FRESHWATER
22 April 9 , 2021 VOL . 40 • ISS . 7
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Tarap of Glory Hole Sports . “ The fish are moving onto the beds .” “ The trout fishing has been pretty good for trollers , but slow for bank anglers with the warming water conditions ,” said Tarap . “ The trollers are using small shad imitation lures at 20 to 30 feet deep near the dam and in Mormon Creek . Most of the fish are around 14 inches long , but some bigger ones in the 3 to 4 lb . class s are being caught .” In other news , the Bureau of Reclamation announced the opening of the following faccilties in the New Melones Reservoir Recreation Area : Administration office and Visitors Center NOW OPEN Sat . & Sun . 10-4 Campgrounds : Acorn , & Ironhorse : NOW OPEN Reservation only , no drive-ins . www . recreation . gov Big Oak Campgrounds : Opened 4 / 1 Angels Creek launch ramp and fish cleaning station : Opened 4 / 1 Dump Station ( Glory Hole Side ): Opened 4 / 1 .
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LAKE OROVILLE
Salmon Are Big , But Not Numerous
OROV ( ILLE – The Chinook salmon that anglers are catching at Lake Oroville are quality fish , but they ’ re not very numerous at this time . “ Experienced anglers are hooking maybe 2 to 4 fish in a trip while trolling at Oroville ,” disclosed Craig Newton at Willfish Bait and Tackle , “ However , they ’ re good-sized , with a few over 6 pounds reported in the catches lately .” Most anglers are trolling with hoochies , tipped with anchovy strips , behind dodgers or Brad ’ s Cut Plugs at 60 feet deep . The two top areas are by the dam and the Bidwell Canyon / Highway 162 Bridge . During the latest bass tournament at Lake Oroville , the team of Ryan Friend and Clint Isbell placed first in the Wild West Bass Trail event with a limit weighing 17.32 pounds . They won a total of $ 6,000 . Joseph Orozco and Colby Cine placed second with 17.05 pounds and a big fish going 6.02 pounds . They won a total of $ 3,350 . Lake Oroville is holding 1,431,895 acre feet of water , 40 percent of capacity and 53 percent of average .
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PARDEE LAKE
Pardee Café Reopens As Kokanee Bite Picks Up
IONE – The big news at the Pardee Lake Recreation Area is the reopening of the Pardee Café starting April 2nd , in their new outdoor dining patio . The Pardee Cafe will open Friday at 7
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A . M . to 2 P . M . thru Sunday . After a slow period of fishing , the kokanee fishing is picking up with the warmer weather , according to Casie Dimas of the Rocky Mountain Recreation Company . Trollers are employing hoochies or spinners , tipped with white shoepeg corn , at 20 feet deep at the mouth of the Mokelumne River . Fish to 14 inches have been caught . Trout trollers are also landing increasing numbers of rainbow trout while trolling with Speedy Shiners , grubs and other lures . The fish average about 1-1 / 2 to 3 pounds each . “ The shore fishing is slowly getting better ,” said Dimas . “ A couple of guys reported catching limits of trout while throwing out jigs .” The lake is being planted with 1,000 pounds of rainbow trout every week , with the latest plant taking place on April 2 . Pardee Marina hours will be 7 a . m . to 5 p . m . Information : ( 209 ) 772-1472 .
- Dan Bacher
SACRAMENTO AREA
Stripers Finally Convene for Spring Session
SACRAMENTO - Although the fishing is by no means red hot , shore anglers and a few boaters are starting to catch some keeper stripers while bait fishing on the Sacramento River in the metropolitan area . Most of the fish are schoolies in the 18 to 22 inch range , with a few bigger fish weighing 10 to 12 pounds . Anglers are experiencing the top success while tossing out pileworms , bloodworms and sardine fillets from shore . “ The action has really just started over the past few days ,” said Dennis Pfanner at Sacramento Pro Tackle . “ The best area to target is from the Mouth of the American at Discovery Park to Sand Cove . Some fish are also showing down at Freeport .” James Netzel of Tight Lines Guide Service found a solid striper bite on trolled Rat-L-Traps on his latest trip
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on the San Joaquin River . “ Any time you can catch limits on a real windy day is a score ,” he said . Some sturgeon are still being caught on ghost shrimp and herring in same areas as the stripers . However , for more productive sturgeon fishing , Pfanner recommends fishing upriver in the Knights Landing , China Bend , El Dorado Bend , Tisdale and Colusa areas . Expect to hook mostly oversized fish and a few keepers .
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LAKE SHASTA
Kings , Bows and Browns
Shasta Lake - Rob Hower reports that Shasta is at 88 ’ an will top out at 80 ’ according to the B . O . R . water is already sold to bottom at 150 ’ at the end of the summer . Fishing right now is still intermittent with slow days and decent days . Fish are clean and nice browns are being caught along the shoreline trolling rolled shad or spoons . Water temp is coming up as well starting at 52 ° and mid-day temperature as high as 57 ° although still surface temperature . Rainbows are being caught throughout all areas of the lake on a variety of attractants spoons , roll baits , worms and flies . As more insects hatch it will be a bit tougher as they will strictly be feeding on them . But some fish can ’ t resist the array of trolled attractants . Seems like right now better bites have been late morning and late afternoon . Fish stomachs are filled with small aquatic insects and bugs . Large schools of shad are still far up the arms and rainbows are following . Jeff Goodwin reports that Shasta Lake is fishing pretty darn good most days for rainbow trout , brown