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8:30 a . m . The action was just as good on Friday , and the fish are fat and healthy . They are loaded with small shad and even grasshoppers , and there have been a number of fish working the surface .”

“ We have even caught and released a number of spotted bass , and green has been the color for both trout and bass , perhaps due to the fish loading up on the small grasshoppers . We have been running ExCel spoons behind a Sling Blade at 30 to 50 feet on the downrigger . We landed a few small 2nd- year kokanee this week , and we are releasing these fish to grow larger for next year ,” stated Smith .

John Liechty of Xperience Fishing Guide Service took a trip to Pedro this week , and he found a five-fish limit around 15 pounds working plastics on a shakey-head off of long tapered lake points or offshore structure at depths from 20 to 30 feet . He said , “ We came out in the afternoon at 3:00 p . m ., and we started finesse fishing before throwing jerkbaits , also with success .”

Don Pedro is also kicking out crappie , and Merritt Gilbert of Valley Rod and Gun in Clovis said , “ We have a number of our Fresno-area crappie fishermen heading north to Pedro with Mr . Crappie , Panfish Stingers , Lunker City ’ s Finnish Fish , or Gulp ! Alive Minnows . We must have sold 100 jars of the Gulp ! Alive this week .”

Boaters are cautioned to watch for unmarked hazards and floating debris . The lake dropped from 94 to 93 percent .

- Dave Hurley

EAGLE LAKE

Hard Working Trollers Nail High Flying Rainbows

SPAULDING - Long time Fish Sniffer supporter Raymond Gould Jr . reported “ solid fishing ” at Eagle Lake for anglers willing to put in the time .

“ The early season action at Eagle Lake has changed in recent years ,” asserts Gould . “ Catching rainbows up there in the spring was like shooting fish in a barrel and anglers got used to that easy action . These days there are just as many fish as ever in Eagle , but the amount of bait available to them has exploded . Fish that have plenty to eat are more challenging to catch than fish that are hungry , but if you work at it you can absolutely limit out on quality rainbows at Eagle .”

“ I spent three days up there last week fishing from my Klamath skiff . I got limits on two of the three days . The hottest set up for me was a brass and orange Cripplure trolled at 2 miles per hour 15 feet deep . I also got hit on threaded worms and trolling flies ,” said Gould .

“ The best area for me was offshore of Black Mountain . I tried the Ronald McDonald area and Miner ’ s Point , but those areas were slow and the water was really off color . The best water quality I found was off Black Mountain and I think that had a lot to do with the good fishing I found there . To hook up it takes persistence . I had a number of short strikes throughout my stay and that almost always means that the trout are not very hungry . I didn ’ t fish in the morning . Instead I did my fishing in the late afternoon and evening . The evening bite is just as good as the morning bite at Eagle , but there is very little fishing pressure in the evening ,” Gould asserted .

“ The quality of the rainbows was fine . My biggest fish went 3.4 pounds and the smallest was just over 2 . The fish were hot and put up a good fight . My biggest trout actually jumped and tossed the hook beside the boat as I scooped it into the net ,”

Steve visited Lake Camanche on June 6 and caught this incredible 10 lb largemouth bass . Photo courtesy of the LAKE CAMANCHE RECREATION AREA , Lake Camanche .

Gould exclaimed .

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EAST DELTA

Smallmouth Bass Offer Top- Notch Action

STOCKTON - Clyde Wands , shallow trolling expert , went into the north Delta on Thursday on a combination trip for striped bass and smallmouth bass . The

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hot weather and good smallie bite kept them from finishing the second half of the combination trip , but they caught and released from 10 to 15 legal smallmouth to 15 inches working the rocks in the north Delta sloughs .

He said ,” It got too hot to continue fishing for stripers , but I know that there are still plenty of fish left in the system , and I will be back out next week to find them .”

Dan Mathisen of Dan ’ s Delta Outdoors in Oakley reported a good largemouth bass bite with buzzbaits in the evenings along with frogs , wakebaits , and punching the weeds with Creature Baits .

He said , “ It was blowing a bit on Thursday , but nothing like it has been over the past few weeks . I went fly fishing in the afternoon for 10 bass , and the frog bite is heating up with Pro Z frogs in Sccoobee Doo or Smoke . The Scoobee Doo is like a sparrow while the Smoke is black . I haven ’ t been fishing for stripers , but we marked them in the Middle River .” His next team tournament is June 30th out of Russo ’ s Marina .

- Dave Hurley

EASTERN SIERRA

Trouters Prosper At Bridgeport Area Waters

BRIDGEPORT - “ The flows are back down to 282 cfs on the East Walker River right now . We ’ ve been getting some mixed reports from down there with some anglers not having much luck but others doing very well ,” reported Jim Reid of Ken ’ s Sporting Goods .

“ The anglers who are doing well are mostly nymphing with small midge and caddis patterns and there has also been some decent streamer action . With the flow at 282 the river is definitely easier to fish than when it ’ s over 500 but you still need to get your bugs down very near the bottom

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