Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3818 August 16-30 | Page 26

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FRESHWATER
August 16-30, 2019
FRESHWATER REPORTS:
CONTINUED FROM PG 23
WEST DELTA
cont.
Power Lines, but you have to sort through
lots of shakers for a keeper or two.
The occasional keeper sturgeon is
being pulled out of the deep water below
Pittsburg, but fishing pressure is very
light. The top baits continue to be roe and
eel. The biggest challenge for sturgeon
anglers has been dealing with the wind.
WESTERN NEVADA
Truckee River and Lahontan
Are Best Bets
RENO - If your preferred flavor is cold
or warm water fishing, the Western Great
Basin currently has a lot to offer. The
Truckee River from the Nevada/California
state line down to about Painted Rock is
fishing well for trout. Big rainbows and
browns in the 20-23” range are falling to
fly fishers and spinning rod anglers alike.
The fly crowd is getting the bulk of their
fish while nymphing with indicators and
tippets with a fair amount of split shot.
Stonefly and caddis patterns are a good
bet as are generic nymphs like Prince
Nymphs and Hare’s Ear’s.
Meanwhile, spinning rod enthusiasts
are catching planters with garden hackle
(night crawlers), salmon eggs and
PowerBait, with night crawlers being
the best option of the aforementioned
bunch. Worms work best with just enough
split shot to consistently tick the bottom.
Trophy hunters upsize their tackle and
drift live crawdads or throw Rapala
minnows right at dawn or dusk.
While trout
are biting in
the rivers, the
warm water
bite is very
good at several
Western
Nevada
Reservoirs.
Walleye,
wipers, channel
and bullhead
catfish, crappie,
smallmouth
bass and the
ubiquitous
carp are all
thrilling anglers
at Lahontan
and Rye Patch
Reservoirs.
A beautiful
thing about
both of these
lakes, is that
a wad of night
crawlers on
the bottom will
consistently
catch just about
anything that
swims. The
pesky 4-6”
white bass that
are everywhere
in Lahontan
can get down-
right annoying
Young Chandler caught several bass while fishing a tube at Folsom Lake
as they have
with Don Paganelli on July 16 including this hefty largemouth.
a habit of
Photo courtesy of PAGANELLI’S BASS FISHING EXPERIENCE, Sacramento.
stealing bait
without getting
hooked. This is
pound wiper.
excellent fishing to get young anglers
At Rye Patch, the white
involved with. The white bass are
bass aren’t an issue, and
plentiful and very easy to catch. Small
hookups will be harder
spinners like Roostertails and Panther
earned. However, when
Martins are almost impossible for these
you hook something it
fish to resist.
will likely be a quality
If bigger fish are on your mind at
walleye or wiper.
Lahontan or Rye Patch, try throwing
- Mike McNeilly
crankbaits around structure. At
Lahontan you will still catch some
white bass, but some of them will
be nicer 1-2 pound fish, and there is
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