Fishing Report, Aug. 19
August 17, 2007
Well, well, well, long time no chat, eh? Sorry about that! My weekly Fishing Report kinda got left for dead there for awhile, but it’s baaaack!
Klamath River
I just returned home from the Klamath River, where the king salmon bite had yet to take off. Luckily, there was a steelie here and there to keep thing interesting. Figure the kings will be hot and heavy by the end of the month…
Here’s a quick video of Mike T. getting his butt handed to him by a chrome steelhead:
Valley Salmon
So far, the salmon action is off to a slow start on the Feather and Sacramento rivers. Up around Oroville, the Feather’s been pumping out a few fish — mostly dark springers that are moving back out of the Low Flow Section, where they’ve been holding for awhile — and the occasional chrome fall-run.
Sardine-wrapped Kwikfish have been the ticket as the squawfish will kill you if you try to use roe.
Along the Sacramento, near Hamilton City and Woodson Bridge, there’s been a sporadic bite for pluggers and bait draggers and most boats have been seeing 0-1 fish per trip, with a couple kings being a really nice day.
Until things heat up, I’m back on Tahoe, where the mackinaw bite has been extremely solid and limits are the rule. So days, it’s easy pickin’s and you’re done by 7:30 AM…other times, it takes a little longer, but you’re going to get bit, no question about it. The fish have been 4-8 pounds mostly, with the occasional 10+ pounder in the mix.
Two-ounce silver and chartreuse jigs have been best, though the trollers are also getting fish on flashers and minnows.
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