Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3826 Dec 6-20 | Page 15

FRESHWATER
VOL.38 • ISS. 26
RIO VISTA AREA
cont.
Rio Vista and Collinsville areas continues
to be tough because of the problematic
grass in the water, while anglers fishing in
the north end of the Delta are hooking into
lots of largemouth bass and crappie.
Alan Fong, manager of the Fisherman’s
Warehouse, reported slow striped bass
fishing in the Liberty Island area, but
excellent fishing for largemouths in
the Liberty Island area and top-notch
action for bass and crappie in the lower
Mokelumne River.
“Dave Clark and I caught and released
largemouth bass in the 2 to 4 lb. range
while punching and flipping in the Liberty
Island area,” he stated. “We also threw
out glide baits and beavers for bass and
small jigs for crappie in the Mokelumne
and Hog Slough.”
Clyde Wand, a board member of the
California Striped Bass Association,
Isleton Delta Chapter, reported solid
striped bass fishing on Broad Slough in
the Delta on a recent trolling adventure.
He and his fishing partner, Dave
Houston, caught a total of 8 keeper
striped bass to 7 pounds, including 5
while power drifting with mudsuckers and
the other 3 while trolling with Yo-Zozuri
Dec 6 - 20, 2019
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Minnows.
Other anglers are
heading downriver to
the Mothball Fleet area
in Suisun Bay for their
stripers. Mel Boggs of
Elkhorn Outdoor Sports
- Dan Bacher
ROLLINS LAKE
Anglers Lament
Lack of Fish Plants
COLFAX - “When you
look at the DFW’s trout
planting map and take in
the overall lack of trout
plants and then think about
how expensive our fishing
licenses have become
it’s pretty frustrating. The
reality is that we pay some
This happy angler went big when he fished the Sacramento River with Captain Mike Bogue this fall. The epic
of the highest fishing fees
king slammed a Flatfish plug wrapped with sardine and coated with Atlas Mike’s Crawfish Glo Oil.
in the country and we get
Photo courtesy of MIKE BOGUE’S GUIDE SERVICE, Redding.
the absolute minimum
in return from the DFW,”
exclaimed Justin Pleece of
of us, planter rainbows are the first fish
but those getting out did well over the
Meadow Vista.
we ever catch and those are the fish that
past couple of days,” revealed Alan Fong,
“Here in Placer
get us hooked on fishing. Those fish are
manager of Fisherman’s Warehouse.
County, Rollins
also important to small businesses and
“Boaters are catching salmon from Miller
Lake hasn’t been
small communities like Colfax. Without
Park to Garcia Bend, mostly while trolling
planted and likely
planted trout available at Rollins, anglers
or anchor fishing with Kwikfish. The fish
won’t be planted
will simply go someplace else and spend
are ranging from 18 to 20 pounds.”
until 2020. The
their fishing budget there. More than likely
“Anglers are finding some decent
same goes for
if they enjoy trout fishing they will go to
salmon fishing in the Sacramento Area
Scotts Flat over in
a lake that has private trout plants, but
while fishing with Brad’s Cut Plugs behind
Nevada County.
cause the DFW simply isn’t getting the job
flashers or MagLips lures,” confirmed
I’ve been fishing
done. It’s the same old story, pay more
Craig Newton at Willfish Bait and Tackle.
Rollins and the
and get less. It’s pretty sad. I’d like to see
“Anglers are happy to get one or two
bass fishing is
the robust trout plants we had 20 years
fish per boat, but the fish are beautiful
decent and I’ve
ago when I really got into trout fishing,”
and bright. They range from jacks to 30
caught a couple
Pleece exclaimed.
pounds.”
brown trout, but
“A few guys anchor fishing with plugs
overall the fishing is
under the Pioneer Bridge are still catching
slow. Without some
some salmon,” added Leo Salcido of
planter rainbows in
Sacramento Pro Tackle.
the mix there isn’t
For stripers, anglers should try fishing
much opportunity
SACRAMENTO AREA
in the Port of Sacramento or Sacramento
at Rollins or Scotts
Deepwater Channel. Boaters and
Bright Salmon Move into
Flat in the late
kayakers should drift jumbo minnows, jig
fall and winter,”
Capitol City
spoons and troll with Yo-Zuris and other
observed Pleece.
SACRAMENTO – A fresh batch of king
lures. Shore fishermen should toss out
“Planted rainbow
salmon have moved into the Sacramento
pileworms, jumbo minnows, chicken livers
trout are very
River in the metropolitan area, increasing
and swimbaits.
important to the
success rates for boaters and bank
- Dan Bacher
anglers of northern
anglers still fishing for them.
California. For a lot
“There aren’t many anglers out fishing,
CONTINUED ON PG 17
Big trout and big smiles, that’s been the situation for anglers fishing
Eagle Lake with Capt. Bryan Roccucci this November.
Photo courtesy of BIG DADDY’S GUIDE SERVICE, Quincy.
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