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FRESHWATER REPORTS:
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CLEAR LAKE
cont.
“On my latest bass trip, I caught 2
fish the first day and 1 fish the second
day,” said Dave Burruss of Clear Lake
Outdoors. “The largemouths were in the 1
to 2 pound range. I fished with drop shot
rigs and shakey heads in the north end of
the lake. Anglers are also finding success
with Alabama rigs with Keitech swimbaits
and jerk baits.
“Some anglers are finding the bass in 2
to 8 feet of water, while others are hooking
them in super-deep water,” he noted. “The
north end in the Red Bud arm is producing
the best fishing. The water temperature
has only been 46 to 47 degrees.”
Meanwhile, anglers are bagging limits of
feisty bluegill while employing red worms
and small jigs. Most of the crappie are
still holding in deep water, but a few are
starting to appear in shallower water 6 o 8
feet deep.
Burruss hasn’t heard of any anglers
pursuing catfish in the storms, but noted
that the fishing at the mouths of creeks
should get going as the storms leave the
region.

- Dan Bacher
COLLINS LAKE
Collins Nearly Full As Spring
Trout Plants Kick Off!
OREGON HOUSE – Spring rainbow
trout plants have begun at Collins Lake,
with 2,000 pounds of hard-fighting
rainbows planted prior to Presidents Day
Weekend.
The fishing was tough at press time, but
is expected to shift into high gear with the
arrival of planted trout.
The latest storms have filled the lake
nearly to capacity. The water level was
only 3 feet from full at press time and
the water surface temperature was 50
degrees. The water clarity is 4 foot of
visibility.
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FRESHWATER
March 1 - 15, 2019
Most anglers are bait fishing from shore
with PowerBait, Mice Tails, worms and
other offerings. Very few anglers have
been trolling lately.
Dell Parker of Yuba City demonstrated
his angling skill by bagging two rainbows
weighing 2-3/4 and 3 pounds while
soaking worms on the beach, reported
Christina Richardson of the Collins Lake
Resort. Adam of Yuba City landed a trout
weighing about 2 pounds while fishing
with chicken liver.
Catfish are also showing in the catches.
A woman nailed a 2 lb. catfish while bait
fishing below the store.
Expect the spotted and largemouth bass
bite to improve in the coming weeks as
the water warms up and the bass move
into the pre-spawn mode.
In other Collins Lake news, the Day Use
picnic area at the swimming beach area
has been expanded for the 2019 season.
LAKE DAVIS
Paul Stoner Wins Ice Fishing
Derby
PORTOLA – Sixty-three anglers turned
out for the annual John and Kelly Pato Ice
Fishing Derby at Lake Davis, braving rain
followed by snow.
1st place went to Paul Stoner, who
caught a rainbow weighing 3.12 lbs. and
measuring 22 inches long. He earned
25.12 points.
2nd place went to Justin Jensen, whose
fish weighed 2.95 lbs. and measured
21.50 inches, earning him 24.45 points.
3rd place went to Richard Crowther,
whose fish weighed 2.16 lbs. and
measured 18 inches, earning him 20.16
points.
Since the derby, very few anglers have
been out ice fishing.
The fishing during the event was “fair,
not hot,” said Jeanne Graham of the J&J
Grizzly Store and Campground Resort.
“It rained for 3 hours and then began
snowing,” said Graham. “Anglers found
the top action while fishing toward Mallard
Cove and Catfish Cove.”
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work the best for
the trout, but you
can try throwing
small jerk baits
if you have light
enough line.
Most of the
trout are being
caught either in
the marina area
off the shore or
way out in heron
bay in along
the shorelines
in between the
coves.
The bass
fishing is picking
up as the lake
level rises,
giving one a lot
more options
for structure
to target the
You never know what you are going to catch bass. The
when you toss out some PowerBait for trout. smallmouths
That’s exactly what this angler did at Lake
and largemouths
Amador this January and he came up with a love weightless
LAKE DEL
huge 3 plus pound crappie.
nightcrawlers.
Photo courtesy of LAKE AMADOR CAFÉ, Lake Tossing them at
VALLE
Amador.
rock points or
Rainbows Lead
the fallen trees
Winter Angling
in the water is your best bet.
Parade
Medium sized swimbaits are also a good
bet. The bass will enter their pre spawn
LIVERMORE - Most anglers are
feed soon, making them come out from
focusing on trout fishing at Lake Del Valle.
their dormancy that they have been in for
The water temperature at Lake Del Valle
the last few months.
is still in the mid-forties as the lake level
The catfish bite is always doing well
has risen almost to capacity.
out here with many anglers using either
We have received one plant of 1000
anchovies or nightcrawlers to hook into
pounds of Mt. Lassen trout since the last
these hard fighting fish. The fallen trees
report. The trout fishing is still the main
in the water are their favorite hidey holes;
attraction, with Power Bait or Mice Tails
there are some large ones around the
being the best bait to use. Many anglers
lower narrows that would serve well.
also have luck with the corn yellow or
The sharp points that jut along the
chartreuse green PowerBait and the
shoreline are other places where you can
fluorescent orange and pink and white
set up and fan your bait out despite what
Mice Tails.
many people may think. If the cats aren’t
Lure wise, I would recommend the 1/8th
biting within an hour maximum, I would
Kastmaster just to get extra strike zone
when you are fishing from shore, allowing recommend moving to another spot.
The striped bass fishing has slowed
you to keep the shad imitation small but
down, although they are still running
providing plenty of weight to toss it out
there. Gold colored Kastmasters seem to
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“Since the derby, it’s
been snowing up here
like you wouldn’t believe
it and nobody has been
out fishing,” she said.
“The lake has risen by 3
percent, so I’m not sure
how the ice is at the
edges now.”
There are plenty of
rainbows in the lake for
anglers to hook through
the ice this winter. The
California Department of
Fish and Wildlife stocked
14,420 pounds of
rainbows in the reservoir
in August.
Davis Lake is holding
66,617 acre feet of
water, 80 percent of
capacity and 112 percent
of average.

- Dan Bacher
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