel is the better bait to use , and some guys are running shrimp ,” he said .
Sturgeon fishing remained slow at Liberty Island . “ We need more rain for the fish to spark up out there ,” Kamikawa related .
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ROLLINS / SCOTTS FLAT
Anglers Battle Rainbows , Browns !
COLFAX - “ I celebrated the arrival of 2018 by catching a limit of rainbows and browns at Rollins Lake ,” exclaimed Jason Pleece of Meadow Vista . “ The DFW
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planted rainbows at Rollins . The rainbow bite is good and the arrival of those rainbows seems to have sparked a brown trout bite too . It always blows me away how browns start to show right after a rainbow trout plant .”
“ I ’ ve fished Rollins twice this week , once from my kayak and once from shore with my buddy Cole Jefferies . When I fished from the kayak I got a limit of trout in less than 3 hours at the mouth of Long Ravine Cove . In all I got 3 rainbows to 14 inches and 2 browns to 17.5 inches . Four of the trout hit a small broken back perch pattern Rapala . I got one rainbow on a chrome and chartreuse 1 / 6 ounce Speedy Shiner ,” exclaimed Pleece .
“ When I bank fished with Cole we got a total of 9 trout while fishing Long Ravine Cove . 7 of them where rainbows to about 13 inches and two of them were browns to about 15 inches . The rainbows were caught on a combination of Zeke ’ s Sierra Gold and PowerBait . Both brown came on night crawlers drifted 4 feet below a clear plastic bobber ,” Pleece continued .
“ My dad and uncle tried fishing Scotts Flat again this week from the bank . They got skunked there , but they picked up 6 planter rainbows the next day when they fished Halsey Forebay . Red salmon eggs were the hot bait at Halsey ,” said Pleece .
If you are looking for tackle or fishing information for a trip to Rollins , Scotts or Halsey Forebay , Will Fish Tackle in Auburn has what you need . Will Fish Tackle is located at 11944 Masters Court in Auburn , Ca- ( 530 ) 887-0839 .
SACRAMENTO AREA
Metro Anglers Head Downriver For Stripers
SACRAMENTO - While striped bass fishing has slowed down in the metropolitan area , anglers are still hooking sturgeon and striped bass in the lower Delta .
James Netzel of Tight Lines Guide Service reported that Malcolm Petersen , deckhand Roy and himself caught a total of five keeper stripers to 5 pounds in Broad Slough on his latest trip . They also released 6 undersized fish while power drifting with mudsuckers .
“ All fish came on the incoming tide ,” said Netzel . “ We could not buy a fish on the 2 hour slack tide where we fished in Broad Slough .”
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