Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition 3811 May 10-24 2019

Up-To-Date and Published Locally... By Sportsmen... For Sportsmen! 37 Years Serving Sportsmen Collins Lake Map Feature MADE IN U.S.A See Page 24 Vol. 38 - ISS.11 Our 37th Year Since 1982 May 10 - 24, 2019 “The Magazine for West Coast Sportsmen!” Council Adopts 2019 Ocean Salmon Seasons with Increased Opportunities A s salmon fishing raged in Monterey Bay and off the San Mateo County Coast, the Pacific Fishery Management Council adopted ocean salmon season recommen- dations that provide recreational and commercial opportunities for most of the Pacific coast, and achieve conservation goals for the numerous individual salmon stocks on the West Coast. Season recommendations will be forwarded to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for approval. “Although some salmon stocks are returning in stronger numbers than last year, balancing fishing opportunities with conservation is always a challenge for the Council, its advisors, fishery stakeholders, and the public,” said Council Executive Director Chuck Tracy. “The seasons this year continue to protect stocks of concern, including Puget Sound Chinook, Wash- ington natural coho, and Sacramento River fall Chinook.” In addition to recommending salmon regulations for 2019, the Council developed a plan to work collabo- ratively with NMFS on Southern Resident killer whales, which are listed under the Endangered Species Act. “This year’s package was adopted after careful consideration and analysis in order to meet our conservation objectives, consider impacts on the prey base important to Southern Resident killer whales, and These two anglers show off a beautiful king salmon that they caught while mooching in Monterey consider in-river and Puget Sound fisheries,” Bay on a trip aboard the Kahuna on April 24. The afternoon charter produced full limits of salmon. said Council Chair Photo courtesy of CAROL JONES, Kahuna Sportfishing, Phil Anderson. “The Moss Landing. Council also estab- lished a workgroup that will be working Columbia River. California coastal closely with National Marine Fisheries Chinook and Oregon coast natural coho Service to assess on a longer term basis the stocks are the primary constraints to ocean salmon fisheries effect to the prey fisheries in this area. Most areas are base of Southern Resident killer whales,” seeing improved opportunity over last Anderson said. year. South of Cape Falcon, fisheries target Recreational Fisheries: Recreational Sacramento and Klamath fall Chinook opportunity is generally improved over and hatchery coho from Oregon and the CONTINUED ON PG 33 GONE FISHING by Dan Bacher F Spring Striper Blitz With Captain Jeff! A long-time angler, Captain Jeff has spent a lifetime learning the complexities of the California Delta and the local ocean waters. In the summer he is a second wheel for Emeryville Sportfishing, running salmon and rock fish trips aboard the Pacific Pearl and the Tigerfish. During the Spring and Fall he runs his namesake Soo Hoo Sport- fishing, specializing in small party light tackle striped bass fishing in the California Delta. If you’ve never caught stripers on light tackle, you are missing out. So, Mark Fong and Capt. Jeff pose with a striper Mark caught working a when Captain Jeff spoon on light tackle. Photo by MARK FONG, Fish Sniffer Staff. told me the spoon or many years, I have heard about the fishing exploits of Jeff Soo Hoo, so much so that when I first contacted him, I felt that I had known him for years. Soo Hoo, now Captain Jeff, owns and operates Soo Hoo Sportfishing. bite was wide open, it didn’t take much persuasion for my fishing buddy Ian Rigler to join me on a trip to the Delta. We met Captain Jeff at his slip located at Lauritzen Yacht Harbor in Antioch. There we met up with another old friend, Tony Andreini. After exchanging morning greetings we jumped aboard Captain Jeff’s spacious 23’ Rogue Jet Boatworks Coastal and made our departure. When we arrived at our first stop of the day, Captain Jeff methodically used his Garmin electronics to meter the area. Upon finding what he was looking for, he gauged the wind and current and set up the drift. I could tell by how he set the boat, that Captain Jeff had spent a lot of time running boats in the ocean. “Let’s start off with the live bait,” said Captain Jeff as he handed each of us a rod rigged with a lively jumbo minnow on a traditional three way swivel rig. It WHAT’S HOT by Mark Fong F ish S niffer T IP OF THE W EEK You know the trout are there. You’ve trolled all your normal stuff without success because the trout have lockjaw. What to do? One of the tried and true approaches to this situation is to slow down and downsize your offering. The smallest sizes of Dick Nite Spoons are perfect for this work. Rig up with a light fluorocarbon leader, run with either a brass, copper or chrome Dick Nite and hang on! - Cal Kellogg CONTINUED ON PG 17 Special Section Catch & Release Fishing - pgs 8-9 INSIDE Area Reports FRESHWATER REPORTS Almanor - Bullards Bar/Englebright Reservoir........4 Camanche Lake - Clear Lake.............................. 10 Lake Davis - Don Pedro Lake ............................. 15 East Delta - New Melones Lake.................... 16-17 Oroville Lake - Rio Vista............................... 20-21 Rollins/Scotts Flat - Shasta Lake................. 22-23 Tahoe - West Delta.............................................. 27 SALTWATER REPORTS Baja Roundup........................................................... 35 Berkeley - Bodega Bay............................................ 29 Half Moon Bay.......................................................... 30 Monterey Bay......................................................34 FEATURES Where...When...How... BASS ANGLER NEWS.............................12-13,18-19 BAJA ROUNDUP......................................................35 BULLETIN BOARD.....................................................3 CATCH & RELEASE - FLY FISHING: Cal Kellogg......8 CATCH & RELEASE - FLY FISHING REPORTS........ 9 FISH SNIFFER COUNTRY: Steve ‘Hippo’ Lau..........30 GO FOR IT: Staff.........................................................7 HOW-TO: Cal Kellogg..............................................14 KAYAK FISHING SPOTLIGHT: Cal Kellogg ...............6 MAP FEATURE: Dan Bacher...............................24-25 MIXED BAG FISHING: Ernie Marlan........................26 SPOTLIGHT ON CONSERVATION: Dan Bacher......28 STAFF TACKLE What We’re Using Cal Kellogg - trolled Lake Almanor from his Hobie Pro Angler 14 Mirage Drive powered kayak. Cal utilized several 7 foot Vance’s Tackle spiral wrapped E Glass trolling rods. The rods were matched with Abu Garcia 5500 Line Counter reels spooled with Yo-Zuri Top Knot line. Using these rigs teamed with a Scotty Lake Troll downrigger Cal caught rainbow trout to 4 pounds while pulling spoons, Arctic Fox Flies and threaded worms. Cal coated his worms and spoons with Bloody Tuna Pro-Cure Super Gel for added attraction. Paul Kneeland - fished Lake Camanche with Brian Garcia of Colfax in the Fish Sniffer Rogue Jet Coastal 21. They caught rainbow trout to 17 inches, using a Lamiglas Fish Sniffer special 7’ 6” light action graphite rod with a Daiwa Lexa 100 Line Counter reel loaded with 8 lb test Yozuri Topknot flourocarbon line. They trolled watermelon Apex Trout Killers and Jakes silver/red dot spoons with Pro-Cure Trophy Trout gel off the Canon Downriggers at 20 to 30 feet deep at 2.4 mph. Dan Bacher -fished for rainbow trout at White Pines Lake near Arnold. He used a Berkley Ugly Stick GX2 6’ 6” medium action spinning rod, teamed up with a Shakespeare GX235 spinning reel filled with 6 lb. test P-Line CX Premium Flourocarbon Coated Line. He fished with rainbow Berkley PowerBait, 1/8 oz. gold and black Panther Martins and 2/5 oz. gold/red stripe Little Cleos.

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