Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition 3814 June 21- July 5 2019 | Page 19

FRESHWATER VOL.38 • ISS. 14 FRESHWATER REPORTS: CONTINUED FROM PG 12 KNIGHTS LANDING/COLUSA cont. bagged 6 stripers averaging 4 pounds and going up to 8 pounds. We used both jumbo minnows and bloodworms for bait. The water temperature was only 58 degrees, cold for this time of year.” In the Knights Landing area, channel catfish are creating the most angling excitement. Bank anglers are tossing out G&S Dip Bait and nightcrawlers off First Beach at night for the best action. “We haven’t seen any big fish come in the last couple weeks; the catfish average around 2-1/2 pounds each,” he noted. The Verona, Knights Landing and Colusa boat ramps are all open to launching. - Dan Bacher LOS VAQUEROS RESERVOIR Nick at the Los Vaqueros Marina. “Most of the fish are schooiies in the 18 to 21 inch range.” Shore anglers are also picking up limits of rainbow trout while fishing PowerBait, nightcrawlers and Kastmasters near the marina. Big fish honors go to Alvarado Aurelio, who landed a 9.15 lb. rainbow while soaking PowerBait in the South Cove. Lim Uel Legados nailed a 6. lb. trout while soaking PowerBait near the marina. Victor Silva demonstrated his angling prowess by bagging a 9 lb. rainbow. Liam Sandoval successfully battled a l7 lb. trout while soaking PowerBiat. Catfish catches have been few and far between lately, but Yekam El-Nakar nailed a 12 lb. channel cat o anchovies near the marina. If you are looking to rent a boat, contact the Marina ahead of time to check current wind conditions at [phone]. - Dan Bacher NEW MELONES LAKE Stripers and Trout Go on Bite Boaters Lay into Kokanee Salmon ANGELS CAMP – The kokanee bite has been outstanding for the last several weeks with most anglers getting off the water early with their limits of big, bright landlocked sockeyes. Boaters are trolling Apex lures, hoochies, spinners and other lures, tipped with white corn, at 30 to 40 feet deep between the spillway and the dam, reported Gene Hildebrand of Glory Hole Sports in Angels Camp. The fish average 16 inches and go up to 18 inches. “We ended up with 12 kokanee on my last trolling adventure, losing another dozen in the process along with a 6-pound brown that was released,” said Monte Smith of Gold Country Sportfishing. “Tom Van Fleet of Oakdale caught and released the brown at 25 feet, and our best action came from 25 to 40 feet with Uncle Jon Takara caught this 15.9-pound striper while working a Rapala at Larry’s spinners, Los Vaqueros Reservoir on April 19. small hoochies, or Photo courtesy of the LOS VAQUEROS RECREATION AREA, Los Apex lures behind Vaqueros Reservoir. Sling Blades.” “I have been BYRON – Striped bass and rainbow trout are providing the most consistent early summer sport at Los Vaqueros Reservoir. “Anglers are landing limits of stripers while fishing anchovies from the rockwall near the marina,” disclosed JC BASS FISHING GUIDE SERVICE changing up the presentations to see what is working best. We have been staying away from the fleet, and there have been as many as 35 boats out during a weekday working near the Spillway,” said Smith. John Liechty of Xperience Fishing Guide Service reported top- notch action for spotted and largemouth bass at New Melones. “The bass bite is great as the weather is starting to stabilize. The bite was phenomenal during the days of inclement These anglers rounded up three limits of rainbows and kings while trolling weather, but it Speedy Shiners at Folsom Lake on May 27. slowed down Photo courtesy of TIGHT LINES GUIDE SERVICE, Loomis. for a few days after the weather cleared.,” said Liechty. Rob Reimers of Rustic Rob’s Guide “The topwater bite has been non- Service made one trip to Oroville that existent, and our best action has been produced 15 salmon for 2 anglers. “Jimmy with small swimbaits or plastics on a Ned- Downs kept five fish in the 13 to 15 Rig or wacky rig. The largemouth bass inch range and released the rest,” said are in the shallows at 5 to 15 feet with the Reimers. “We trolled with Brad’s Kokanee majority of spots holding from 15 to 25 Cut Plugs at the Green Bridge.” feet. There is a lot of flooded vegetation The fishing slowed down on the next as the lake has risen once again to the angling adventure. “It was a cloudy level it was in February, and with the new day and we landed four fish and lost growth, there are plenty of baby bass and two others, again while fishing Brad’s bluegill in the grass.,” noted Liechty. Kokanee Cut Plugs,” said Reimers. “The The lake is rising once again and rose fish were spread out and not concentrated from 83 to 86 percent of capacity over the in schools.” last couple of weeks. Lake Oroville is holding 3,397,362 acre feet of water, 96 percent of capacity and 115 percent of average. The lake level is 891 feet in elevation, nine feet from full. For largemouth bass, the best local bet is the Thermalito Afterbay. “It was another tough bite tonight,” OROVILLE LAKE/ reported Jamey Sorensn at the North THERMALITO AFTERBAY Valley Tackle and Pro Show. “However the anglers experienced great weather and Trollers Land Landlocked good times, with fathers and daughters, Kings OROVILLE - Salmon fishing at Lake Oroville has been hit and miss, with good fishing one day and slow fishing the next. 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