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Fishing Report www.flashfishing.net
A
bit about Captain Steve, Captain Steve fished the San Francisco
Bay since 1970, when his grandfather would take him out to the
old Berkeley pier. He bought his first boat in 1980 and got his
Captain's license in 1997. He enjoys small groups (no more than
6) and gives personal attention to all. Having 2 young daughters
himself, he is especially patient with children on the boat. Bring
your own equipment or use Steve's top of the line equipment. Steve
has impressive state of the art commercial electronics on the
boat to optimize your fishing experience! And yes, we went to
the same High School, Welcome Capt. Steve!
Steve
reports, "It looks like the spring run of bass has started.
We have been targeting sturgeon and fishing just 1 to 2 rods for
bass and doing well on the bass.The sturgeon fishing has still
been scratchey. Last night we had on shaker and one oversized.But
3 bass at 8,16 and 27 lbs.
Same details as above.
Capt.
Steve
Flash
Sport Fishing
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Trout Anglers
Score if they Brave the Weather
Angels
Camp- Boy this past weeks trip to the Foothills was certainly
interesting as the rain poured every little crevice seemed to
have running water and New Melones rose two feet again this
past week. If you have never experienced the Lake at this level
I have to sayit will be a superb year for fishing and House
boating. New Melones Lake is currently holding 2,030,600 acre-feet
of water, and is at 84% capacity. The lake level is at 1,055
ft. above sea level and only 33 ft. from full capacity. Surface
water temperatures are approximately 50-52 degrees. Water is
fairly clear to slightly muddy in the creek arms.
Melanie
told me upon arrival, “We had very few anglers report
to us this week- between the rain and the snow, most anglers
stayed home. Remember that during or after a storm is generally
a great time to go fishing for trout, as fish are active and
heavily feeding on insects that are washed into the lake. Brave
trollers caught fish in the top 20 feet of water- shallower
in overcast or rainy conditions”. Shad-patterned or firetiger
Apex or Needlefish are working well, or tie on a crawler/spinner
combo during or after a storm. Use a shad scent on your lure,
or try the new Pautski’s Krill scent. Bank anglers should
go to Angels Cove- that has definitely been the hot spot for
shore fishing. Florescent orange, chartreuse, or rainbow glitter
Power Bait, crawler/marshmallow combos, and throwing spoons
such as a shad-patterned Kastmaster are all good choices for
bank anglers right now.
Anglers’
Choice held a semi-pro tournament on Melones last weekend. Brave
anglers fished in the snow. Spotted bass were active, despite
the frigid weather, but bigger black bass were harder to find.
Leonard Kuhnlien and Mark Kinder took 1st place with 5 fish
weighing 12.42 pounds. Eric Souza and Ryan Cook caught the biggest
fish of the tournament- a 3.48-pounder. Anglers reported the
most action on Keeper 411 and Roboworm Baby Bluegill worms,
and brown and purple jigs
Lake
Pardee
MARCH
29, 2006 VOL. 06/10
Fred
Dorman, Staff Writer e-mail lakepardee@volcano.com
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Water
conditions: The Lake is way full, it must be right at spill. If
it is spilling while you are up here its worth a ride over the
spillway to catch a glimpse, it is spectacular! Lots of rain here
this week so clarity has suffered (good to 5 feet) and you will
find some debris to contend with. Temps are sill 49 degrees at
20 feet and 52 at surface.
Weather:
The latest projections call for clearing Friday and Saturday but
stay tuned the weather guessers change the forecast constantly.
It’s been a little breezy and choppy lately.
Trolling:
Heard some good reports recently about ‘bows to 3 pounds
caught last weekend upstream between the Rock Wall and Dear Island.
Limits of Trout were the rule with some small Kokanee showing
up also in the same locations. Fish are still congregating near
the surface at 5 to 20 feet. Equipment and methods are unchanged;
try flashers followed with a night crawler, small lures or bugs
tipped with scented corn or grubs behind dodgers or sidekicks.
Most are paying out 75 or 100 foot of line behind the boat and
trolling slow.
Shore
Anglers: Multiple plants and cold temperatures are encouraging
the fish to hang out in the Recreation Area a bit longer lately.
The Launch Ramp, the eastern bank behind the EBMUD boathouse,
Rainbow Point and Stony Point landing all had a few brave souls
dunking something irresistible this afternoon. Chartreuse and
rainbow processed bait and eggs cast out about 30 feet should
put it just in the right place. If the water visibility improves
chrome/blue casting lures and black and green wooly flies also
do well.
As
of 3/27/06 a total of 18,000 lbs of trout has been planted by
Lake Pardee and the California Department of Fish and Game.
Fishdelta.com Staffer Vince "Big Fish" Borges landed
a 10lb 2 oz Blackie here at Pardee this past week on a swim bait.
Good Luck—Tight Lines
For information or reservations call (209) 772-1472
CLEAR
LAKE LARGEMOUTH BASS...
Largemouth
bass fishing is great on Clear Lake, in spite of the weather systems
that have moved through the region lately.
“I caught and released 40 bass one day,” said Bob
Higgins at Limit Out Bait and Tackle. “On the following
trip, I only had three bites all day, but the other anglers I
talked to did well.”
The
south end remains the top area to fish, due to the muddy conditions
on the north end of Clear Lake. “Anglers are using a variety
of methods – Carolina-rigging with plastics, drop shotting
with Robo Worms and flippin’ jigs. The Majority of fish
are being caught in 6 to 20 feet of water,” noted Higgins.
Crappie
continue to be taken “like crazy” by boaters fishing
Mini Jigs, marabou jigs and minnows at Konocti Harbor, Tyee and
Shag Rock, said Higgins. Expect to nail slabsides in the 1 to
2-1/2 pound range.
The
catfish action remains slow and the weather needs to warm up more
before the bluegill start biting in big numbers, added Higgins.
Dan
Mathisen Outdoors is now booking Dates for Clear Lake Trips
April 17th through 27th.
The
Lake Camanche Fishing Report - Lake on the Rise Trout are no Surprise
Wallace-
The lake should rise very slowly this week. Water is currently
flowing into Camanche at 2050c.f.s. and water is flowing out of
Camanche at a rate of 900 c.f.s. Surface water temperature at
the dam is 54 degrees. The water is clear, with a Secchi reading
of 12 feet.
This
week’s continued wild winter storm action has kept fishing
pressure at a minimum at Lake Camanche. When I arrived the area
seem to be surrounded by serious storms and Lightening could be
seen all around and a funnel cloud in the distance. The combination
of wind, rain, and low snow kept a lot of anglers at home. Despite
the lack of fishermen, there have still been reports of success
from some of the trollers who went out during the week. One boat
reported 8 nice trout caught with Uncle Larry’s spinners
as well as Apex lures in FireTiger and also silver colors. They
were fishing from Hat Island to the dam, and were on the surface
early in the day, and dropped down about 20 feet deep later on.
Another boat reported catching several fish per rod using flashers
with a nightcrawler, as well as flashers with an orange grub.
They were fishing near the shoreline southwest of Hat Island in
15-20 feet of water. Another boat reported 2 limits of trout trolling
between Little Hat Island and the spillway, using a FireTiger
Z-Ray. They were fishing from 15-25 feet. There have been a number
of boaters who report good action fishing with PowerBait around
Hat Island, Little Hat Island, and also Dike 3.
Due
to the unsettled weather conditions, there have been very few
reports from shore fishermen at North Shore, or South Shore Pond.
As usual, Power Bait remains at the top of the list for bait dunkers
at either shore, with nightcrawlers the second favorite option.
Cripp Lures, Kastmasters, Magic Bullets, and Panther Martin spinners
are all favorites for casting ability, especially in these windy
conditions.
This
week’s trout plant of 1,200 pounds of beautiful Mt. Lassen
trout will be at North Shore.
Well
braiving the storms we had limits of bass up to 2 ½ pounds.
The key, fishing in 10 feet of water with silver/shad colored
crankbaits, in the rock pile area of Lancha Plana. We also caught
a number of bass while fishing Brush Hogs in green pumpkin color.
We Fished the rip/rap area along Dike 1 in 10-15 feet of water.
Black or brown jigs were also producing bass in 10-20 feet through
the Narrows.
Sacramento
CSBA Report (03/28/2006)
