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FRENCHMAN LAKE: Ice fishing continues to be great. Nightcrawlers are the best bait. You can snowmobile across the lak enow, so Lunker Point is a good spot to fish, as well as the dam area. Fish averaging 1-to-2 pounds. Call for updated information. Wiggin’s Trading Post (530) 993-4683.
LAKE DAVIS: Ice fishing has been decent here. Worms and Powerbait working. Dollard’s Sierra Market (530) 832-5251. www.dollardsmarket.com. Email — dollards@psln.com. Mark Fore & Strike, 786-3474 or 322-9559
TRUCKEE RIVER: Some nice fish have come out recently. Robert Kerley from Carson City caught a 4- and a 5-pounder on Jan. 25 using a No. 11 countdown Rapala, brook trout color, in the middle of town. Mark Fore & Strike, 786-3474 or 322-9559.
PYRAMID LAKE: Shore fishing has been fair for both fly-fishermen and spinners. Spin guys are using spoons and fishing the deeper areas, going down about 20 feet and using Tor-P-Dos. Trollers using Flatfish in chub colors or purple and white. Also using Sting King lures in purple and black or police car colors. Vertical jiggers using crippled herrings or 1-ounce maribou jigs. Has been best around Spider Point. A 101/2 pounder was caught a few days ago and Bob Navarrete from Reno caught a 14-pound, 1-ounce fish on Jan. 25 using a firetiger Flatfish. Mark Fore & Strike, 786-3474 or 322-9559.
TOPAZ LAKE: Fishing has been fair to good. Fish are on the surface. Try No. 5 Rapalas in brook trout color or black and silver. Also try Needlefish in red dot frog and firetiger colors. Been better for boaters, shore fishing has been a little slow. Mark Fore & Strike, 786-3474 or 322-9559. Topaz Marina, 266-3550. Topaz Lodge 266-3338.
CAPLES LAKE: Ice fishing has been good here. Many opportunities to catch a big brown or mackinaw. A Rapala balanced jig will work well here. Mark Fore & Strike, 786-3474 or 322-9559.
SACRAMENTO RIVER: Flows at 3,700 c.f.s. Redding to Anderson, Calif. As weather allows, fly-fishing for rainbows is producing some nice trout in the Redding to Anderson area. PT's & Micro May Fly nymphs are working well.
Guide services and information: Hank Mautz Professional Guide Service, (800) 355-3113. Web site: www.hankmautzfishing.com.
Outdoor Adventures Sport Fishing, Kirk Portocarrero, (800) 670-4448 or (530) 221-6151. Web site: [url "http://www.sacriverguide.com/"]www.sacriverguide.com[/url].
SMITH RIVER: Now fishing for Steelhead and producing nice, bright fish, 8-12 pounds, averaging two to five fish per day. Some days bette rthan others. Using Sparrnone and steelhead eggs early in the morning. Also, bouncing roe. Outdoor Adventures Sport Fishing, Kirk Portocarrero, (800) 670-4448 or (530) 221-6151. Web site: [url "http://www.sacriverguide.com/"]www.sacriverguide.com[/url].
WALKER LAKE: Fishing remains good. Boaters reporting 20-30 fish per day. Trolling Tor-P-Dos, Flatfish and Apex in shallow water, 10-30-feet deep. Shore fishing is also good using Powerbait and casting Tor-P-Dos. Shore fishermen reporting 10-15 fish per day in the 2-4-pound range. Ed Jones, Bait and Tackle Shop, (w) 945-2525.
WILDHORSE: Trout derby is Feb. 19-21. No-limit perch derby is March 12-13. Wildhorse Resort, 758-6471 or email: dunns@direcway.com.
PACIFIC OCEAN: The 2005 ocean salmon season will open on April 2 and the halibut fishing in San Francisco bay should commence around mid-April. For information or reservations, call (510) 654- 6040.
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LAKE DAVIS: Ice fishing has been decent here. Worms and Powerbait working. Dollard’s Sierra Market (530) 832-5251. www.dollardsmarket.com. Email — dollards@psln.com. Mark Fore & Strike, 786-3474 or 322-9559
TRUCKEE RIVER: Some nice fish have come out recently. Robert Kerley from Carson City caught a 4- and a 5-pounder on Jan. 25 using a No. 11 countdown Rapala, brook trout color, in the middle of town. Mark Fore & Strike, 786-3474 or 322-9559.
PYRAMID LAKE: Shore fishing has been fair for both fly-fishermen and spinners. Spin guys are using spoons and fishing the deeper areas, going down about 20 feet and using Tor-P-Dos. Trollers using Flatfish in chub colors or purple and white. Also using Sting King lures in purple and black or police car colors. Vertical jiggers using crippled herrings or 1-ounce maribou jigs. Has been best around Spider Point. A 101/2 pounder was caught a few days ago and Bob Navarrete from Reno caught a 14-pound, 1-ounce fish on Jan. 25 using a firetiger Flatfish. Mark Fore & Strike, 786-3474 or 322-9559.
TOPAZ LAKE: Fishing has been fair to good. Fish are on the surface. Try No. 5 Rapalas in brook trout color or black and silver. Also try Needlefish in red dot frog and firetiger colors. Been better for boaters, shore fishing has been a little slow. Mark Fore & Strike, 786-3474 or 322-9559. Topaz Marina, 266-3550. Topaz Lodge 266-3338.
CAPLES LAKE: Ice fishing has been good here. Many opportunities to catch a big brown or mackinaw. A Rapala balanced jig will work well here. Mark Fore & Strike, 786-3474 or 322-9559.
SACRAMENTO RIVER: Flows at 3,700 c.f.s. Redding to Anderson, Calif. As weather allows, fly-fishing for rainbows is producing some nice trout in the Redding to Anderson area. PT's & Micro May Fly nymphs are working well.
Guide services and information: Hank Mautz Professional Guide Service, (800) 355-3113. Web site: www.hankmautzfishing.com.
Outdoor Adventures Sport Fishing, Kirk Portocarrero, (800) 670-4448 or (530) 221-6151. Web site: [url "http://www.sacriverguide.com/"]www.sacriverguide.com[/url].
SMITH RIVER: Now fishing for Steelhead and producing nice, bright fish, 8-12 pounds, averaging two to five fish per day. Some days bette rthan others. Using Sparrnone and steelhead eggs early in the morning. Also, bouncing roe. Outdoor Adventures Sport Fishing, Kirk Portocarrero, (800) 670-4448 or (530) 221-6151. Web site: [url "http://www.sacriverguide.com/"]www.sacriverguide.com[/url].
WALKER LAKE: Fishing remains good. Boaters reporting 20-30 fish per day. Trolling Tor-P-Dos, Flatfish and Apex in shallow water, 10-30-feet deep. Shore fishing is also good using Powerbait and casting Tor-P-Dos. Shore fishermen reporting 10-15 fish per day in the 2-4-pound range. Ed Jones, Bait and Tackle Shop, (w) 945-2525.
WILDHORSE: Trout derby is Feb. 19-21. No-limit perch derby is March 12-13. Wildhorse Resort, 758-6471 or email: dunns@direcway.com.
PACIFIC OCEAN: The 2005 ocean salmon season will open on April 2 and the halibut fishing in San Francisco bay should commence around mid-April. For information or reservations, call (510) 654- 6040.
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