Fishing Report
Delta
Fall-run striped bass are in the system, but anglers must fish from the Middlegrounds and below Pittsburg to hook consistent limits. There are some monster bass in the run, up to 31 pounds, according to Barry Canevaro of Fish Hookers Sportfishing of Isleton.
Most stripers are good quality, 8 to 9 pounds, and respond best to live bullheads. This week, however, shad minnows have worked well for boats on the anchor, especially on the incoming tide.
Mark Del Nero of Fin Addict Sportfishing of Lodi also is scoring limits of bass below Pittsburg. He fished last week to claim limits in the 4- to 7-pound bracket for four passengers.
Trolling along the traditional spots on the Sacramento River, from Collinsville to Rio Vista, is slow to nonexistent because masses of floating vegetation - hyacinth and hydrilla - do not allow lures to run.
Salmon fishing has slowed to a crawl. A few late-fall run Chinook, generally larger fish, will move through the area in late November. But the pods of salmon are small and don't stick around, so catching one of these beauties is difficult. The state record 89-pound salmon was caught years ago on Thanksgiving Day above Red Bluff.
Vegetation clogs the San Joaquin River, including striper hot spots such as the shoals, Old River, Middle River, Potato Slough and Columbia Cut. There are bass in these areas, but anglers must drift live minnows or bluegill to hook them. There are plenty of levee anglers who use shad or live mudsuckers. Trolling is impossible.
Ron Halvorson at Thornton Road Bait said some of the better bait fishing locations include Discovery Bay, Mossdale, Fourteen Mile Slough and the Deep Water Channel from the Turning Basin at the Port of Stockton to Windmill Cove near the mouth of Fourteen Mile Slough.
Cooling water temperatures will only help striper fishing.
Sturgeon fishing slowed this week according to Dockside Market in Pittsburg. Many undersized sturgeon inhale eel and roe in the deep water, 40 to 50 feet, outside Pittsburg Marina and down to Seal Island. Finding a legal, 46- to 66-inch keeper is difficult.
Black bass weigh 1 to 3 pounds and strike jigs and plastics worked extremely slowly in locations like Old River, Little Venice Island, Fourteen Mile Slough, Frank's Tract, Mildred Island and Big Break. Not many whoppers in the take.
Saltwater
Ocean - When seas aren't too lumpy and the wind stays down, recreational anglers take routine six-crab limits and 15-rockfish limits aboard party boats that offer combination trips out of Bodega Bay, Half Moon Bay, San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay. The latter also offers white sea bass fishing, but the take is spotty. Commercial crabbing starts Nov. 15, so go now. Dungeness crab is very abundant this season, according to Fish and Game biologists.
San Pablo Bay - Halibut fishing is over, but striped bass averaging about 6 pounds and occasionally larger are found at Red Rock, Marin Islands, The Brothers and shallow shorelines. There are plenty of fish here, with limits common, according to Loch Lomond Live Bait in San Rafael. Try tossing worm-tailed jigs or various baits. Shark fishing for larger species is good, according to the party boat Fury, which runs from Point San Pablo.
Rivers
American - Remnant salmon fishing continues on the lower end. A better option is steelhead with roe and egg imitations at Sunrise access.
Klamath - Steelhead, 14 inches to 5 pounds, are on a good migration run from Seiad Valley to Iron Gate. Try flies, egg patterns and Hot Shots in the faster water to avoid dark, spawning salmon.
Sacramento - Salmon fishing continues, although there's a transition from fall-run to late-fall-run Chinook. Some fish are dime bright and others are very dark and tired. Steelhead and wild rainbow trout fishing are good with egg patterns from Redding to Anderson.
Lakes
Amador - A good bet for shoreline anglers who work close to the surface with white jigs, Roostertail spinners, Power Bait, small Rapalas and even flies. Why? Because 2,000 pounds of trophy-sized cut-bow trout are released every Tuesday by concessionaires. The water level is close to the top making for easy access.
Camanche - More than 10,000 pounds of rainbow trout are schedule to be planted throughout November, in varying amounts. Trollers do well from Hat Island to the dam, while shoreline Power Bait tossers work the North Shore inlet from the bank. Black bass fishing is decent, 15 to 20 feet down, with jigs, plastic worms and live minnows.
Don Pedro - Pretty fair trout fishing for trollers at Jenkins Hill and Graveyard, running 25 to 40 feet deep with small, shad imitating lures slathered with scent. Trout run to 4 pounds, averaging 11/2 to 21/2 pounds, according to guide Danny Layne of Twain Harte.
Los Vaqueros - Marina, boat rentals and services are closed for the season, but shoreline angling is allowed, mainly on the south side for striped bass, 5 to 12 pounds. Because of construction, access is permitted off Vasco Road.
New Melones - Trollers work hard for fish as the water temperature hovers at 60 to 63 degrees. They run lures 25 to 45 feet deep to hook rainbows to 2 pounds. Most go 12 to 14 inches. Spotted bass are gorging themselves on shad minnows, so drop-shotting minnow imitations is the way to hook loads of bass.
Pardee - Closed Nov. 6 for the season. It will reopen Feb. 17, 2012.
Wednesday 9 November 2011
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