Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3707 March 16-30, 2018 | Page 21

VOL.37 • ISS. 07
March 16 - 30, 2018
FRESHWATER
lot of options for hooking trout right now.
Dead drifting with a bead is probably the
best approach, but side drifting with salmon
eggs, cured roe and crickets works to.
Anglers that prefer a more aggressive
approach are hooking fish while back
trolling Flatfish and other crankbait style
lures.
If you’d like to catch some wild rainbows
and perhaps a steelhead or two up in the
Redding area, give Robert Weese or Mike
Bogue 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.
RIO VISTA
some better rain.
Let’s see what it
brings - hopefully
muddy water and
some sturgeon.”

- Roland
Aspiras
ROLLINS/
SCOTTS
FLAT
Halsey
Forebay,
Scotts Flat
Receive Trout
Plants
COLFAX - “If
you want a limit of
trout, I think Halsey
RIO VISTA - Cold temperatures and wind
Forebay is the top
currently dominate the news in the Rio
spot right now,”
Vista area, with some brave anglers trying
reported Jason
for both striped bass and sturgeon.
Pleece of Meadow
These anglers visited Folsom Lake on February 23 and rounded up
Anglers continued to try their luck at
Vista. “Both Halsey
some feisty rainbow trout.
trolling and bait fishing for striped bass this
Photo courtesy of TIGHT LINES GUIDE SERVICE, Loomis. and Scotts Flat
week despite cold temperatures, according
have been planted.
to Craig Kamikawa at Fisherman’s
I’ve fished both
water, but it will take some time after you
Warehouse in Sacramento.
lakes. I got a limit at Halsey Forebay but I
first cast out for them to realize they’ve got
“The water temperatures took a few days
didn’t get a bite at Scotts.”
food lying around,” he tipped.
to dip once the cold front moved through,
“I think the trout are going to bite at
Sturgeon fishing remained slow through
so there were a few guys trolling and bait
Scotts Flat. It just wasn’t happening when
Rio Vista up to Cache Slough. “These guys
fishing. Clyde Wands was out recently and
I was there right after the plant. The water
are going out, but it’s really been quiet.
did OK on the deep troll,” he related.
is cold and it probably shut the fish down,”
There might be a fish or two landed, but
“Some of the guys were going out
said Pleece.
there’s been no real concentration of fish,”
early to look for a live bait bite on the San
“At Halsey I caught all of my trout on
Kamikawa said.
Joaquin, but that disappeared quick. Cut
flies. I saw guys hooking fish on dough bait
“This next storm is supposed to have
baits will get you some fish in the cold
and salmon eggs. I basically rigged up a
small woolly bugger on a Carolina Rig and
worked it through the area were the ditch
By Cal Kellogg continued from page 5
flows into the lake. The trout were holding
in the calm water on either side of the
a bottlenecked area that forces the fish into a
beach the boat all together and then fish from
inflow and they would nip at the fly. It was
predictable travel corridor right at the mouth
the bank.
fun,” exclaimed Pleece.
of the cove.
If I’m casting from the boat I’ll used a
“At Rollins Lake you can catch spotted
When there is a heavy overcast, shallow
combination of lures and bait teamed with
bass and smallmouths using finesse
flats can be very good for bait anglers and
slip bobbers. This allows me to work a
tactics, but few trout are being caught.
casters, but such areas are typically devoid of
maximum amount of water at various depths.
Hopefully Rollins will get another plant
life when the sun is out and the surface goes
Minnows (if legal) and worms are the top
soon,” Pleece concluded.
to glass.
offerings for teaming with slip bobbers.
If you are looking for tackle or fishing
Another factor that can concentrate and
When bank fishing I like to arm one rod
information for a trip to Rollins, Scotts,
stimulate trout big time is wind. Points and
with a sliding sinker style bait rig. With this
Halsey Forebay or surrounding waters, Will
other structural features that are being battered rig I experiment with inflated worms, Power
Fish Tackle in Auburn has what you need.
by breeze and confused choppy water almost
Bait, Zeke’s Sierra Gold, salmon eggs and
Will Fish Tackle is located at 11944 Masters
always hold fish. It’s not comfortable to fish
marshmallows in various combinations…In
Court in Auburn, Ca- [phone].
Striper and Sturgeon Anglers
Brave Cold
HOW TO
such a place from either a boat or the bank,
but it’s super comfortable for trout. The water
is well oxygenated, baitfish and other forage
is stirred up and the trout, being predators, use
the play of white caps and stained water to
move in for the kill.
Tactics!
Honestly when trout are holding tight to
the bank trolling is my least favorite approach.
To effectively troll near shore areas, you’ve
either got to aggressively maneuver the boat
in order to get your lures into prime territory,
without passing the boat over the fish. Or you
can deploy side planers. Using planers adds
an extra step to your fishing, but you can steer
lures up into very shallow water.
The small planers that you can attach to
your line work, but the big mast mounted
walleye trolling style planners work better.
Better approaches are to anchor your boat
offshore of a key feature and cast to it or
Coyote Bait & Tackle
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RUSSIAN RIVER
Steelhead Action Is Great!
fisherman as well swinging small intruders
like Aqua Flies Bretts Klamath Intruders or
small comets and bosses with a slow sink
tip,” said Jackson.
In the weather forecast there is a system
coming in mid-week that could make the
fish move around some more and stop
holding in the lower river. We are now into
March, so get out before the season winds
down,” said Jackson.
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