17 Mar

Lake Don Pedro

King Salmon fishing was very good this week.  Most of our fish are averaging 1.5 to 2.5 pounds.  However, Darryl Dennis of Patterson early in the week landed a nice 3.5 pound King.  Bill Passalaqua of Modesto managed to bring in a hefty 3 pound King, later followed up with another beautiful salmon  that tipped the scales at 6.1 pounds. And later in the week Dan Baucher of Sacramento boated a monster 8.8 pound King salmon.  We were fishing in Fleming Bay 70 to 90 feet deep.  Vance's shad pattern Thin Fin and Ex-Cel chartreuse and red has been working well.  Rolling shad injected with Pro Cure oil has produced our larger fish.  As the water warms up the Kings are becoming more active, feeding on shad and small Kokanee.