07-14-2004, 10:22 AM
Fishing report -- July 14
RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
7/13/2004 07:10 pm
EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to rapidly changing weather conditions in the Sierra and Northern Nevada, anglers are urged to call ahead to the sources listed at the end of each area description for reports on the latest road and water conditions.
FRENCHMAN LAKE: A lot of anglers are trolling now as water warms near the shore. Some limits have been taken trolling nightcrawlers and flashers. Use lead core line to go deep. Dick Knight lure has been good along with rapalas. Bank fishing has slowed up some. Upper streams are low. Little Last Chance Creek below the dam is running well. Some are having luck with Panther Martin Bee, powerbait and various flies. Wiggin’s Trading Post (530) 993-4683. [url "http://www.calvadaflyfishing.com/"][#0000ff]www.calvadaflyfishing.com[/#0000ff][/url].
SACRAMENTO RIVER: Redding to Anderson area. The river is at 15,000 c.f.s. Salmon fishing opens Friday from Red Bluff Diversion Dam downstream. The number of salmon counted to date is 1,626. Trout fishing remains excellent, and the shad are still in Red Bluff. To nab the shad use a 1/16-ounce Jighead with a one-inch grub, and Globugs are still working best for wild rainbows.
Guide services and information: Hank Mautz Professional Guide Service, (800) 355-3113. Outdoor Adventures Sport Fishing, Kirk Portocarrero, (800) 670-4448 or (530) 221-6151. Web site: [url "http://www.sacriverguide.com/"][#0000ff]www.sacriverguide.com[/#0000ff][/url].
SOUTH LAKE: Fishing at the lake is still fantastic. The sizes are getting better from the Department of Fish and Game with good quantities. Anglers are still reporting 20-30 fish days with Stingers being the best bait. Trolling with olive Matukas or a nightcrawler over by the rockslide was great this week. Most fish seem to be in shallow water. Deep trolling has yielded mixed results. Powerbait, nightcrawlers and salmon eggs are bringing in lots of fish. Catch and release fishing only.
BISHOP CREEK: The creek was stocked by the Department of Fish and Game with some nice sized trout this week. The anglers are reporting good fishing with salmon eggs working best and nightcrawlers a close second. Roostertails and small Kastmasters are great. Flyfishing is picking up now with the nicer weather. Black ants or green bodied Mosquitoes are best. The water level is perfect with a lot of small pools showing up as nice restaurants for the fish. Just trail a couple of salmon eggs into the pool and get a nice rainbow.
NORTH LAKE AND INTAKE II: North Lake is spectacular right now with salmon eggs or lemon twist Powerbait doing the best. Some nice results with perch Thomas Buoyants and gold Kastmasters. The road is a little rough now but the end result is good. Intake 2 slowed a bit this week but still is doing pretty good. Nightcrawlers and powerbait seem to be working the best. Use a fly and bobber with an olive Matuka or woolybugger.
LAKE SABRINA: The fishing has finally slowed down, but just a bit. There still seems to be a lot of fish coming out, but anglers are having to display a bit more patience and are working a bit harder for a stringer. The inlet gave up a few larger fish this past week. The ticket at the inlet was worms, powerbait and jigs. Trolling worms, woolybuggers and super dupers produced a number of limits. Mosquitoes are your best bet for fly fishing in the mornings and evenings. The lake is stocked on a regular basis by the Department of Fish and Game. Most recently with pan-size rainbows along with 25 trophy-sized trout.
CROWLEY LAKE: The algea bloom continues and fishing success depends on finding a hole in the goop. Some limited open water at the inlets of McGee, Hilton and Crooked Creek. Flash back midge pupa in black/silver, red and grey.
HOT CREEK: Water flow is at 20 c.f.s. Small nymphs (sizes 18-22) such as hares ears and flash back pheasant tails are productive throughout the day. Some Trico activity early in the day. Little yellow stones beginning to show up around mid-day and the fish have been grabbing yellow sallies and yellow stimulators on the surface. Some afternoon caddis activity. Also try a hopper with a nymph or emerger as a trailer.
UPPER OWENS: Still on the slow side. The water is pretty weedy. Nymphs, San Juan worms and crystal buggers are the best bets. Cover lots of water as the fish are spread out.
LOWER OWENS: Water flow is 303 c.f.s. and fishing is pretty tough. Try nymphing tight to the bank with cased caddis or buckskin nymphs. Fishing is best early in the day and late in the afternoon. Good caddis grab last hour of daylight. Lots of mosquitoes.
EAST WALKER: Water flow is 191 c.f.s. Fishing has been fair with nymphs in the middle of the day and good caddis activity in the last hour or so of the day. Prince nymphs, rubber legged hares ears, stone flys, sparkle caddis pupa all working. Look for a spinner fall early in the morning.
MAMMOTH LAKES BASIN: Callibaetis hatch getting under way at Twin Lakes but breezy conditions last week hampered the dry fly fishing. Should be great when the weather calms.
JUNE LOOP: Float tubers at June Lake have been reporting some nice fish along the swim beach area. Cinnamon woollybuggers and leech patterns fished on sink tip of full sink line fished slowly along the ledge has been the ticket. Rush Creek flows have slowed and fishing is pretty good with Royal Wulff’s, Coachmen and Humpies.
SAN JOAQUIN RIVER: The water flow in the river is perfect and conditions are prime. Try pheasant tails and Copper John's. A short hike up or down river from the camping areas should be productive for the wild browns and brook trout. Adams, yellow sallies and stimulators working there.
EAGLE LAKE: Fishing at Eagle Lake turned hot late last week as anglers are reporting excellent results in the South Shore areas of the lake. Best results have been in the Eagles Nest area and working from Wildcat Point north toward Shrimp Island. The fish have gone deep with best results coming from boats at depths from 20 to 35 feet. Strongest results have been with nightcrawlers followed closely by trolling with needlefish, rainbow runners and the like. Use of slip bobbers for still fishing and trolling with down riggers or lead-core line works best this time of year. Fish have been weighing between 2 and 4 lbs. typically. Best times continue to be early morning hours.
Ample camping is available in the pines at the south shore of Eagle Lake with more than 200 campsites available on a first-come, first-serve basis. For camping information at Eagle Lake, call the U. S. Forest Service at (530) 257-4188. For reservations, call (877) 444-6777. For current information on fishing conditions, call Eagle Lake Marina at (530) 825-3454.
UPPER TWIN LAKES: Lots of stringers. Mostly on powerbait and red and gold lures while trolling. Mono Village Resort (760) 932-7071.
LOWER TWIN LAKES: Fishing is really good. Limits are common. Powerbaits, lures, crawlers and Zekes are working well. Sparks’ Sheri Bloomquist caught a 4-pound, 14-ounce rainbow with powerbait. Robinson Creek is as good as ever. Lures, crawlers and salmon eggs are the best bet. Twin Lakes Resort (760) 932-7751.
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RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
7/13/2004 07:10 pm
EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to rapidly changing weather conditions in the Sierra and Northern Nevada, anglers are urged to call ahead to the sources listed at the end of each area description for reports on the latest road and water conditions.
FRENCHMAN LAKE: A lot of anglers are trolling now as water warms near the shore. Some limits have been taken trolling nightcrawlers and flashers. Use lead core line to go deep. Dick Knight lure has been good along with rapalas. Bank fishing has slowed up some. Upper streams are low. Little Last Chance Creek below the dam is running well. Some are having luck with Panther Martin Bee, powerbait and various flies. Wiggin’s Trading Post (530) 993-4683. [url "http://www.calvadaflyfishing.com/"][#0000ff]www.calvadaflyfishing.com[/#0000ff][/url].
SACRAMENTO RIVER: Redding to Anderson area. The river is at 15,000 c.f.s. Salmon fishing opens Friday from Red Bluff Diversion Dam downstream. The number of salmon counted to date is 1,626. Trout fishing remains excellent, and the shad are still in Red Bluff. To nab the shad use a 1/16-ounce Jighead with a one-inch grub, and Globugs are still working best for wild rainbows.
Guide services and information: Hank Mautz Professional Guide Service, (800) 355-3113. Outdoor Adventures Sport Fishing, Kirk Portocarrero, (800) 670-4448 or (530) 221-6151. Web site: [url "http://www.sacriverguide.com/"][#0000ff]www.sacriverguide.com[/#0000ff][/url].
SOUTH LAKE: Fishing at the lake is still fantastic. The sizes are getting better from the Department of Fish and Game with good quantities. Anglers are still reporting 20-30 fish days with Stingers being the best bait. Trolling with olive Matukas or a nightcrawler over by the rockslide was great this week. Most fish seem to be in shallow water. Deep trolling has yielded mixed results. Powerbait, nightcrawlers and salmon eggs are bringing in lots of fish. Catch and release fishing only.
BISHOP CREEK: The creek was stocked by the Department of Fish and Game with some nice sized trout this week. The anglers are reporting good fishing with salmon eggs working best and nightcrawlers a close second. Roostertails and small Kastmasters are great. Flyfishing is picking up now with the nicer weather. Black ants or green bodied Mosquitoes are best. The water level is perfect with a lot of small pools showing up as nice restaurants for the fish. Just trail a couple of salmon eggs into the pool and get a nice rainbow.
NORTH LAKE AND INTAKE II: North Lake is spectacular right now with salmon eggs or lemon twist Powerbait doing the best. Some nice results with perch Thomas Buoyants and gold Kastmasters. The road is a little rough now but the end result is good. Intake 2 slowed a bit this week but still is doing pretty good. Nightcrawlers and powerbait seem to be working the best. Use a fly and bobber with an olive Matuka or woolybugger.
LAKE SABRINA: The fishing has finally slowed down, but just a bit. There still seems to be a lot of fish coming out, but anglers are having to display a bit more patience and are working a bit harder for a stringer. The inlet gave up a few larger fish this past week. The ticket at the inlet was worms, powerbait and jigs. Trolling worms, woolybuggers and super dupers produced a number of limits. Mosquitoes are your best bet for fly fishing in the mornings and evenings. The lake is stocked on a regular basis by the Department of Fish and Game. Most recently with pan-size rainbows along with 25 trophy-sized trout.
CROWLEY LAKE: The algea bloom continues and fishing success depends on finding a hole in the goop. Some limited open water at the inlets of McGee, Hilton and Crooked Creek. Flash back midge pupa in black/silver, red and grey.
HOT CREEK: Water flow is at 20 c.f.s. Small nymphs (sizes 18-22) such as hares ears and flash back pheasant tails are productive throughout the day. Some Trico activity early in the day. Little yellow stones beginning to show up around mid-day and the fish have been grabbing yellow sallies and yellow stimulators on the surface. Some afternoon caddis activity. Also try a hopper with a nymph or emerger as a trailer.
UPPER OWENS: Still on the slow side. The water is pretty weedy. Nymphs, San Juan worms and crystal buggers are the best bets. Cover lots of water as the fish are spread out.
LOWER OWENS: Water flow is 303 c.f.s. and fishing is pretty tough. Try nymphing tight to the bank with cased caddis or buckskin nymphs. Fishing is best early in the day and late in the afternoon. Good caddis grab last hour of daylight. Lots of mosquitoes.
EAST WALKER: Water flow is 191 c.f.s. Fishing has been fair with nymphs in the middle of the day and good caddis activity in the last hour or so of the day. Prince nymphs, rubber legged hares ears, stone flys, sparkle caddis pupa all working. Look for a spinner fall early in the morning.
MAMMOTH LAKES BASIN: Callibaetis hatch getting under way at Twin Lakes but breezy conditions last week hampered the dry fly fishing. Should be great when the weather calms.
JUNE LOOP: Float tubers at June Lake have been reporting some nice fish along the swim beach area. Cinnamon woollybuggers and leech patterns fished on sink tip of full sink line fished slowly along the ledge has been the ticket. Rush Creek flows have slowed and fishing is pretty good with Royal Wulff’s, Coachmen and Humpies.
SAN JOAQUIN RIVER: The water flow in the river is perfect and conditions are prime. Try pheasant tails and Copper John's. A short hike up or down river from the camping areas should be productive for the wild browns and brook trout. Adams, yellow sallies and stimulators working there.
EAGLE LAKE: Fishing at Eagle Lake turned hot late last week as anglers are reporting excellent results in the South Shore areas of the lake. Best results have been in the Eagles Nest area and working from Wildcat Point north toward Shrimp Island. The fish have gone deep with best results coming from boats at depths from 20 to 35 feet. Strongest results have been with nightcrawlers followed closely by trolling with needlefish, rainbow runners and the like. Use of slip bobbers for still fishing and trolling with down riggers or lead-core line works best this time of year. Fish have been weighing between 2 and 4 lbs. typically. Best times continue to be early morning hours.
Ample camping is available in the pines at the south shore of Eagle Lake with more than 200 campsites available on a first-come, first-serve basis. For camping information at Eagle Lake, call the U. S. Forest Service at (530) 257-4188. For reservations, call (877) 444-6777. For current information on fishing conditions, call Eagle Lake Marina at (530) 825-3454.
UPPER TWIN LAKES: Lots of stringers. Mostly on powerbait and red and gold lures while trolling. Mono Village Resort (760) 932-7071.
LOWER TWIN LAKES: Fishing is really good. Limits are common. Powerbaits, lures, crawlers and Zekes are working well. Sparks’ Sheri Bloomquist caught a 4-pound, 14-ounce rainbow with powerbait. Robinson Creek is as good as ever. Lures, crawlers and salmon eggs are the best bet. Twin Lakes Resort (760) 932-7751.
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