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Vol. 38 - ISS.04
Our
37th
Year
Since 1982
February 1 - 15, 2019
“The Magazine for West Coast Sportsmen!”
Eight-Year Old Angler Battles 10 Lb.
Lightning Trout at Lake Amador
Y
ou never know what you might catch
when you go fishing at Lake Amador
and other Mother Lode lakes.
Every bite you get could be
the fish of a lifetime.
Just ask eight-year-old
Cassidy Frazier, who was
trolling a Rapala lure in the
Carson Creek Arm with
her father, Jimmy, when
she hooked up a colorful
Lightning Trout weighing
10.03 pounds on January 4.
“That’s the largest fish
that she’s ever caught,” said
Karen, Cassidy’s mother.
“She hooked the fish on her
new pink fishing rod that
Santa gave her for Christmas.
We’re probably going to get a
replica or mount made of the fish.”
That’s not the only big Lightning Trout
landed at Amador recently.
Sixteen-year-old Jack Powell of Healds-
burg caught a 5.25-pound lightning from
the shoreline with red and white lure
on January 3. David Burruss from
Kelseyville also caught a 5.9-pound
lightning while using Power
Eggs on December 30.
The Lightning Trout is a
unique breed of rainbow
trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
featuring vibrant, yellow,
orange and pink colors. Like
other trout raised at Lake
Amador’s on-site hatchery,
the fish being stocked in the
lake now have deep orange
or pink flesh similar to king
salmon, due to the krill-based Cassidy Frazier successfully battled this Lightning
food they eat, according to
Trout weighing 10.03 pounds while trolling a
Rapala lure in the Carson Creek Arm of Lake
Lee Lockhart at the Lake
Amador with her father, Jimmy, on January 4.
Amador Resort.
Photo courtesy of LAKE AMADOR RESORT, Ione.
The Lightning Trout (or
Golden Rainbow Trout)
and normal rainbow trout coloration.”
“is a gold-orange rainbow trout raised
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under artificial fish culture conditions and
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golden rainbow was developed from one
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fish, a single female trout with a genetic
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mutation that gave her a mixed golden
GONE
FISHING
by
Dan Bacher
Get Big and Ugly For High Water Steelhead
T
“
hat is a ridiculous looking
presentation,” I thought to
myself. “What stupid
fish would eat such
an atrocious looking
concoction?” In
my hand, I held a
combination of a
“Nightmare” (black
wings with a red and
white body) colored
Spin N Glo, a rocket
red Little Corky,
bright red yarn with
a nickel sized chunk
of roe to really
sweeten the offer.
The entire
abomination was
downright ugly,
full of contrast, and
likely to frighten any self-re-
specting steelhead in clearer
conditions. However, I was on
the Mad River, a stream known
for its’ cloudy complexion.
The Mad is almost always off
color in the winter time, but it
was especially dirty on this trip. I like
to be the first guy on the river fishing
with bait after the river drops into shape
following a big storm.
When everybody else is
trying to floss the fish with
twenty foot leaders, I’m the
guy using a 2 foot leader
with a big loud Spin N Glo
for vibration. If you can put
the bait and Spin N Glo right
in the fish’s face, they will
bite. The key is to fish slow
and methodically. It’s almost
like a modified plunking
technique.
There are still certain rules
that an enterprising steelhead
angler should follow to
maximize one’s success. For
starters, you don’t want to fish
on a rising river. I’ve had days
that had inexplicable lacks of success,
and at the end of the day checked the
hydrograph to find that the river had a
rise of a couple hundred cubic feet per
second.
That might be an imperceptible rise
WHAT’S
HOT
by
Mike McNeilly
Field editor Mike McNielly is a steelhead fishing expert
that travels long and far to do battle with the fabled
sea run rainbows he loves. He pulled this big chromer
out of the Mad River on one of his crazy looking Spin-
N-Glo offerings.
Photo courtesy of MIKE MCNIELLY, Fish Sniffer Staff.
37 Years
Serving
Sportsmen
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CDFW Fall Midwater Trawl
Finds ZERO Delta Smelt
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Special Section
Baja Roundup
PG 27
INSIDE
Area Reports
FRESHWATER REPORTS
Almanor - Bullards Bar/Englebright Reservoir........4
Lake Camanche - Don Pedro................................ 8-9
East Delta - Los Vaqueros Reservoir...................11
New Melones - Quarry Lakes.............................. 12
Rancho Seco Lake - Rio Vista............................. 17
Rollins Lake - Shadow Cliff Lake......................... 18
Shasta Lake - Smith/Chetco Rivers..................... 21
Tahoe - West Delta.............................................. 23
SALTWATER REPORTS
Berkeley - Half Moon Bay.....................................25
Monterey Bay......................................................27
FEATURES
Where...When...How...
TROUT ANGLERS CHALLENGE............ 6,7,9,10,13
BAJA ROUNDUP.................................................... 26
BASS FISHING SPOTLIGHT: Scott Estes............. 20
BULLETIN BOARD................................................... 3
FISH SNIFFER COUNTRY: Melanie Parker and
Melissa Mandrup............................................ 24
GO FOR IT: Staff....................................................... 2
HOW-TO: Cal Kellogg............................................ 16
KAYAK FISHING SPOTLIGHT: Kevin Hofer ............. 5
MAP FEATURE: Dan Bacher.............................14-15
SALTY TIPS: Hippo Lau.......................................26
SPOTLIGHT ON CONSERVATION: Dan Bacher..... 22
STAFF
TACKLE
What We’re Using
Cal Kellogg - trolled Folsom
Lake for trout from his Hobie
Pro Angler 14 kayak. Cal
used a pair of 7’6” Vance’s
Tackle ULT 762 trolling
rods topped with Abu Garcia 5500 LC line
counter reels. The reels were spooled with
10 lb moss colored Trilene Big Game line.
On the business end, Cal pulled Yo-Zuri L
Minnows and Gulp! minnows teamed with
Sling Blade Dodgers.
Paul Kneeland - fished
Rollins Lake in the Fish
Sniffer 21’ Rogue Jet
Coastal. He caught rainbow
trout to 14 inches and
spotted bass to 12 inches using using a
Powell Rods ultralight trigger stick with
a Shimano Calcutta 150 level wind reel
loaded with 8 lb test Yozuri Hybrid line. He
trolled “cutthroat” Tasmanian Devils and
“Red Racer” Speedy Shiners off the Canon
Downriggers at 10 feet deep and 2.4 mph.
Dan Bacher - fished for
steelhead on the American
River at Sailor Bar. He used
a Berkley Ugly Stick GX2 6’
6” medium action spinning
rod, teamed up with a Shakespeare
GX235 spinning reel filled with 8 lb. test
P-Line CX Premium Flourocarbon Coated
Line. He tossed out 1/4 oz. gold/red and
silver/blue Little Cleos.