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Elias Perez fishing on the Upper Owens River with Doug Rodricks as his guide . Guided by and photographed by Doug Rodricks

Jack from Sacramento was fishing near Hat Island when he caught this nice rainbow trout and huge 7.41lb . catfish . PowerBait was the bait of choice for Jack on this day .

Photo Courtesy of Lake Camanche

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level . The inflow from Lake Pardee is currently at 167 cfs . The spill is at 0 cfs . The outflow from Lake Camanche is currently 295 cfs .. The lake is 59 % full and the water temperature is 54 ° F degrees

CLEAR LAKE

CDFW Certifies New State Record Black Crappie

SACRAMENTO - It ’ s official ! California has a new state record black crappie . Dave Burruss of Lakeport has broken the previous , 46-year-old state record with his 4 pound , 5 ounce black crappie caught Feb . 17 while he was bass fishing at Clear Lake in Lake County . “ Burruss , who owns the Clearlake Outdoors bait and tackle shop , first spotted the fish on his boat ’ s electronic fish finder , suspecting it was a carp due to its large size , particularly when the fish refused his first offering , an underspin lure with a soft plastic bait attached ,” according to the CDFW . “ The fish bit on Burruss ’ second cast , leading Burruss to think he had hooked a nice largemouth bass -- until the huge crappie surfaced .” The previous state record was a 4 pound , 1 ounce black crappie caught in 1975 at New Hogan Lake in Calaveras County . Clear Lake , long recognized as one of the best black bass fisheries in the nation , now holds the California records for both black and white crappie . The state record white crappie at 4 pounds , 8 ounces was caught in Clear Lake back in 1971 .

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COLLINS LAKE

Plants Continue as We Pray for More Rain

OREGON HOUSE - We ’ re not quite half way through March and we ’ ve already completed six trout plants for 2021 . Conditions permitting , weekly plants will continue though mid-May . DFW plants are done for the spring so the rest of the schedule will be filled out with private plants and net pen releases . The end of February produced some great catches like Emily , Olivia , Summer , Braden & Kylah , who reeled in more than a brag board could hold fishing worms and PowerBait down near the dam . Matthew Chiono of Marysville was all smiles with his beautiful 7 1 / 4 pound rainbow trout caught trolling a Rapala mid-lake . The word on the water is that fish have headed below 10ft , so your springtime surface strategy may need to move more into the 10 to 20ft range . Surface temperatures remain around 50 ° F but 15ft down it isn ’ t much cooler so expect a spread . Rusty from Oroville caught his 4.5lb trout on Mousetails at the south end by the dam . The biggest fish trout in recent weeks was taken by Derek Finley of Marysville , who finished February with a 9 pound trout caught down by the dam on rainbow PowerBait . I also want to mention that there have been a few nice bass hooked in the second half of February , not the least of which was the one Tanner Donnelly of Durham California caught . As April approaches we are acutely aware the Collins Lake surface level is much lower than we are used to . As of today we are still more than 36 ft from full . Rainfall totals since October are well under half of average for our area . Lots of fish in a small barrel . While we ’ d rather have , and are still hoping for , a bigger , deeper barrel we are still planning on planting over 30,000 pounds of trout this spring regardless of the lake level .

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LAKE DEL VALLE

Stripers Grab Anchovies in Lower Narrows

LIVERMORE - If you want to hook fish at Lake Del Valle now , striped bass and rainbow trout remain your top angling options . “ The hot spot to catch any fish this week has been the Lower Narrows .,” said Jack Forzano of the Rocky Mountain Recreation Company . “ Stripers have been biting on anchovies , while the one Lightning Trout caught this week was taken on a jig .” Big striper honors go to Ian Lugtu from San Francisco , who caught a 4.75 lb . fish while using anchovies at the Lower Narrows . Mark Galvante from San Francisco caught a 3.75 lb . striper

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, also while using anchovies at the Lower Narrows . Angelo from San Jose caught a 2.8 lb . Lightning Trout while using a Jig at the Lower Narrows . The water is very clear with a visibility around 6 feet . The surface water temperature of lake is 55 Degrees F . The latest fish plant featured 1000 lbs . of Mt . Lassen Rainbow Trout with 500 lbs . of Lightning Trout . Don ’ t forget : to fish Lake Del Valle anyone 16 or older must have a Del Valle Fishing Permit and a California Fishing License . The Fishing Permit is $ 5.00 per person 16 or older . You can purchase them at the Main Kiosk or at the Bait Store located at the Marina . You can purchase a fishing license at the Bait Store for $ 17.02 for the day . And if you are a California resident , would be $ 52.66 for the year .

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Top Water Action for Trophy Rainbows !

BISHOP - Some minor snowstorms have been in and out of the area , with most of them being

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