Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3712 May 25- June 8 | Page 22

FRESHWATER

22 May 25 - June 8 , 2018 VOL . 37 • ISS . 12

FRESHWATER REPORTS :

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TRINITY LAKE / RIVER

Bass Enthusiasts Target North End

WEAVERVILLE – Few anglers have been fishing the Trinity River lately , with most of

The striper bite has been excellent for anglers working Delta waters with Captain James Netzel . This fish was caught on May 4 .

Photo courtesy of TIGHT LINES GUIDE SERVICE , Loomis .

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Now Fishing Striped Bass on the Sacramento and Feather Rivers Now Booking Spring and Fall Run Salmon on the Klamath River ! the angling focus now on Trinity Lake .

Bass anglers are hooking a mixture of largemouths and smallmouths at Trinity Lake . “ They ’ re using everything from Huddleston swimbaits to Ned Rigs ,” said Tim Brady of Trinity Outdoors . “ I ’ ve heard of largemouths to 8 pounds and smallmouths to 4 pounds .”

“ The bass are hitting best at 5 to 25 feet deep on the dredger piles in the north end of the lake ,” said Brady . “ I haven ’ t heard of any fish caught on topwater lures yet .”

Rainbow trout are also hitting at the mouths of Trinity Lake tributaries . Fishermen are thowing out salmon eggs , marshmallows , PowerBait , nightcrawlers , spinners and spoons for the feisty trout .

Trinity Lake holds 1,926,636 acre feet of water , 79 percent of capacity and 964 percent of average .

Lewiston Dam releases into the Trinity River reached approximately 1,900 cubic feet per second ( cfs ) on Sunday , May 13 and remained at peak flow for one day . The Bureau of Reclamation will ramp down the flows until the summer base flow of 450 cfs is reached June 30 . The releases for this “ critically dry ” 2018 water year will result in an annual total volume of 369,000 acre-feet .

A daily schedule of flow releases is available at www . trrp . net / restore / flows / current /, and the public may subscribe to automated notifications ( via

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Sabrina Shaw took a late April trip in the West Delta with the team at HeadRush Sportfishing and landed this beautiful striped bass .

Photo courtesy of HEADRUSH SPORTFISHING , Sacramento .

phone or email ) of Trinity River release change .

- Dan Bacher

WEST DELTA

Limit Style Striper Action Continues

BRANNAN ISLAND - Striper fishing is going strong in the West Delta and sturgeon fishing has been good too for anglers that are able to deal with spring winds .

Captain David Hammond has been trolling the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and daily limits of quality keeper size bass have been the rule . Hammond is getting most of his fish on Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnows .

While most folks are currently trolling for their stripers , drifting with mudsuckers and other live baits is also producing results .

Anglers soaking cut baits are hooking lots of stripers , but to get a keeper while fishing with shad or sardines , you ’ ll have to sort through a lot of shakers to catch a keeper .

Sturgeon fishing is very good in Suisun Bay , but few anglers are trying sturgeon . The wind has been an issue and with good halibut fishing in S . F . Bay that is where many anglers are spending their time . If you go roe and eel are the top baits .

For something a little different , catfish action has really heated up in the San Joaquin as the fish prepare for the spawn . Look for the whiskerfish to be prowling clam beds and other firm sandy areas in 4 to 12 feet of water . Clams are the top bait , but crawfish meat , squid , night crawlers and mackerel fillets are producing too .

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