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Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 lC
SPORTS
AND
RE CREAT I
f FEATURING THE ACTION AROUND PLUMAS COUNTY i- .......................................
INSIDE
SECTION
C:
Well-laid
plan at range
Members of the Quincy Sport Shooting Association got
together Father's Day weekend and did improvements on the
sidewalks around the shooting range. The range is now easier
for those in wheelchairs to get around.
It is now easy to access the pistol range and rifle bench
areas, and the trap range without difficulty.
Gary Dyrr of Feather River Materials Inc. donated concrete
for the improvement. Volunteers, assistance and donations
came from many individuals and organizations throughout
the community.
For more information about the Quincy Sport Shooting
Association and the shooting schedule, go to
quincyshooting.com.
Volunteers begin pouring concrete sidewalks around
the shooting range located on Snake Lake Road.
Photo submitted
Fish still think
it's early spring
Michael Condon
Staff Writer
Internet@plumasnews'c°rn
The calendar says it's sum-
mer and at long last the ther-
mometer agrees. But it is still
a different story for the fish.
Water temperatures still say
early spring in most places.
The runoff from a near
record snowpack continues
to pump colder than normal
water into local lakes and
streams, keeping tempera-
tures unseasonably low.
Understanding how tem-
perature affects the fish you
pursue, and their feed, is the
key to fishing success under
these unusual conditions.
Lake Almanor
I fished Lake Almanor re-
cently. The water tempera-
tures were in the high 50-de-
gree range.
That is a comfortable tem-
perature for the trout. But it
is not ideal for all of the
species they feed on. I had a
hard time finding a consis-
tent feeding location and pat-
tern.
• The fish are scattered and
there is not the consistent
feeding pattern we usually
see this time of year.
The fish were difficult to
find on my fish finder. That
either means I wasn't in the
right spot, or the fish were
very shallow. A fish finder
has a "cone" of vision: nar-
row at the top and wide at the
bottom. If the fish are shal-
low, they are not as likely to
show on a fish finder as the
deeper fish.
I did find some fish in
Goose Bay.
For years -- or, to be per-
fectly honest, decades- I
have not fished Goose Bay. I
always figured it was too
shallow and too warm for
trout. My mistake. Certainly
this year Goose Bay offers
good early season fishing.
Goose Bay is located just
north of the Almanor West
development in the north-
west corner of the lake. It is
generally very shallow al,
though with this year's high
water most of the bay is
about 20 feet deep. The water
is just a bi{,warmer than the
rest of the lake and there is
plenty of inseCl:activity and
plenty of feeding trout.
I also noticed some bass an-
glers :Working the shoreline
with Some success.
If it's salmon you are after,
Doug Neal of Almanor Fish-
ing Adventures reports that
the well-known salmon hole
known as the Snag has been
producing some nice king
salmon. The Snag is located
on the east shore a short dis-
tance from the dam. The
salmon have been running up
to 4 pounds although most of
the fish are about 2.75 pounds
still not bad!
Most of the salmon are be-
mg caught with anchovy
tails, but night crawlers sus-
pended about 4 feet off the
bottom are also getting their
attention.
These salmon are usuilly
out of the Snag and moving
north this time of year but
this year has been anything
but.
In my opinion, these land
locked king salmon are the
best fighting and best eating
fish in the lake.
Lake Davis
If you have never fished
Lake Davis, you need to give
it a try. Davis is a relatively
shallow lake with some excel-
lent fly hatches. It is most
popular with fly anglers but
also offers some excellent
trolling and bank fishing.
The big attractions for fly-
fishers are the blood midge
hatch and the damselfly
hatch. Blood midges are
hatching now and the dam-
selflies should kick into high
gear soon.
Surface water tempera-
tures at Lake Davis are run-
ning in the mid 60-degree
range according to Jon Baioc-
chi of Baiocchi's Trouffitters.
This is a considerable in-
crease in the past couple of
weeks.
The north end of the lake is
still a bit off-color from
runoff. The rainbows are ad-
justing to water temperatures
and still spread out through
the entire lake.
Some pods of rainbows are
rising in 19 - 22 feet of water
for blood midge adults and
emergers. Jon says there are
many ways -to fly-fish the lake
right now but his best results
have come by fishing blood
midge and Callibaetis pat-
terns under an indicator in
deep water.
There is a solid blood
midge and Callibaetis hatch
most days. Damsel/lies are
still slow to appear, but a
damsel pattern fished on a
floating line with a long
leader is getting some action,
according to local guide Jay
Clark.
Frenchman Lake
, Fly anglers are doing well
stripping small buggers,
sheep creeks and Jay Fair
Wiggle Tall Nymphs on an in,
termediate or sinking lines in
See Fishing, page 7C
American Legion pitcher
Cheste r High School baseball player Ryan Bereznak pitches for American Legion team the Susanville Renegades against the
Reno Sundevils, last year, s Nevada State Champions. The Renegades lost both games of the double header, but enjoyed a
day of baseball, sunshine and the smell of a freshly cut ball park. Photo submitted .....
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