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AMERICAN RIVER cont . at the Minnow Hole by shore anglers using 1 / 16 oz . pea head jigs , tipped with chartreuse and champagne grub tails , at the Minnow Hole , according to Craig Kamikawa at Fisherman ’ s Warehouse .
Expect the shad to begin moving into the lower American above Discovery Park soon .
– by Dan Bacher
LAKE BERRYESSA
The Spring Bass Bite Is On
NAPA — Largemouth bass are in pre-spawn and spawning mode at Lake Berryessa , while the smallmouth bass have finished spawning .
“ I fished a club tournament , a Great Basin Bassers event , with my partner Ken Pella ,” said Jake Dyer at Sweeney ’ s Sports . “ Our five fish limit of largemouths weighed 21 pounds , including two 5 pounders , two 4 pounders and one 3 pounder . We also landed a few smallmouths , all over 2-1 / 2 pounds .”
“ We targeted submerged trees and brush in 7 to 13 feet of water on the northeast side of the reservoir ,” he noted . “ We hooked the fish while using Keitech swimbaits and other reaction baits , as well as while fishing drop shot rigs ; it was an overcast day .”
“ On the sunny days , you can find a reaction bite until about 11:00 am ,” he noted . “ Then it ’ s time to switch over to Texasrigged plastic worms .”
Anglers are picking up some quality crappie while fishing minnows and worms under bobbers in the coves around the lake . Like the bass , the crappie
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are in the shallows to spawn . “ I haven ’ t heard any reports on rainbow trout , king salmon or kokanee salmon lately ,” he added .
– by Dan Bacher
LAKE CAMANCHE
Largemouths On Patrol
BURSON — The wind has been blowing the past few days and the bass are moving to the shore from where they have been staging at Lake
Camanche . Water temperatures are now ranging from 62 to 68 degrees , according to John Loverin Of ProCast Guide Service
“ We caught and released 20 fish , mainly largemouths and few smallmouth bass , on my latest trip to Camanche ,” said Loverin . “ I used a variety of lures , including drop shot rigs , Senkos and swimbaits , at 2 to 15 feet deep . The fish ranged in size from 2-1 / 2 to 6-1 / 2 pounds .”
He fished mostly on the main lake . “ Start with secondary points and then move to the backs of coves ,” he tipped . “ Use natural colors like obxbood , greens , browns , and purples . Also , there is a still a s Keitech swimbait bite available .”
“ A lot of people are fishing right on shore looking for bedding bass ,” he advised . “ If you know where the fish are , make long casts to them and then move closer to shore . If you do so , you should double your catch ratio .”
He also noted that anglers are continuing to nail crappie towards the dam on small swimbaits , ” Crappie ranging from ½ lto 1-1 / 2 lbs . are holding in 25 to 30 feet of water ,” he added .
Loverin also advised anglers
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3608 to make sure their boats are completely dry before they are inspected for Quaaga mussels by EBMUD staff .
– by Dan Bacher
CHABOT / SHADOW CLIFFS LAKES
Trout Dominate Spring Angling
CASTRO VALLEY — Lake Chabot is currently 101 % of capacity and the trout fishing has been great , reported Stan Wong of the Lake Chabot Marina . The water temperatures remain in the fifties and water clarity is about 7 feet .
“ Overall trout fishing has been AMAZING ,” said Wong . “ Both bait fishing as well as trolling has worked really well for anglers . Fishing on both shorelines has been producing both limits and whoppers .”
“ Anglers fishing from shore are using a variety of PowerBait . Anglers trolling are doing well using Rapala lures . J7 firetiger , and rainbow trout patterns are the most productive . Our last trout plant of 1,000 pounds went in right near the marina .”
“ Since the beginning of April , over 15 whoppers ( trout over 5 pounds ) have been reported . Other baits that also work to catch trout
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are chartreuse and yellow PowerNait ,” he stated .
“ Bass fishing has begun to pick up ,” said Wong . “ This time of year bass tend to be on their beds spawning . Using plastic worms has been the most productive .”
( Pleasanton ) Rainbow trout plants have increased recently and so has the number of anglers at Shadow Cliffs . “ The lake has been stocked with Mt Lassen rainbow trout every week , for the past five or six weeks . The trout bite is slow with the trout going down to 40 feet ,” advised Joe Sullivan of the East Bay regional Park District
Kyle Unger of Castro Valley caught a 5 lb . trout fishing PowerBait to the right of the marina .
The bass fishing is also picking up . Gabriel Rezendez caught and released 7 bass while using Senkos from a float tube in the arroyo . Bob Sratford caught a 3 lb bass also while fishing Senkos in the arroyo .
A fisherman was boating on the north side of the main lake when he caught and released a 10 lb largemouth bass .
The water temperature is 52-58 degrees , depending on depth . Water visibility seems to vary between 10-15 feet .
CLEAR LAKE
Hot Crappie Bite Continues
LAKEPORT — Crappie fishing remains excellent at Clear Lake , but the bass fishing has slowed down lately .
“ The bass fishing has been terrible ,” said Bob Higgins of Limit Out Bait and Tackle . “ In the recent Wild West Tounament , only four of the weights were over 20 pounds . Most of the guys , experienced pros , weighed in limits ranging from 10 to 14 pounds .”
“ The bite just shut off . The bass have love on their mind .
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However , many of the anglers reported good fishing while pre-fishing for the event ,” noted Higgins .
Anglers are catching lots of crappie and big bluegill around docks and structure . The bluegill are going up to 2 pounds .
Fishermen are hooking the crappie while using an array of small jigs and swimbaits . The bluegill are hitting jigs , as well as redworms and mealworms ..
Good areas to fish for crappie ( for a fee ) include the Indian Beach Resort and the Clear Lake State Park . Other areas include the county park , Lucerne Harbor or Lakeport Docks ; these spots have free access , according to Higgins
– by Dan Bacher
COLLINS LAKE
Boaters , Shore Anglers Battle Trout & Bass
YUBA CITY — Lots of big rainbows were caught over the past couple of weeks at Collins Lake .
“ We still are planting every week , so no change in that ,” said “ We did have two fundraiser derbies this weekend so lets start with the Saturday Derby !”
“ The CIFFI Derby had a great turn out ! The largest Fish was caught by a team member from the Hot Rods , Richard Garcia who caught a 6.26 lb trout . The Blind Boge average weight was 6.26 lbs .
“ In the Adult division 1st place was Dave Soucy with a total weight 9.50 lbs of all his fish together . 2nd place winner was Jim Moorhead with 9.30 lbs of all his fish together ,” said Groce .
“ For the MHS fundraiser Derby the weather was great and there was 1st , 2nd , 3rd place for kids and adults . 1st place winner for the kids division was Jade and 1st place winner in the adults division was Milan Rapo , who caught a nice 5.5 lb trout using Rat-L-Trip lures trolling by 5 mile markers .”
Ron Coulter caught a 5 1 / 2 lb trout with 3 others using gold lures trolling by the dam . Pheng Thao of Oroville caught a 4 lb . trout using PowerBait down by the dam . Jesse & Martha Castellanos of Granite Bay caught a nice 6 1 / 4 lb trout trolling by the dam using a needlefish down about 15 feet .
Bass are also showing . Gail Adams of Yuba City caught a nice 4 1 / 4 lb bass using a broken back Rapala across the lake . David Whalen and Randy from Bay Area caught 6 bass using plastic worms across the lake
Doug & Rachel Witler of Rough and Ready caught a 6 1 / 2 lb catfish using worms near the power lines .
– by Dan Bacher
COLUSA KNIGHTS LANDING
Stripers Hitting In Colusa Area
COLUSA — Boaters and bank anglers are hooking striped bass both above
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