Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3904 Feb 1-14 | Page 20

18 FRESHWATER Jan 31 - Feb 14, 2020 VOL.38 • ISS. 25 The next clinic will be at Hagan Community Park in Rancho Cordova from 8 a.m. to noon. Likewise, the event is for 5 to 15-year-olds only. There is no pre- registration. For more information, call the Fishing in the City - Sacramento Metro Area Information line: [phone]. FRESHWATER REPORTS: CONTINUED FROM PG 17 used salmon roe and eel at 32-feet to 70-feet deep. - Dan Bacher ROLLINS/ SCOTTS FLAT LAKES lakes,” he tipped. Fishing has been tough on the local lakes. Bank fishermen putting in their hours are picking up a few largemouth bass in the 1 to 4 lb. range at Anderson, Chesbro and Uvas reservoirs. They’re fishing with jigs, tubes, drop shot rigs and Ned rigs for the largemouths, noted Tran. “Calero is producing decent bass fishing for boaters fishing tubes and darter heads in 15 to 35 feet of water,” he said. “Some crappie are hitting small jigs in deeper water.” - Dan Bacher SHASTA LAKE Browns Possible, Pressure Light SANTA CLARA VALLEY LAKES/ SAN LUIS RESERVOIR COLFAX - Word is that Rollins Lake has been planted with rainbows, but there has been only light pressure These anglers hit the Delta with Captain James Netzel in mid-December and ended up with Shore Anglers and not many full limits of stripers. Photo courtesy of TIGHT LINES GUIDE SERVICE, Loomis. Target Main reports of success. “I’ve been to Lake Stripers Rollins twice with Cut and recently and hit Scotts Flat once from my SACRAMENTO – Striped bass Live Baits kayak,” reported Jason Pleece of Meadow are moving in and out of the Port of Vista. “At Rollins, I caught a total of 3 COYOTE – Shore anglers in search of Sacramento, following the bait schools rainbows and a single 15-inch brown. I stripers can hook fish in both San Luis and tides. Most of the stripers being got all the rainbows trolling a Gulp! Killer Reservoir and the O’Neill Forebay at this hooked now are smaller fish in the 3 to 4 Crawler in the orange color behind one time. lb. range. of Cal Kellogg’s chrome Diamondback “Guys are reporting a few fish every “The trolling with Yo-Zuris and other dodgers. The brown trout hit a 3-inch Frog lures has slowed down in the Port and the outing off the bank,” reported Alex Tran Pattern MagLip.” at Coyote Bait and Tackle. “The Romero Sacramento Deep Water Channel,” said “The brown was about 15 inches long Visitor Center, Basalt and Dinosaur Point Uncle Larry Barnes of Sacramento Pro and beautifully marked, but very thin like areas are producing the top fishing. Tackle. “Your best bet is to slow troll with most of the browns I’ve hooked at Rollins. They’re using anchovies, bloodworms, live jumbo minnows.” He was very energetic. He hit really had pile worms and frozen shad for stripers He noted that bank anglers fishing the and made several jumps before coming to ranging from 18 to 29 inches.” south shore of the port are landing some the net,” said Pleece. “Boaters are trolling Atlas rigs and black bass and catfish while fishing with “I got skunked at Scotts Flat. I started broken back P-line Predators by the Trash live minnows. off the day with minnow plugs and Racks, Portuguese Cove and the Basalt If you want to catch crappie, Barnes then switched over to a threaded worm area,” he said. “Drifting jumbo minnows recommended fishing small jigs in behind Vance’s flashers and then a also continues to be productive.” Eight Mile Slough off Eight Mile Road in Diamondback. When trolling didn’t “The O’Neill Forebay has been kicking Stockton or in the ditches and sloughs produce anything, I tried drifting with out keeper south of Freeport. Lisbon Slough in Yolo PowerBait and worms, but that didn’t work County is also worth a try with jigs or stripers, but there out either,” Pleece concluded. are a lot more medium minnows for the crappie. shaker-size fish The CDFW fishing in the City program showing in the is conducting its winter trout plants and catches. Shore fishing clinics in the Sacramento area. T fishermen are The next clinic will be on Saturday, catching the SACRAMENTO AREA February 8 from 8 am to noon at the stripers on jerk Howe Community Park, sponsored by the Stripers On Move in Port baits, flukes and Fulton-El Camino Recreation District. The Rat-L-Traps and event is for 5-15 year-olds only. There is the same baits no pre-registration. used on the main JC BASS FISHING GUIDE SERVICE With Pro Bass Fisherman Jason Cordiale Learn Progressive Techniques for Bass On The Delta, Clear Lake & Berryessa ALL SKILL LEVELS WELCOME www.jcbassfishing.com [phone] [email protected] Bass and Trout Bite as Water Temperature Approaches 50 Degrees REDDING - Things are positive at Lake Shasta. The water temperature is just above 50 degrees on the surface and the with a lack of big prolonged storm systems the water quality is good. Both bass and rainbow trout are available at this time, and with the lake only 50 feet from maximum pool boat launching is easy. The bass bite has been better than the trout bite because the bass are concentrated. And also, there have been more folks targeting bass than targeting trout. You can find spots either suspended off main lake points or holding right on main lake structure. For suspended bass both drop shot rigs teamed with Mother’s Finest Worms and jigging spoons are working well. If the fish are holding tight to rocky structure, Gitzit style tubes and spider grubs rigged on darter heads work well for bass looking to feed on crawfish. The average bass at this time is a 1 pound spotted bass, but much larger fish are in the mix. Winter is a good time to target big bass at Shasta with swimbaits and other offerings, but it takes patience to get hit. 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