Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3705 Feb 16- Mar 2, 2018 | страница 3

VOL.37
• ISS. 05 and
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Vol. 37 - ISS.05
Our
36th
Year
Since 1982
Feb 16 - Mar 2, 2018
“The Magazine for West Coast Sportsmen!”
14 Lb. Rainbow Trout
Shatters New Melones Lake
A
NGELS CAMP – The Mother Lode
produced two giant fish in January
– a new rainbow trout record at New
Melones and the second largest
largemouth bass ever caught at
Lake Camanche.
Chris Peterson of Folsom
was fishing on the main body
of New Melones Reservoir on
January 25 when he caught
and released a new lake record
rainbow trout weighing 14
pounds, 4 ounces.
The trout measured 27”
in length and 21” in girth.,
according to Gene Hildebrand
of Glory Hole Sports.
“Here we are at the end of
January with a record rainbow
trout that has blasted the
Melones Lake record by 4 lbs.
6 oz.,” said Hildebrand. “I’ve heard many
an angler commenting that Melones holds
some huge ‘bows - and this one proves all
that chatter.”
“At 9:00 am while bass fishing with one
of our veterans who had just brought in a
4+ lb bass, Chris saw some shad
on the surface of the cove that
they were in,” said Hildebrand.
“They motored over
and came up with
a plan to bring his
presentation from the
shore in towards the
shad.”
“Dragging the
bladed chartreuse Voo
Doo into the water,
line began peeling off
his reel. After setting
his hook, Chris was
thinking I’ve got a
really nice bass on
the end of my line,
turning his pole into a
circle hook,” he said.
“As he brought
her in closer and seeing color he Chris Peterson of Folsom was fishing on the main body of
realized a nice size trout was on New Melones Reservoir on January 25 when he caught and
his line. After landing her, Chris released this new lake record rainbow trout weighing 14
thought he may have a record, but pounds, 4 ounces.
Photo courtesy of CHRIS PETERSON.
wasn’t sure, so he had his partner
look up the records for the lake CONTINUED ON PAGE 15
GONE
FISHING
by
Dan Bacher
Kokanee Power Celebrates 20 Years Of
Fishery Enhancement!
D
o you remember 1989? That was
the year when the 6.9 Loma Prieta
earthquake devastated the Bay Area and the
Oakland Athletics led by Ricky Henderson
devastated the San Francisco
Giants in the World Series!
While the earthquake and
the World Series are the big
headlines for northern Califor-
nians’ reflecting on 1989, it was
also a significant year for the
north state’s freshwater anglers.
It was in July of 1989 that
the California Department of
Fish and Game (now the De-
partment of Fish and Wildlife)
cut all funding for raising and
stocking kokanee salmon in
California waters.
In response to this action by
the CDFW, a Sacramento-based
non-profit organization “Project
Kokanee” was formed in 1991 by Hal and
Winnie Bonslett, Fish Sniffer founders, and
their associates to provide the CDFG with
the volunteer manpower and funds needed
to keep these fisheries going. Many of our
present-day kokanee fisheries exist due to
the efforts of the Bonsletts.
Fast forward to the winter of 1997
when a group of friends and anglers met
in Fresno. A discussion
among them over the need to
improve the kokanee and chi-
nook salmon fisheries on the
east side of the San Joaquin
resulted. They concluded that
another foundation similar
to “Project Kokanee” was
needed to address problems
with these fisheries.
This group contacted
their friends and invited them
to a meeting to discuss the
formation of an appropriate
organization and evaluate
support of San Joaquin Val-
ley fishermen.
The meeting was held
on June 3, 1998 and Kokanee Power
was formed. Out of the 32 individuals
attending, 30 joined the organization and a
president, most of the club officers, and an
initial board of directors were elected.
In July of this year Kokanee Power
will celebrate their 20th anniversary. Over
WHAT’S
HOT
[phone] www.dragonsportfishing.com
A lot of the work that Kokanee Power volunteers do
isn’t very glamorous, but it’s very necessary to ac-
complish the goal of enhancing Golden State trout and
salmon fisheries. Here we see a KP volunteer power
washing a huge fish rearing pen at New Melones Res-
ervoir.
Photo courtesy of KEVIN SMITH, Kokanee
Power.
by
Cal Kellogg
CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
Tribal Leaders, Fishermen Blast
Reclamation Plan to Increase
Delta Water Exports
See Page 19
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36 Years
Serving
Sportsmen
Feb 16 - Mar 2, 2018
Special Section
Baja Roundup
PG 30-31
INSIDE
Area Reports
FRESHWATER REPORTS
Almanor - American River.....................................4
Berryessa Lake - Lake Camanche........................7
Clear Lake - Davis Lake......................................10
Del Valle Reservoir - Eastern Sierra....................13
Feather River/Thermalito Afterbay -
Los Vaqueros Reservoir..............................14
Oroville Lake - Quarry Lakes...............................18
Redding/Red Bluff - Shasta/Whiskeytown.... 20-21
Smikth/Chetco Reservoirs - West Delta........ 22-25
Wild Horse/South Fork Lakes.............................24
SALTWATER REPORTS
Berkeley - Half Moon Bay.....................................26
Martinez - Peninsula Shoreline....................... 28-29
FEATURES
Where...When...How...
BAJA ROUNDUP...............................................30-31
BULLETIN BOARD................................................... 4
COOKIN’ YER CATCH Paulette Kenyon................ 25
FISH SNIFFER HOW-TO: Cal Kellogg..................... 8
GO FOR IT: Staff....................................................... 6
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR...................................... 3
MAP FEATURE: Dan Bacher.............................16-17
SALTY TIPS Steve “Hippo” Lau.............................. 29
SPOTLIGHT ON CONSERVATION - Dan Bacher.... 19
WHAT’S HOT SALTWATER - Jack Neves.............. 27
STAFF
TACKLE
What We’re Using
Cal Kellogg - fished Fol-
som Lake from the bank for
rainbow trout using a 7’3”
Cousins fiberglass spin-
ning rod. Cal matched the
rod with an Abu Garcia
Revo spinning reel spooned with 10 pound
Yo-Zuri braid. The braid was tipped with
a Vanish fluorocarbon leader with an Ea-
gle Claw Lazer Sharp octopus hook at the
business end. Zeke’s Sierra Gold, Berkley
PowerBait and inflated ‘crawlers were the
baits of choice. Cal landed a limit of rain-
bows to 14 inches during the 3 hour outing.
Paul Kneeland - fished
Folsom Lake in the Fish
Sniffer 21’ Rogue Jet Coast-
al. He caught rainbow trout
to 15 inches, using a Rogue
Rods 7’ 6” light action IM-7
graphite trigger stick rigged with an Daiwa
ICV15 Accudepth line counter reel with 8
lb test Yozuri Topknot line. He trolled “cut-
throat” Tasmanian Devils off the Canon
Downriggers at 10 to 25 feet deep at 2.4
mph.
Dan Bacher - fished for
rainbow trout at Sugar Pine
Reservoir. He used a Berk-
ley Ugly Stick GX2 6’ 6” me-
dium action spinning rod,
teamed up with a Shake-
speare GX235 spinning reel filled with 6
lb. test P-Line CX Premium Flourocarbon
Coated Line. He tossed out 1/8 oz. Yakima
Bait Rooster Tails in Brown Trout, Fire Ti-
ger and Rainbow color patterns and 1/8 oz.
gold and black Panther Martins.