April 27, 2008

 

Lake Don Pedro

 

King Salmon bite has slowed due to strong winds, cool temperatures and a full moon.  Most of our fish were averaging 2 pounds, however we managed to land a 3.2 pound Salmon this week.  The Kings are still holding in Fleming Bay from the river channel to Ramos Creek, 80 to 100 feet deep. We used frozen shad, Ex-Cell lures laced with Pro Cures new UV Oil on our main line, and Sock Eye Slammers on our dropper lines to help increase our catch.

Kokanee bite is good with 12 to 14 inch fish.  Fleming Bay and Middle Bay near the river we found nice schools of Koks.  The Kokanee are hitting a number of lures, Marni Bugs, Uncle Larry's Bloody Tigers,  Pink Fire Tigers, Sock Eye Slammers and  Hoochies all behind Vance's nickel and green dodgers.  Pro Cures UV Garlic plus and hot pink Anis with Shopeg corn produce good numbers.  The lake is still rising 2 feet this month and the surface temperature is 67.8 degrees.

 

Melones

 

This weeks strong winds and a full moon made Kokanee fishing very challenging, however the real story is the size of fish we are seeing.  The Koks are averaging 15 to 16 inches but Marci Barnes of Arcata landed a 2.5 pound 18 inch Kokanee, and Sean O'Conner of Modesto boated a 2.2 pound 17.5 inch fish.  John Osterlund of Tracy, Jeff Chumberlain of San Jose, Marci and Michael  Barnes of Arcata, Becky Reimers of Orland, Bob O'Conner and son Sean O'Conner of Modesto all caught nice limits of Kokanee.  We are starting to see the Koks schooling up at times, but we still had to work hard covering waters from Glory Hole Point, Big Bay, the spillway and Little Rock Island off Tuttle Town ramp. The Kokanee are suspended 20 to 30 feet deep early in the morning, and moving down in 40 to 55 feet depths by mid day.  Uncle Larry's pink spinners, R&K Hoochies and Marni Bugs behind Vance's nickel dodgers with Slim Willies ball trolls worked well.  We used Pro Cure new UV Flash, Garlic Plus and hot pink Anis for our corn scent.  The lake is dropping because of state water releases and the surface temperature is 68.5 degrees.