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1/17/13 Lake Berryessa’s Rainbow Trout

January 19, 2013/0 Comments/in Fishing Reports /by James Netzel

Despite all the reports that Berryessa was slow, I figured, I would go see if anything has changed. When I left Grass Valley at 6:00 AM it was 33 degrees and when I got to Markley Cove it was 28. We launched on the icy ramp and headed over towards Spanish Flat. We spotted a bunch of birds working so decided to start in the middle of them. We put a Shad 4′ behind a Shark Cannonball and down 25’ and another at 30. We also ran two baits about 100’ behind the boat and one down 6’ and one down 10’. It took less than five minutes before we had a fish on the 25’ downrigger but quickly lost him. Within a minute or two we hooked and landed a very nice rainbow on the 6’ line. This action kept going for about two hours before it quit. It was like someone turned a switch off. We couldn’t buy a fish after that. The birds quit feeding as well. We then moved over to the area just outside of the Dam and targeted Kings. We fished Shad and Anchovies for about an hour before calling it a day. We ended the day with about 10 hookups landing seven of them. All these rainbows were very nice two pound plus fish and all caught on Pautzke Blue Fire Brined Shad. The water surface temp was 48 when we launched and was just below 50 when we pulled out at 2:00 PM. The bite should only get better as the water warms.

12/7/12 Lake Berryessa

December 8, 2012/0 Comments/in Fishing Reports /by James Netzel

Paul Kneeland and Cal Kellogg joined us today on a little scouting trip to Berryessa. We launched at Markley Cove around 7:30 and started marking fish just outside the marina. We were marking fish from 40 to 110 feet deep. We dropped 2 rods with Shad and two with Anchovies both cured with Pautzke Fire Brine. Within a few minutes we had our first King in the boat, it was about a 2 lbs. We kept working this school but couldn’t get any others to take our presentation. We picked up and headed over to Skiers Cove and dropped in 4 rods with Shad and long lined a Grey Artic Fox fly off the back of the boat. It wasn’t long before we landed a 2.5-pound Rainbow on the fly. We continued to work this area and also work the rockslide area with the same setups. We ended up landing 6 nice rainbows before moving back to try for kings again. We ended up landing one more King making our total for the day 2 kings and 6 rainbows. Surprisingly, we found the water pretty clean given all the rain in the past week. We will be back on Berryessa for the next couple days. Watch for a more detailed report and pictures in the next Fish Sniffer.

11/24/12 Eagle Lake (Susanville)

November 26, 2012/0 Comments/in Fishing Reports /by James Netzel

After getting off the Delta around 4:00 PM the previous day, we put the downriggers back on the boat and headed for Eagle Lake. The trip was schedule to have a group of 18 people, organized by Bryan Roccucci. Bryan asked Cliff Spediacci to fill in and work with Ed Fisk and myself to take this group out. In years past Ed and I have worked with Bryan on this trip. We all launched at 6:30 and worked our way towards Wildcat Point in heavy fog that was sitting on the lake and stayed until noon. The bite started off a little slow but soon picked up. Cliff and I spent most of our time between Wildcat and Shrimp Island fishing in the top 5 feet of water. We were trying to work the rocky points but it was hard due to the very limited visibility. Ed went a little farther north. The hot ticket for all three boats was the Orange Arctic Fox Trolling Fly and an orange Sep’s Grub and Pro Cure Trophy Trout scent. We ended the day with limits for all 18 clients and also threw a few small ones back throughout the day. The average size was around two and a half pounds with a handful going over three pounds. There’s only one month left before Eagle Lake closes.

11/23/12 North Delta

November 26, 2012/0 Comments/in Fishing Reports /by James Netzel

We had a couple busy days in front of us starting with a group on the Delta for Striper fishing and then driving to Eagle Lake for a large group the next day. We launched at Arrowhead at first light and headed out. It was a slow trip out due to heavy fog. Once we arrived we found the action to be much slower than the days previous to the rains. We managed to take three Stripers up to 5 pounds. Released one 19” and an undersize Striper. There were a lot boats in this area and most having the same results. Our best action was in the first hour of the out going tide fishing in 12 to 16 feet of water with P-Line Predators.

11/2/12 Sacramento River (Clarksburg Area)

November 3, 2012/0 Comments/in Fishing Reports /by James Netzel

Today we fish out of Clarksburg on the Sacramento River with Eric and Matthew Snyder. Our mission today was for Matthew to catch his first salmon. Shortly into our first pass we hooked up. Matthew brought this fish about half way in and off it went. We got the lines back out and within 200 yards we hooked up again. This time Matthew landed his first salmon that weighed in around 9 or 10 pounds. After that we went into a two hour dry spell. Finally we hooked up again and Matthew’s dad Eric landed a nice bright salmon that went around 15 pounds. Half way through our last pass the sea lions started showing up so we finished that pass and called it a day. Both fish were caught on plugs with sardine wrap.

10/29/12 Sacramento River (Clarksburg Area)

November 2, 2012/0 Comments/in Fishing Reports /by James Netzel

Father Warren Taylor and Daughter Mechelle Yates both from Modesto

We launched at 6:00 AM and headed up the river a few miles. We dropped our lines in at 6:35 and it wasn’t long before we had our first Salmon. We picked up our second fish on the next pass. From that point we had 2 or 3 grabs but they didn’t stick. Both the fish we got today were right at 15 pounds and in great shape. Both fish were caught on plugs with a sardine wrap.

10/13/12 Feather River

October 13, 2012/0 Comments/in Fishing Reports /by James Netzel

Our clients Brett, Cary and David drove all night from So Cal to fish with Tight Lines Guide Service for two days. After a couple of tough days of fishing, they were lucky enough to have their limits by 7:45 this morning. What a beautiful fall morning on the river.