The fish are typically located in 8-10 foot of water.
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The DEC has removed its docks at the boat launch off Route 41A. Most of the bass are up chasing shad at least part of the day and shad-type reaction baits and topwater continue to be a top option.
He slow-trolled with Mylar jigs and Moon Jigs tipped with live minnows. Bowfishing is allowed here for carp, but only from a boat after 8 a.m.
CASTAIC: The striper action has been good with the fish boiling in good numbers mornings and evenings.
Plenty of areas are holding fish, with the channel and deeper creeks being good locations to throw a bait. Rental boats are also available. Still, trout fishing has been good across the management area. To follow the weekly trout plants, go to http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/plants/weekly/. A few bass are still up chasing bait. There is a health warning about eating fish from here.
Dalton King of Aztec caught and released a 36-inch northern pike and several other smaller pike on Monday at Navajo Lake.
LAUGHLIN – Anglers have been doing well with a Bomber Long A and similar lures.
One of the best bait rigs to trail behind your diver is what is often called a “shrimp cocktail”.
Once anglers get beyond the soaking wet weather by donning an extra layer of clothes and Gore-Tex, they’ll likely like what is lurking in many lakes open year-round to fishing. A lot of the cats continue to be quality fish at 10 pounds or better. Shore fishing with anchovies has been proven productive for catfish and stripers.
Numerous ponds throughout the Treasure Valley were either stocked this past week or will be this coming week, including the Payette River, Greenbelt Pond, the Weiser Community Pond, Parkcenter Pond, Williams Park Pond, Horseshoe Bend Mill Pond, Ed’s Pond, Sawyer’s Pond and Wilson Pond. Many undersized trout are caught and released, but limit catches are available. A few carp continue to show on dough baits.
At UTE LAKE, windy weather and muddy water made for tough fishing conditions.
Fishing at STORRIE LAKE was good using salmon peach PowerBait and salmon eggs for trout. Carp and bluegill are both slow to fair. Steelhead anglers are enjoying a few of the best catch rates of the season, and local angling is getting about as good as it’s going to get before it freezes.
At NAVAJO LAKE, the north side of the Pine Main boat ramp and the surrounding no wake zone has reopened to anglers. The bass action is fair on reaction baits or live minnows, and more fish are showing on nightcrawlers and plastics.
Fishing on the JEMEZ RIVER was fair to good using worms, salmon eggs and copper John Barrs for trout. Meanwhile, smallmouth bass are being caught on stickbaits fished near shore.
Anglers have mostly been catching fish either drifting roe or yarn or backtrolling plugs and bait below a diver. Live mullet, cut bait and blue crabs take fish. The Taft Chamber of Commerce Trout Fishing Derby will be held Saturday, November 21 in Lake Evans. There will be 2,000 pounds of trout planted for this event and a $1,000 grand prize for the heaviest trout with payment down six places.
WOOLLOMES LAKE: Few reports.
SUCCESS LAKE: Very light fishing pressure. Fishing on the CEBOLLA was good using egg patterns, worms and salmon eggs. A fair bluegill bluegill bite on wax worms or crickets, and the odd catfish has been reported.
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“Yellow perch fishing in Lake Washington and American Lake has been good”, Chamberlain said. Hefty slot redfish also are being caught, according to Schurr, in the ICW from the Little Jetties area to the Atlantic Boulevard Bridge during mid-falling tides.
