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FRESHWATER
July 5 - 19, 2019
FRESHWATER REPORTS:
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LAKE DEL VALLE
EAST DELTA
Largemouth Fishing Set to
Break Loose
cont.
with chartreuse PowerBait by the dam.
The catfishing has been slow, but it is
still a good bet to use anchovies or large
mackerel. Throwing these baits near a
fallen tree, as close as possible without
getting snagged, is the key to getting the
catfish on your line.
Many of our catfish also enjoy large
nightcrawlers. Look for carp along the
shoreline; the catfish love to hand around
with the carp.
The bass are moving out here, but are
a little lethargic. We really only see them
moving to defend their nests, so you are
going to want to target them with lures like
Rat-L-Traps crankbaits, or Zara Spooks.
There are lots of bass around the cattails
or reed mats that are throughout the
whole lake.
The sunfish bite has really picked up
at the water temperature increases. We
recommend casting some red worms or
mini-crawlers. You can find the bluegill
and crappie around the weed mats near
the shores or near the cattails, as they are
using these structures for spawning.
As always, please be safe out there. My
personal thoughts and prayers are with
the people who lost their lives out here at
Del Valle since the last fishing report.
– Captain Jacob
STOCKTON– The largemouth bass
action is poised to break out as the
water temperatures rise and the fish are
oriented to shade, but water releases
down the tributaries of the San Joaquin in
order to make room for the snowmelt in
the reservoirs has muddied up the main
channel.
Vince Borges of Vince Borges Outdoors
said, “Largemouth bass action has been
very good, and it took 24 pounds with a
10-pound kicker to take our Wednesday
Night Shootout out of Ladd’s Marina in
Stockton. These shootouts take place on
Wednesday evenings during the summer
months from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., and a
number of very good anglers show up
for bragging rights. I have found two fish
over 8 pounds within the past week for
our clients, and our last one came on a
wake bait. The reaction bite is solid with
chatterbaits, crankbaits, and wakebaits,
and we are also punching the weeds with
Reaction Innovation’s new Spicy Beaver
with 2 ounces of weight for bass in the 3-
to 4-pound range. The water temperature
has climbed to 81 degrees in the back
sloughs, but the main river is dirty from all
of the inflow along with the high winds that
we have been experiencing. The frog bite
has been hit or miss, but the buzzbait has
been picking up, and I have been using
the Yozuri Noi-Z Wake Bait with
good success.”
Dan Mathisen of Dan’s Delta
Outdoors in Oakley reported
high winds have been a limiting
factor around Bethel Island, but
there is a good punch bite along
with chatterbaits in the central
Delta around shade pockets, tule
breaks, and the small mats of
grass.
There are two large frog
tournaments coming up in the
next six weeks with the Ultimate
Frog Challenge at the end of July
and the Snag Proof Open during
the first weekend in August.
- Dave Hurley
EASTERN SIERRA
Summer Trouters Find
Plentiful Opportunities
BISHOP – “Bridgeport Reservoir
is still kicking out some good fish,
some up to around 8 pounds
in some cases,” reported Jim
Reid at Ken’s Sporting Goods in
Bridgeport. “It doesn’t seem like
the numbers are super high but
the quality is there.”
“Trollers have been successful
Valtea went to San Pablo Reservoir this June looking
with Needlefish, crawlers, Thomas
for trout and put together a stringer of pansize
Buoyants and Rapalas. Bait
rainbows.
anglers have been doing well
Photo courtesy of the ROCKY MOUNTAIN RECREATION
COMPANY, San Pablo Reservoir. with pinched crawlers, inflated
crawlers, PowerBait and Mice
Tails. There have still been some
success from the shore as well
down near the dam with anglers
reporting some fish being caught
with bait down there. Haven’t
heard much from the fly anglers
lately but stripping streamers
or crawfish patterns should
produce some fish either down
near the dam or out in front of
the marina,” observed Reid.
“The East Walker is running
at a whopping 765 cfs right now
which has made the fishing
pretty tough. We have had a
couple anglers report catching
a couple fish in spite of the high
water though. Most anglers are
not having very much success
though. With this kind of high
water you really need to add
enough weight to get your
streamers or nymphs down to
the bottom where the fish are.
You also should use heavier
leaders and tippets so if and
when you do hook up a fish
you’ll have a chance of landing
it. The Miracle Mile section is
probably going to be a bit easier
to fish than the lower section
Connor visited Collins Lake this May and rounded up
below the bridge as it runs a little this big bad rainbow trout.
lazier there,” said Reid.
Photo courtesy of the COLLINS LAKE RECREATION
“Twin Lakes are producing
AREA, Oregon House.
some good fish, both with bait
and some fish trolling. Also,
Lake Oroville and kokanee salmon trips
the fly anglers are having some success
on Bullards Bar Reservoir,” said Reimers.
pulling wooly buggers and matukas near
“The Feather striper action is slowing
the inlets. Bait anglers are catching fish
down, but anglers are still catching
from the shore or boats with mice tails,
schoolies, particularly while throwing
inflated crawlers and PowerBait. Trollers
plastic worms and other lures at night.”
are getting some action with Rapalas,
Neither Boggs nor Reimers have
Thomas Buoyants and Kastmasters,” Reid
heard any reports on shad activity on the
concluded.
Feather lately, although anglers should
be hooking shad on the Feather below
the Thermalito Afterbay Outlet and on the
Yuba River while throwing out shad jigs
FEATHER RIVER
and flies.
Stripers Dominate Lower
- Dan Bacher
River Catches
RIO LINDA – Striped bass continue to
hit on the Feather River from Verona to
Beer Can Beach even with the arrival of
hot summer weather.
Randy Phelps reported landing a 32 lb.
striped bass while soaking sardines on
the Sacramento River at Beer Can Beach.
“This is the biggest striper reported to the
shop this year,” said Tim Boggs of Elkhorn
Outdoor Sports.
“Three other anglers brought in six
keeper stripers to 6 pounds that they
landed while drifting large minnows below
Beer Can Beach,” said Boggs. “They ran
into a small school of fish and caught one
fish after another.”
“I haven’t been out on the Feather
in a couple of
weeks, since I am
now booking king
salmon trips on
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FOLSOM LAKE
Trollers Battle Rainbows and
Kings
SACRAMENTO – Boaters are hooking
both rainbow trout and king salmon
at Folsom Lake, though relatively few
anglers have been out trying.
Raz Ortiz landed a 7 lb. 4 oz. king
while trolling a white Radical Glow tube
at Folsom near the dam, reported Craig
Newton at Willfish Bait and Tackle.
“Anglers are hooking a mixture of
rainbow trout and king salmon while
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