Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition 3803 Jan 17- Feb 1 2019 | Page 10

FRESHWATER
Jan 17 - Feb 1, 2019
FRESHWATER REPORTS:
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CLEAR LAKE
cont.
The air temperature was 31 degrees
first thing in the morning and the surface
water temperature ranged from 48 to 49
degrees.
They didn’t target crappie or bluegill, but
anglers are still hooking decent numbers
of crappie and large numbers of bluegill
in deep water spots on the lake such
as the Shag Rock and Anderson Island
areas. The bluegill are hitting small jigs
and redworms, while the crappie are also
grabbing small jigs or swimbaits.
COLLINS LAKE
Boaters, Shore Anglers Nail
Trout
OREGON HOUSE – During the
Christmas and New Year’s Holiday weeks
and since the beginning of the New Year,
shore anglers and boat fishermen have
concentrated on trout fishing at Collins
Lake, landing some beautiful rainbows.
Trolling with spoons, spinners or
nightcrawlers behind flashers has been
a good way to put some trout in the boat.
Just ask Colton and Sid Cates of Lincoln,
who teamed up to land two rainbows
weighing 6 and 5 pounds while trolling
spoons at Collins.
Shore anglers tossing out PowerBait,
nightcrawlers and lures are also
experiencing trout success. Jose
Contreras bagged a 5-1/2 lb. rainbow
while soaking PowerBait off the dam. Jeff
Neels of North Highlands also caught a 3
lb. trout from shore, reported Mike Butler
from the Collins Lake Resort.
Mark and Robert Bers of Sacramento
landed five trout weighing 6-1/2, 5-1/2, 5,
2 and 2 pounds while fishing Power Bait,
Power Eggs and Rapalas.
Just a few bass anglers have been
fishing the lake lately. Bass anglers
should target the deep water off points
and ledges with drop shot rigs, jigs and
spoons. Expect to catch mostly spotted
bass in the 2 to 4 pound range, along with
an occasional largemouth.
The spring trout plants will start up in
mid-February at Collins.
More than 50,000 trout are planted
every spring, which means Collins Lake
has the largest private planting program
north of Sacramento. Thousands of these
trout are trophy sized, planted at 3 to 8
pounds and growing even larger.
Collins Lake is 30-1/2 feet from
maximum pool and the surface water
temperature is 55 degrees.
DEL VALLE LAKE
Trout Bite Breaks Loose!
LIVERMORE – The lake temperature at
Lake Del Valle has dropped slightly with
the water usually clocking in either in the
upper forties or the lower fifties.
“The trout fishing here became red hot
after we had a plant of 1,000 pounds of
Mt Lassen trout,”
reported Captain
Jacob of the
Rocky Mountain
Recreation
Company. “Many of
our shore anglers
are hooking trout in the
marina area either on the
west beach or next to the
boat ramp. With the water
level stabilizing, the fishing
has never been better this
winter.”
“Garlic scented
PowerBait or Mice Tails
are the best baits to
use out here either with
chartreuse of fluorescent
white colors,” he advised.
“Lure enthusiasts are
using small Kastmasters or
jerkbaits.”
“If you have a boat, the
shallow waters of the
coves are perfect places
to find trout. Badger Cove
is a favorite for many of
our regular fishermen,’ he
noted.
“The bass bite is still
slow because of the drop
in temperature, but they
are still hitting in Heron
Bay where it is deep
and has clearer water.
Weightless nightcrawlers
or Senkos will also work.
Alternatively, small shad
imitations like Kastmasters Richard Blevins traveled to Collins Lake for some winter
trout action recently and nailed a limit of big hard fighting
or spinners can get them
rainbows.
on your line,” he tipped.
Photo courtesy of the COLLINS LAKE RECREATION AREA,
If you’re looking to troll,
Oregon House.
you’re going to want to
head to the dam.
“The catfish are also
DON PEDRO
getting caught quite regularly either with
a nightcrawler on the bottom or soaking
Surface Trolling With Spoons
anchovies in the water,” he said.
the Ticket for Holdover
“The striped bass are also running
Rainbows
around the marina. They are feeding on
BURSON - If you want to hook rainbow
the trout that get planted, so a good bet
trout at Don Pedro Lake, try trolling shad-
is to troll larger swimbaits around the
marina and lower narrows,” Captain Jacob
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