Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3823 Oct 25-Nov 8 | Page 25

FRESHWATER
VOL.38 • ISS. 23
FRESHWATER RE-
PORTS:
Oct 25 - Nov 8, 2019
reported Alex
Tran at Coyote
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Bait and Tackle.
“If you want to
SACRAMENTO AREA cont.
throw swimbaits,
downtown Sacramento.
Underpins, jerk
“On one trip, the one fishermen
baits and flukes,
with me landed a bright 18 lb.
your best bet
hen,” said Jerry Lampkin of TNG
is the O’Neill
Motor Sports Guide Service. “We
Forebay. Most of
were anchor fishing with Kwikfish
the fish are going
on the Sacramento below the
18 to 25 inches
Tower Bridge in downtown.
long.”
However, on my next trip,
He advised
although we didn’t get any fish,
shore anglers
one boat had four salmon that
seeking stripers
they caught on K14 Kwikfish.”
to throw out
“Most of the fish are going up
pileworms,
the American River now,” said
bloodworms and
Lampkin. “There isn’t much
frozen shad at
on the Sacramento above the
Checks #12 and
mouth.”
#13.
“Two weeks ago, a school
Calero
of salmon moved through the
Reservoir is the
Sandy Beach area on the other
only lake open
side of Discovery Park,” advised
to boating in
Dennis Pfanner at Sacramento
the Santa Clara
Pro Tackle. “Shore anglers
Valley region
reported catching good numbers
now. “Boaters
These
folks
scored
full
limits
of
mackinaw
when
they
explored
Lake
Tahoe
with
the
of bright kings while throwing
fishing jigs, deep
Tahoe Sportfishing Team this summer. That’s some good eating for sure!
Mepps Flying C spinners. Since
Photo courtesy of TAHOE SPORTFISHING, South Lake Tahoe. diving crankbaits
then, the fishing has tapered off,
and drop shot
but the crowd of bank anglers
rigs off points
is landing maybe 2 to 5 salmon
are picking up some largemouths,” said
per day.”
Tran.
SAN PABLO RESERVOIR
For stripers, anglers should try fishing
Chesbro Reservoir is producing a few
Autumn Trout Plants Begin
in the Port of Sacramento or Sacramento
catfish for anglers soaking mackerel,
Deepwater Channel. Boaters and
EL SOBRANTE – The first trout plant
chicken liver, anchovies and other baits,
kayakers should drift jumbo minnows, jig
of the fall, 1,200 pounds of rainbows, went while some crappie are hitting Mini Jigs
spoons and troll with Yo-Zuris and other
into San Pablo Reservoir at the Marina on
and small swimbaits in the early morning
lures. Shore fishermen should toss out
October 3..
and late evening hours, Tran noted.
pileworms, jumbo minnows, chicken livers
“We have seen a couple of rainbows
“A few bank anglers are also catching
and swimbaits.
that were brought in over the weekend,”
and releasing largemouths while using
The top sports for fall catfish are
said Marcella Shoemaker of That Dam
drop shot rigs and swimbaits,” he added.
Steelhead Creek, Lisbon Slough and the
Company. “Alex F. of Millbrae caught the
- Dan Bacher
Sutter Bypass. Anglers employ mackerel,
first reported trout using PowerBait on
chicken livers and anchovies to entice the
October 5.”
cats.
However, catfish are still offering the
- Dan Bacher top action. “Catfish are biting chicken
liver, anchovies and
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Trout Anglers Work Hard,
places on the lake,”
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said Shoemaker.”
Bass Bite Strong!
Marcel Blackman
Specializing in Light Tackle Live Bait Drifting,
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and Bill Robinson
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water hard, there are some very nice trout
of San Pablo and
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to be caught at Lake Shasta. Bass action
- Professional Guide Berkeley caught a
at the lake is very good and will continue
bunch of catfish at
to improve over the next few weeks.
their “secret spot”
The trout are still holding in deep water
while using chicken
that ranges from 75 to 110 feet deep.
liver and anchovies.
Boat Departs from Lauritzen Yacht Harbor in Oakley
Fish Sniffer editor Cal Kellogg spent 3
Chan Saetan
days fishing the lake recently with his wife
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caught a 10+ pound
Gena. Here is what he had to say about
catfish and some
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“Shasta is in great shape. The water
boat launch on
level is very high for this time of the year.
October 4.
You can find big numbers of trout holding
The lake level
in several areas of the lake. We found fish
is 300.4 feet in
up near Silverthorn and lots of trout near
elevation and the
Bridge Bay. The lower
surface temperature
end of the lake didn’t
is 68.5 degrees.
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Reservoir, your top
prospect to troll
down deep, at 40 to
80 feet deep
“Boaters are doing
best trolling with
Alabama Rigs, Atlas
Rigs, and broken
back Rebels and
P-Line Predators,”
as many fish as the
arms and the McCloud
seemed to hold few
fish, but we didn’t go
above the Caverns,”
said Kellogg.
“We spend a lot
of time working
Silverthorn Bay and
it produced fish every
day. Our shallowest
hook up came at
71 feet, while our
deepest fish was
caught at 110. Our
largest trout was just
under 3 pounds and
the average fish went
about 15 inches.
Most of the trout
were clean, fat and
filled with tiny shad.
We hooked them on
Shad Tubes, Trolling
Flies and shad pattern
spoons including Hum
Dingers. Our biggest
fish came on one of
my pink and white
marabou trolling flies.
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We caught from 7 to 10 fish per day. The
best action took place early in the day,”
Kellogg disclosed.
Drop shot rigs and jigging spoons will
hook bass all day long. The bass can be
found from the surface all the way down
to 70 feet. Early and late in the day,
topwater lures and crankbaits worked
near shoreline rock structure work well.
Bassers are catching more than 50
bass per day right now. Most of them
are sub 3 pound spots, but there are
smallmouths and largemouths mixed in.
Your best chance to hook a largemouth
is by working a Zara Spoon during the
first 90 minutes of daylight.
As the bait moves toward the surface
with cooling temperatures look for the
bass bite to accelerate for anglers
working reaction baits and topwaters.
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE- “My kayaking
partner Scott Phillips and I took a trip
up to Tahoe right after the first big storm
of the fall last week and we had two
incredible days of fishing,” reported Ron
England.
“We were hoping to catch a few
mackinaw. We launched at Richardson
Bay and headed up along the Emerald
Bay shoreline. Our plan was to look for
fish on our sonar unit while toplining
minnow plugs. I was spooling out a No.
9 rainbow pattern jointed Rapala when
I got hit with only 30 feet of line out. At
first I thought I’d hung up, but when I
felt head shakes I knew it was a fish. It
turned out to be a 4-pound mackinaw,”
exclaimed England.
“Scott caught the next fish, which
turned out to be a 22-inch rainbow.
For the rest of the trip we continued
hooking fish on minnow plugs. Some
were caught just under the surface,
while others were as deep as 35 feet.
We utilized lead core rigs for working
different depths. The bite was best early,
but we hooked fish all morning long. We
average about one hookup per hour. In
all we got 5 rainbows and 7 mackinaw.
Scotts first rainbow was the largest. I got
a 7 pound mack that is my new personal
best,” concluded England.
If you want to fish Lake Tahoe, but
don’t want to hassle with your boat
or kayak jump aboard with the Tahoe
Sportfishing Team. They are putting
their clients on limits of mackinaw daily
and they’ve been scoring some bonus
browns and rainbows along the way.
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