Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition 3814 June 21- July 5 2019 | Page 14

June 21 - July 5, 2019
FRESHWATER
VOL.38 • ISS. 14
FRESHWATER REPORTS:
three may be greater than 22 inches
The Klamath River adult fall run Chinook
Salmon quota is 7,637 adults and the
season opens Aug. 15 and closes Dec.
31, while the Trinity River opens to salmon
fishing on Sept. 1 and closes Dec. 31.
Seasons and areas with defined sub-
quotas are subject to closure once the
quota is reached in each subsection.
The 2019-2020 sport seasons, dates,
locations, bag limits and gear restrictions
are now available in the 2019-2020 Sport
Fishing Regulations Supplement, now
posted on the CDFW website. Additional
season information can be found on the
CDFW’s ocean salmon webpage, or by
calling.
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FEATHER RIVER
cont.
release a 32 lb. striped bass during a trip
to the Feather River with Rob Reimer of
Rustic Rob’s Guide Service.
“The big fish, a female, had already
spawned,” said Reimers. “We got her
back in the water right way and she swam
away.”
“We caught a total of 15 fish, including 8
keepers. They kept four stripers in the 19
to 24 inch range. We drifted live extra-
large minnows in the Boyd’s Pump area.”
The fishing was slower on his latest
adventure. “The river came up a couple of
feet since our previous trip and the fishing
was slower. Still, my clients, Jay and
Cecil, landed limits of stripers in the 18 to
22 inch while fishing in the Boyd’s Pump
area,” said Reimers.
Most people continue to concentrate on
stripers, but shad are also available for
anglers tossing out darts, jigs, grubs and
flies on the Feather.
- Dan Bacher
KNIGHTS LANDING/
COLUSA
Stripers Bend Rods at Mouth
of Feather
FOLSOM LAKE
Trout Fishing Is Hit and Miss
FOLSOM – Rainbow trout and king
salmon fishing is inconsistent on Folsom
Lake, with hot fishing one day followed by
slow fishing the next.
“Fishing was hot on my first trip,”
said James Netzel of Tight Lines Guide
Service. “The three anglers fishing with
me landed 18 rainbows and 3 kings while
trolling red/gold Speedy Shiners.”
“We trolled from 20 to 35 feet deep, but
the 30 to 35 foot depth was best. The
rainbows averaged 14 to 16 inches and
went up to 18 inches, while the kings
ranged from 18 to 22 inches.”
However, fishing slowed down on the
next two trolling adventures, with one trip
producing 8 fish and the next yielding just
four fish.
Netzel is now concentrating on kokanee
fishing at Stampede Lake, with limits of
quality fish reported every trip.
Jerry Lampkin of TNG Motor Sports
made a trip to Folsom that produced 6
rainbows to 17-1/2 inches for two anglers.
“We trolled all over the lake at 25 feet
deep,” said Lampkin. “We hooked two on
the North Fork, two near the boat ramp
and two on the South Fork. Four of the
fish hit Speedy Shiners and the other two
hit GVS pina colada lures. We also lost
four fish, including a king salmon.”
Bass fishing reports from Folsom
have been scarce lately. However,
Ryu and Isaac rounded up limits of rainbow trout while fishing Los Vaqueros Reservoir this
spring.
Photo courtesy of the LOS VAQUEROS RECREATION AREA, Los Vaqueros Reservoir.
Don Paganelli of Don’s Bass Fishing
Experience said the action should be
“really good” now for a mixture of spotted,
largemouth and smallmouth bass.
“Fish the top 10 feet of water with
swimbaits and tubes” advised Paganelli.
“There are probably still both fish on and
off the spawning beds.”
Folsom Lake is holding 939,726 acer
feet of water , 96 percent of capacity and
115 percent of the 10 year average. The
water level is 462.64 feet in elevation,
3.36 feet from maximum pool.
- Dan Bacher
KLAMATH/TRINITY RIVERS
Anglers Get Ready for
Springer Opener on July 1
SACRAMENTO – Anglers are gearing
up for the opening of spring Chinook
fishing on the Klamath and Trinity rivers
on July 1. Few anglers have been out
fishing lately on the Trinity and Klamath
rivers, although you
can currently fish
for species other
than salmon on
both rivers now.
The Fish and
Game Commission
at its April meeting
voted unanimously
to open a short-
term fishery on
spring Chinook
Salmon on the
Klamath and
Now Catching
Trinity rivers. The
Commission voted
STRIPED BASS
to reopen fishing on
TROUT
July 1 in both the
CATFISH
lower Klamath and
• SALmON • TROUT
LARGEMOUTH
BASS
upper Trinity rivers
• STRIPED BASS
with a one fish bag
The New Marina
limit and two fish
• Building
CATFISH
possession limit.
& Boat Rentals
• NOW
LARGEmOUTH
BASS
Spring Chinook
OPEN!!!!
Salmon became a
$25 boat
candidate for listing
rentals
under CESA at
the Commission’s
every
February meeting,
Monday
Los Vaqueros Recreation Co.
when emergency
thru Friday
9990 Los Vaqueros Rd.
(non holidays)
regulations were
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adopted that closed
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RIO LINDA – Striped bass remain
the main quarry of fishermen on the
Sacramento River at Verona and on the
Feather River, while catfish are drawing
the most attention in the Knights Landing
area.
“Boaters fishing right at the mouth of
the Feather are still doing OK on stripers,
with boaters reporting hooking two to four
fish per boat per day,” said Tim Boggs of
Elkhorn Outdoor Sports. “They’re hooking
fish up to 9 pounds while soaking sardines
and pileworms.”
“The stripers are still hitting on the lower
Feather up to the Highway 99 Bridge in
Nicolaus,” said Boggs. “On my latest trip
up the river, the 3 anglers fishing with me
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Trinity rivers until August 15.
On August 15, the fall Chinook season
regulations will go into effect.
At the Fish and Game Commission’s;
May 16
teleconference
meeting, the
Commission
unanimously
adopted regulations
for the fall salmon
seasons on the
Klamath/Trinity and
Central Valley river
systems.
The Klamath River
fall Chinook Salmon
ocean abundance
forecast of 274,200
adults allows anglers
a daily limit of two
Chinook salmon,
no more than one
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of which may be
on Installations with appointment
greater than 22
inches, and a
possession limit of
six, of which only
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