6 Sept 14 - 28 , 2018 VOL . 37 • ISS . 20
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COURTESY OF FLW / PHOTO BY CHARLES WALDORF
HOT BITES ...
GOLDEN GATE KINGS … Big salmon are
1 . hitting for moochers and trollers . For fish to 30 lbs , anglers are working the Ship Channel and Rocky Point .
SACRAMENTO RIVER KINGS … Big beautiful
2 . kings ranging 15 to 30 lbs have been the rule for anglers fishing from Anderson to Woodson . Flatfish and roe both work .
DELTA STRIPER TROLLING … The fall run
3 . is heating up and trollers are hooking up to 30 fish per day . For bass up to 11 lbs anglers are pulling minnow plugs in the San Joaquin .
TAHOE MACKS … Limit style mackinaw fishing
4 . is on tap for fish ranging 3 to 6 lbs . To hook up troll rigged minnows teamed with blades 100 to 220 feet deep ..
GOOD BETS ...
FOLSOM BASS … Topwater action is
5 . available for anglers working Spooks and poppers early and late . The spotted bass average 2 lbs and some largemouths are hitting too .
EAGLE LAKE ‘ BOWS … Trollers are hooking
6 . trout to 2.5 lbs while working the south basin . Grubs , flies and rigged worms are all working .
SANTA CRUZ ROCKFISH … Limit style
7 . rockfish action is on tap . Shrimp flies work well , as do metal jigs , soft plastic swimbaits and mooched frozen baits .
TWIN LAKES TROUT … Trollers pulling
8 . spoons from 20 to 30 feet deep are hooking up . Most of the fish are rainbows that go 1 to 4 pounds , with the occasional larger fish .
SLEEPERS ...
DON PEDRO KOKANEE … The salmon are
9 . holding from 50 to 70 feet deep and they are biting . Hoochies and spinners are both hooking fish .
BODEGA LINGS … Hot lingcod action
10 . continues . Limits and near limits are the rule for anglers mooching whole mackerel and sardines .
ROGUE BAY KINGS … Kings are holding
11 . at the mouth as they prepare to run up the Rogue . Trollers are scorning while pulling rigged herring .
SUISUN BAY SALMON … Shore casters are
12 . picking up a few salmon while fishing from the Benicia shoreline . Toss Mepps Flying C spinners for a shot at a salmon .
COMING SOON ...
TRINITY RIVER STEELHEAD …
13 . Steelheading will get started on the Trinity in October and peak in early November . Both fly and conventional anglers will get in on the excitement .
AMERICAN RIVER STEELHEAD …
14 . Steelhead season on the American River below Nimbus Dam kicks off January 1 . Roe and Little Cleos work well .
CLEAR LAKE SLABS … Winter is a great
15 . time to catch crappie at Clear Lake . By December the fish will be stacked in deep water and the bite should be underway .
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COLLINS LAKE TROUT … November is the time for holdover rainbows . Toss dough bait and inflated worms from the bank for fish that range up to 8 lbs .