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• SACRAMENTO RIVER, Sacramento – Great striper fishing at various places along the river. South River Road, Miller Park, Sandy Beach, Bryte's Beach and Verona are some of the better spots for fishing bloodworms, sardines and minnows. Between Clarksburg and Courtland has been good for trollers working Bombers and P-line Predators between 10 and 15 feet deep. Some sturgeon were being caught at Verona, too.
• SACRAMENTO RIVER, Knights Landing – Striped bass fishing really took off last week, and many anglers were catching limits, mostly on minnows. Most fish were schoolies to 10 pounds, but an increasing number of fish weighing 15 to 30 pounds were making a showing.
• LAKE PARDEE – Big browns topped the news here, with a couple of 11-pounders weighed at the marina. Rapalas hooked both fish, one near the dam, the other up the river arm. Rainbows also hit for trollers with the best area still in the river arm's top 10 feet of water. Spoons tipped with a piece of nightcrawler, grubs and Power Worms behind a flasher set worked best. Shore anglers soaked pink Power Worms around Blue Heron Point, Tom Sawyer Island and the launch ramp for planters. Right after a plant, Kastmasters and Woolly Buggers worked well.
• BODEGA BAY – Outstanding king salmon action earlier in the week, with 22 limits reported on the New Sea Angler. The bite tapered off later as the weather came up and made hooking and landing fish difficult, but the few boats willing to ride the waves caught fish every trip out. • DELTA, SACRAMENTO RIVER side – Sturgeon are moving into the shallow warmer waters for spawning efforts. From Rio Vista Bridge up to the Freeport area was good, with the Courtland Bridge area still playing center stage. The striper bite backed off, or maybe the anglers did with the weather. Stripers went from 16 to 22 inches for trollers and bait soakers.
• DELTA, SAN JOAQUIN RIVER side – When the storm doors finally close and the waters warm, fishing here should be good for sturgeon, striped and black bass, crappie, catfish – you name it, springtime fishing here is great on the Delta. Some nice bass were found in Disappointment and White sloughs as that bite heated up.
SIERRA LAKES/RIVERS
• CAPLES LAKE – The lake is at 52 percent capacity. There's too much snow and bad weather for ice fishing.
SACRAMENTO VALLEY
• AMERICAN RIVER – Steelheading is winding down, but the first reports were coming in on striped bass being caught at the lower end of the river, down around the Highway 80 Bridge. Try sardines and jumbo minnows.
• FEATHER RIVER – Some big striped bass continued to be caught around Boyd's Pump and Shanghai Bend on Pencil Poppers, minnows and swimbaits. Nice trout are being caught by fly fishermen on the Low Flow Section near the hatchery on small nymphs fished under indicators.
• FOLSOM LAKE – Bass have been moving up into shallower water less than 10 feet deep. Fishing with plastics has been far more consistent than with reaction baits. Inconsistent weather meant inconsistent fishing, especially for bass. Trout and king salmon fishing slowed but trollers fishing hoochies, and slow-rolled shad down to around 35 feet were scoring some kings, while small Rapalas, Needlefish and nightcrawlers behind dodgers were scoring trout between Granite Bay and Dike 8.
• SACRAMENTO RIVER, Redding – Trout fishing continued to be very good, with fish to 3 pounds being caught mostly on caddis and PMD imitations dead drifted under indicators. Spin fishermen continued to score drifting nightcrawlers and Glo-Bugs.
– Western Outdoor News
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• SACRAMENTO RIVER, Knights Landing – Striped bass fishing really took off last week, and many anglers were catching limits, mostly on minnows. Most fish were schoolies to 10 pounds, but an increasing number of fish weighing 15 to 30 pounds were making a showing.
• LAKE PARDEE – Big browns topped the news here, with a couple of 11-pounders weighed at the marina. Rapalas hooked both fish, one near the dam, the other up the river arm. Rainbows also hit for trollers with the best area still in the river arm's top 10 feet of water. Spoons tipped with a piece of nightcrawler, grubs and Power Worms behind a flasher set worked best. Shore anglers soaked pink Power Worms around Blue Heron Point, Tom Sawyer Island and the launch ramp for planters. Right after a plant, Kastmasters and Woolly Buggers worked well.
• BODEGA BAY – Outstanding king salmon action earlier in the week, with 22 limits reported on the New Sea Angler. The bite tapered off later as the weather came up and made hooking and landing fish difficult, but the few boats willing to ride the waves caught fish every trip out. • DELTA, SACRAMENTO RIVER side – Sturgeon are moving into the shallow warmer waters for spawning efforts. From Rio Vista Bridge up to the Freeport area was good, with the Courtland Bridge area still playing center stage. The striper bite backed off, or maybe the anglers did with the weather. Stripers went from 16 to 22 inches for trollers and bait soakers.
• DELTA, SAN JOAQUIN RIVER side – When the storm doors finally close and the waters warm, fishing here should be good for sturgeon, striped and black bass, crappie, catfish – you name it, springtime fishing here is great on the Delta. Some nice bass were found in Disappointment and White sloughs as that bite heated up.
SIERRA LAKES/RIVERS
• CAPLES LAKE – The lake is at 52 percent capacity. There's too much snow and bad weather for ice fishing.
SACRAMENTO VALLEY
• AMERICAN RIVER – Steelheading is winding down, but the first reports were coming in on striped bass being caught at the lower end of the river, down around the Highway 80 Bridge. Try sardines and jumbo minnows.
• FEATHER RIVER – Some big striped bass continued to be caught around Boyd's Pump and Shanghai Bend on Pencil Poppers, minnows and swimbaits. Nice trout are being caught by fly fishermen on the Low Flow Section near the hatchery on small nymphs fished under indicators.
• FOLSOM LAKE – Bass have been moving up into shallower water less than 10 feet deep. Fishing with plastics has been far more consistent than with reaction baits. Inconsistent weather meant inconsistent fishing, especially for bass. Trout and king salmon fishing slowed but trollers fishing hoochies, and slow-rolled shad down to around 35 feet were scoring some kings, while small Rapalas, Needlefish and nightcrawlers behind dodgers were scoring trout between Granite Bay and Dike 8.
• SACRAMENTO RIVER, Redding – Trout fishing continued to be very good, with fish to 3 pounds being caught mostly on caddis and PMD imitations dead drifted under indicators. Spin fishermen continued to score drifting nightcrawlers and Glo-Bugs.
– Western Outdoor News
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