Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3825 Nov 22- Dec 6 | Page 19

FRESHWATER
VOL.38 • ISS. 25
Nov 22 - Dec 6, 2019
FRESHWATER REPORTS:
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KLAMATH/TRINITY RIVERS
NEW MELONES
LAKE
cont.
Guide Service “The weather has been
very cold in the mornings, but nice after
the sun comes up. The fishing has been
great when they want to bite, but we are
seeing fish every day. The salmon are
spawning now and the steelhead are
sitting behind the redds looking to eat
those floating eggs.”
The first week of Fall Chinook spawning
at the Trinity River Hatchery produced
dismal numbers. How the fish counters
went from seeing so many fish at the
Willow Creek Weir in one week to less
than a quarter of that the next week is a
mystery.
The hatchery has trapped 88 fall
Chinooks to date, including 17 grilse
and 71 adults. The total Chinook count
(including springers) to date is 4,566,
including 549 grilse and 4,017 adults. The
hatchery has not trapped any coho this
year and has trapped 9 steelhead to date.
The recreational salmon quota is 7,637
adult Chinook Salmon for 2019. At press
time, the CDFW had reported the quota
on the lower Klamath River from Highway
96 to the mouth won’t be met this year.
Just under 65 percent of the quota had
been met and efforts on the lower river
were minimal. The quota was not met in
other sections of the Klamath and Trinity
rivers either.
For more information, call the Klamath-
Trinity River hotline at [phone].
- Dan Bacher
LOS VAQUEROS
RESERVOIR
16.4 Lb. Catfish Tops Fall
Catches
LIVERMORE – While rainbow trout are
providing the most consistent action at
Los Vaqueros Reservoir this fall, it was a
catfish that topped recent catches at the
lake.
Jose Camacho caught a 16.40 lb.
catfish on an anchovy over by the Dam
in late October. He and his fishing buddy
also landed their limits of rainbows while
fishing from a rental boat.
Yekam El Nakar had a great day
of fishing when he bagged two trout
weighing 7.3 and 7.2 pounds while using
night crawlers in South Cove in early
November.
“Shore anglers have the most success
using garlic scented PowerBait followed
by night crawlers,” according to the Los
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remains closed at Angels Cove with water
line breaks interfering with operations.
- Dan Bacher
Trollers Lay into
Quality Rainbows!
ANGELS CAMP –
Boaters are reporting
the beginning of a solid
trout bite with the cooler
water temperatures at
New Melones Reservoir,
but the rainbows remain
in deep water. Trolling
for trout Speedy Shiners
and Needlefish is your
ticket to piscatorial
sources, reported Gene
Hildebrand of Glory Hole
Sports.
Gary Burns of Take it to
the Limit Guide Service
reported that Richard
put a limit of bows in this
boat in 2 hours 2-1/2 lbs.
to 5-1/2 lbs. on Burns’
latest trip.
“We are starting to see
some nice rainbows at
New Melones Lake this
week,” noted Burns.
“Yesterday my friends
called me and they
landed 8 rainbows, with
the two biggest going 5
This big king was caught during a late October Sacramento River pounds each, along with
trolling trip with Captain James Netzel.
losing two. The bows
Photo courtesy of TIGHT LINES GUIDE SERVICE, Loomis. are still deep - we fished
55’ down to 65’ putting
our lures 100!’ behind
the boat while trolling at 2.5mph.”
Vaqueros Marina. “Trolling is doing fairly
“The Rapala countdown CD9 in the
well especially in the backs of coves. On
German brown color produced the biggest
days the winds allow, some rental boats
fish,” he said. “Speedy Shiners in chrome
have brought in limits while other anglers
and blue and Needlefish in blue with black
have come in with just a couple of fish.”
dots also did the trick on the bows. There
Striped bass enthusiasts are catching
are a lot of shad schools around the main
both shakers and legal sized fish around
lake, so when you find the shad, make
the reservoir. Cut anchovies or shad are
sure you fish that area,” he stated.
the baits of choice, either from shore or
Glory Hole Sports regular Ron Linn of
a boat. Cowboy Cove and Howden Cove
seem to be the hot spot for stripers. Just a Mt. Ranch was fishing from shore near the
Highway 49 bridge with a shakey head
reminder: stripers need to be 18 inches or
setup when he landed 3.3 lb largemouth.
more to be legal.
Anglers entering Glory Hole Catfish
“For those wishing to target catfish,
Contest this year were delighted with
chicken liver and anchovies are the best
approximately $1000.00 in prizes that
choices of bait. There has been a steady
were raffled out at the end of the contest.
number of catfish being caught around
Twenty-five contestants entered the
the reservoir. South Cove, Cowboy Cove
month-long contest.
and Oak Point have been mentioned as
1st place went to Tony Chavez with
the top spots by our anglers” the marina
20.54 lbs.
added.
2nd place went to Tyler Touchstone with
The Mortero Trail and connection to
15.39 lbs.
Alkali Meadow Trail will be closed to the
3rd place went Mike Noldin with 15.08
public as soon as Monday, November 18.
lbs.
Portions of the Los Vaqueros Trail
The Big Cat Pot winner Tony Chavez
including dam fishing access are currently
with 13.39 lbs.
closed to the public. More info at ccwater.
New Melones Reservoir’s current lake
com/150.
level is 1051.75 and 36.25 ft. from full.
Water temperatures have been dropping
on the lake with the cooler weather in the
evenings. Currently temperatures are 60-
63 degrees. Water clarity is good.
The Angels Cove
launch ramp is
closed, and the fish
cleaning station
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Landlocked Kings Hitting in
Limesaddle Arm
OROVILLE – Boaters fishing Lake
Oroville are still catching some quality
landlocked king salmon, but the fish are
further up in the river arms this time of
year.
“One angler fishing in the West Branch
near Limesaddle reported catching a lot of
salmon in the 17 to 19 inch range, along
with a few bigger fish in the 4 to 5 lb.
range,” reported Craig Newton at Willfish
Bait and Tackle. “Boaters are doing best
trolling with glow hoochies, tipped with
anchovy strips, behind dodgers.”
For salmon trolling, Jamey Sorenson
at North Valley Tackle and Pro Shop also
recommended tipping the hoochies with 2
inch Keitech Easy Shiner lures in a shad
pattern.
Sorenson reported on the North Valley
Tackle Open at Lake Oroville on Saturday,
November 2. The total payout was $5700
+ hundreds in prizes.
“It was a beautiful day on Lake Oroville
for the 3rd annual North Valley Tackle
Open. Fifty-eight boats came out to fish
and enjoy a well-run tournament,” said
Sorenson. “We had lots of first time
tournament anglers and some father and
son teams. It was a good family event and
we are planning another one in spring. We
gave away some great prizes in addition
to the cash payouts.”
The first through fifth place winners in
the event were:
1) Shane Robertson/Mike Osborne
$1280 + $170 for 2nd big fish.
2) Wayne Chaney/Wade Wheaton $650
3) Chris Layton $600
4) Brent O’Neill/David Griswold $500 +
$300 for Daves 1st place big fish.
5) Dave Hill/Don Reighley $450 + $100
for 3rd big fish.
Lake Oroville is holding 2,038,327 acre
feet of water, 58 percent of capacity and
96 percent of average. The lake level is
786.05 feet in elevation.
The Spillway Boat Ramp area is now
open to the public Friday through Sunday
from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. The Boat Ramp
area will remain closed Monday through
Thursday as construction activities
continue.
- Dan Bacher
PARDEE LAKE
Lake Closed Nov. 3, Reopens
Feb. 13
IONE – Lake Pardee closed for the
season at noon on November 3. The
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