Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3726 Dec 8-21 | Page 11

VOL.37 • ISS. 26
PRO’S
POINTER
“When I am
fishing a frog or
flipping matted
vegetation, I
am throwing the
new X-TCB 8
Carrier Braided
Line form P-Line.
It is critical to
be stealthy with
both techniques,
and with P-line’s
new braid, you
can make longer
casts and it is
ultra quiet com-
ing through the
grass.”
– Bass Pro
Bryan Thrift
GO FOR IT!
Dec 7 - 21, 2018
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HOT BITES...
1.
GOLDEN GATE CRAB… Private boaters and
charter boaters are scoring easy limits of big,
tasty crabs. Drop your pots on the North or South
Bars for success.
2.
COLLINS LAKE ‘BOWS… Trollers and bait
anglers are catching limits of trout. Kastmasters
and Rapalas work for trollers, while dough bait
produces for bankers.
3.
SACRAMENTO RIVER KINGS… Late fall run
king salmon are spread throughout the river.
Anglers are hooking fish to 40 lbs on Flatfish, spinners
and roe.
4.
DEL VALLE TROUT… Lake Del Valle is booting
out limits of rainbow trout. Bank anglers have
been scoring with worms and PowerBait in the
narrows.
GOOD BETS…
5.
SUISUN BAY STURGEON… Keeper and
oversize sturgeon are on a very good bite. To
hook up, soak salmon roe and lamprey eel near deep
water areas.
IT ALL ADDS UP
6.
RIO VISTA STRIPERS… The striper bite is
hot for trollers, pluggers and bait anglers. The
average bass is going 4 to 6 pounds, while fish into
the middle twenties are common.
TO MORE FISH IN THE BOAT.
7.
AMADOR TROUT … Solid fishing for trout to 6
lbs .has broken loose. Power Eggs, grubs and
wet flies teamed with bobbers do the damage.
8.
UMPQUA SALMON… Both king salmon and
silvers are spread throughout the system. Roe
and plugs are generating hook ups, but roe is the best
choice overall.
SLEEPERS…
9.
DON PEDRO TROUT… The rainbows are
holding in the top 20 feet as they assault schools
of shad. To hook up troll Speedy Shiners and minnow
plugs from 2 to 3.5 mph.
10.
EAGLE LAKE RAINBOWS… ‘Bows up and
beyond the 6 lb. mark have been caught at
this Norcal trout factory. Flies, grubs and threaded
worms trolled shallow do the damage.
11.
PYRAMID CUTTHROATS… Cutthroat trout
to 23 lbs. are being nailed by trollers. The best
lures continue to be either Flatfish or Apex lures n
green color patterns.
12.
BODEGA ROCKFISH… Limits of rockfish
and crabs are the rule for anglers departing
from Bodega Bay. Both jigs and shrimp flies are
hooking.
Scott Martin
P-Line Pro-Staffer
~ 8-Time FLW Tour Winner
COMING SOON...
13.
LAKE PARDEE OPENER… Lake Pardee
will open for fishing on February 14, 2019.
The trout action should be red hot for both bank
anglers and trollers.
14.
CAPLES ICE FISHING… January typically
marks the start of ice fishing. Soak worms
and work jigs for rainbows, browns and mackinaw.
P-LINE TACTICAL FLUOROCARBON
Show up prepared for the battle: smoother,
more sensitive, improved knot strength,
stronger, and unmatched abrasion resistance.
15.
BERRYESSA TROPHY BASS… If you’ve
been itching to catch a magnum size
largemouth, Berryessa is the place to toss swimbaits
and March is the month.
P-LINE X-BRAID
16.
AMERICAN RIVER STEELHEAD…
Steelhead season on the American River
below the Nimbus Fish Hatchery kicks off January 1.
Roe and Little Cleos work well.
Delivers superior abrasion resistance,
longer casts, vibration reduction and a near
zero stretch factor for unparalleled power.
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