Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3712 May 25- June 8 | Page 21

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SANTA CLARA VALLEY LAKES
May 25 - June 8, 2018
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spoke about crappie and bass around
Santa Clara County.
“If I was to send a guy out for bass, I’d
definitely tell them Anderson, but Calero is
doing really well too. Numbers at Anderson
but they’re getting quality at Calero,” he
said.
“A few weeks ago I was tossing the jig at
Anderson doing pretty good then it slowed
down so I switched to the Ned rig and
started getting bit. They pumped water out
of the lake, then they pumped water back
in and now it’s taking off,” he disclosed.
“Crappie is doing really good at
Anderson right now, and they’re all fishing
up by the dam by the pump. Our crappie
derby is happening right now, and it ends
on June 1st. The biggest crappie so far was
landed at Anderson, weighting one pound,
12 ounces, and was caught on a small
Kkeitech swimbait.”
According to Tang, no minnows are
being allowed for use as bait at all Santa
Clara County Lakes.
Catfish action remained slow, according
to Tang.
- Roland Aspiras
SHADOW CLIFFS LAKE
Trout, Catfish & Bass Are
Hitting
LIVERMORE – Anglers reported
catching a spring potluck catch of rainbow
trout, channel catfish and black bass over
the past couple of weeks.
Jaymie caught a five-pound trout on the
Stanley shoreline, reported Joe Sullivan of
the East Bay Regional Park District.
Steve landed a monster channel catfish
(not weighed) along the Stanley shoreline.
Jaymie also caught a hefty largemouth
bass on the Stanley shoreline.
The back ponds of the Arroyo del Valle
are also worth a shot for bass. Anglers are
catching and releasing largemouth bass
while fishing Senkos, jigs and other lures in
the brush and cove.
The current water temperature is 64
degrees, depending on depth. The water
clarity varies between 10-15 feet in visibility.
The last trout plant by the park district
featured 1000 pounds of rainbows, while
the most recent plant by the CDFW
featured 500 pounds of catchable
rainbows.
Minnow Plugs
Produce
Exciting Mixed
Bag Action
SOUTH LAKE
TAHOE - Excellent
spring fishing is
available at Lake
Tahoe for macks,
browns and the
occasional rainbow
trout. Best of all,
anglers are getting
their fish while top
lining minnow plugs
rather than trolling
deep with rigged
minnows and other
small baits.
“We’ve been getting
a little bit of everything
while shallow trolling,”
reported Mike Nielsen
of Tahoe Topliners
Guide Service. “We’ve
been boating both
browns and mackinaw
Brian Stanley of Stockton was pulling a fire tiger Rapala near the dam at Lake Pardee this spring, when this huge consistently while
rainbow decided to strike!
pulling Rapalas and
Photo courtesy of the PARDEE LAKE RECREATION AREA INC, Lake Pardee.
Thundersticks in areas
that range from 25
to 75 feet deep. Today and young angler
60 feet deep. We’ve caught browns over
named Forest Wharry hooked and landed
SHASTA/WHISKEYTOWN 10 pounds in recent weeks. For rainbows,
an impressive 14 pound mackinaw while
we are working the top 40 feet of the water
fishing with me.”
LAKES
column with shad imitating spoons and
Long time Fish Sniffer reader Ray Nixon
Trout And Bass Fishing Red
plugs. Rainbows are running 2 to 3 pounds
paid Tahoe a visit last week and end up
Hot!
and larger fish are always possible. We’ve
with a pair of husky mackinaw.
REDDING - Trout and bass fishing
also seen some king salmon mixed in with
“I hadn’t fished Tahoe in about 3 years,
at Lake Shasta are going strong, while
the trout occasionally,” said Portocarrero.
so I wasn’t sure where to start. I launched
Whiskeytown is kicking out kokanee to 17
“Bass fishing is epic right now. Soft
at Cave Rock and headed up north. I spent
inches!
plastics are working great for numbers, but
the day trolling drop offs from 50 to 100
“The fishing is really good up in at the
the real excitement is coming while working
feet deep. I tried a variety of lures, but pearl
north end of the valley,” reported Kirk
poppers up in the Pit River Arm. There is
Flatfish were the only thing I could get hit
Portocarrero of SacRiverGuide.Com. “At
nothing like a good topwater bite,” Kirk
on and I had to troll them slowly. In all I
Shasta, we are splitting our time between
exclaimed.
caught 4 macks. Two of the fish were only
bass fishing and trout fishing. Both bites
As of press time, Shasta was 11 feet from about one pound each, but the other two
have been fantastic. “At Whiskeytown,
maximum pool and basically holding steady. weighed in at 7 and 9 pounds,” exclaimed
the kokanee fishing is very consistent
“One of my guides fished Whiskeytown
Nixon.
and I expect it to continue getting better.
today and had 3 full limits of kokanee to 17
Mickey Daniels of Mickey’s Big Mack
We are seeing some good size salmon
inches by 11 o’clock in the morning. The fish Charters has been enjoying solid action
right now and at some point this season
are a little scattered, but anybody that has
at the north end of the lake. Mickey’s
we’ll be getting kokanee over 20 inches,”
knowledge of kokanee fishing will do well.
clients have been hooking mackinaw up
Portocarrero exclaimed.
Blades and lures from Paulina Peak Tackle
to 6 pounds. Some fish are being kept for
“At Shasta on the trout fishing side
are working well as are lures and dodger