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6C Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011 Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Re porter Triathlon strong A group of local women raced in the Luna Bar Women's Triathlon Sunday, Sept. 11, at Rancho Seco Park in Sacramento, after training for the event through a class at Feather River Fitness in Quincy. From left: Gia Martynn, Mandy Payne, Lauren Harris (who finished fifth in her age division), Nina Harris, Erika Brenzovich, Peggy Gustafson (fifth in her age division), Kyle Merriam, Tracy Sims (third in her age division) and Lori Beeson. Photo submitted Applications are now being "'Wild Justice' has givenopportunity to patrol ocean, accepted for the Department many hopeful candidates adesert, mountain and valley of Fish and Game (DFG) War- clear picture of the intensive environments, as well as Cal- den Academy at Butte Col- law enforcement nature of a ifornia's urban areas. They lege in Oroville. The acade- game warden," said DFG re- frequently work indepen- my class will begin in Janu- cruiter Lt. Jeff Longwell. dently and conduct full-scale ary 2013 and is scheduled to "Game wardens are chargedlaw enforcement investiga- graduate in September 2013. with ensuring public safety, tions. The application deadline is investigating illegal sales of Wardens employ every- Nov. 4. wildlife and parts thereof, thing from aU-terrain vehi- An increase in the number protecting the state from pol- cles to jet skis to snowmo- of applications received is ex- lution, enforcing habitat pro- biles while on patrol, and pected as a result of the fin'st tection laws, fighting illegal spend much of a typical day season of "Wild Justice," a drug trafficking, keeping the making contact with Califor- reality show that premiered homeland secure and re- nians in the great outdoors. on the National Geographic sponding during natural dis- DFG has a dive team and us- Channel in November 2010. asters." es K-9 partners as well. The popular show chronicles A typical day for a Califor- Environmental crimes and California game wardens' ef- nia game warden is as di-pollution incidents als0 fall forts to combat poachers and verse as the state's fish and under the purview of game polluters, wildlife. Wardens have the wardens. Annually, wardens Corey & VanMeter, owners make contact with more than 295,000 people and issue more than 15,000 citations for vio- lations of the law. DFG's academy at Butte College is Peace Officer Stan- dards and Training certified. Cadets are trained to be po- lice officers with specific em- phasis on working as war- dens. In California, with 159,000 square miles that offer habi- tat and wildlife diversity un- equaled by any other state, the average warden has a pa- trol district of more than 600 square miles. The state has more than 1,100 miles of coastline, 30,000 miles of rivers and streams, 4,800 lakes and reservoirs, three desert habitat areas and scores of high mountain peaks. More information and ap- plications are available at dfg.ca.gov/enforcement. Ap- plications are now being ac- cepted online and must be postmarked by the due date for each category described above. To learn more about game wardens, view DFG's new recruitment videos at dfg.ca.gov/enforcement/career Expert Service 0 • • • Climbing • View Clearing • Masticating • Fire Prevention • Chipping , Setf Loader L.g Truck + D.mptruck * Bobcat , • Snow Removal + !i and Much More Fishing still a bit slow, but will improve Michael Condon Staff Writer mcondon@plumasnews.com Nothing makes a.fish bigger than almost being caught. --Author Unknown Day length is getting short- er by nearly two minutes a day. High temperatures are on the decline. Fall is just around the cor- ner. The fishing will soon be in transition to a fall pattern. But it is not there yet. We are still in a late sum- mer pattern. That means the fishing is a bit on the slow side. But don't despair; pa- tient anglers are being re- warded with nice fish. And besides, what is better than a day on your favorite lake or stream? Lake Almanor The late summer pattern still prevails at Almanor but the transition to a fall pattern is just around the corner. The key to the late summer pattern is the fish are now fo- cusing on the pond smelt. The pond smelt are plump and plentiful, and the insect hatches in the lake are pretty much over for the year. According to fishlhg guide Doug Neal of Almanor Fish- ing Adventures, pond smelt are very abundant this year and the fish are after them. White Gitzits jigs have been the best bet for trout the past few days. Doug suggests trolling from 35 to 55 feet down. Fishing isn't red hot, but patient an- glers are finding fish. For bait anglers, anchovy tails fished six feet off the bot- tom, with Pro-Cure Herring Super Gel, have been the most productive bait for salmon. Crickets, meal worms and night crawlers all work for trout. The "on anchor bait bite" is a good way to go, ac- cording to Doug. Some of A1- manor's bigger fish are often caught with suspended baits, especially this time of year. From late summer into the fall season, anglers that take their sweet time and sit on an- chor near places like the A- Frame, Snag, Spar Buoy and Big Springs will get fish, some very large. Butt Lake The Butt Lake powerhouse is running and there are fish in the inlet. Some of A1- manor's abundant pond smelt are getting caught up in the water coming through the powerhouse creating a chum line in the inlet. This is a good time to try for some of Butt Lake's sizeable trout. Try white jigs or Gitzits. Fishing during low light con- ditions can be very effective. Lakes Basin Fishing at Lakes Basin will be terrible for the next sever- al days. I am not just saying that be- cause as this newspaper hits the streets I will be camping and fishing there with some old friends for several days. OK. Maybe that is why I am saying it. What the heck. Come on up. There are plen'ty of lakes and plenty of fish to go around. The fishing at the many lakes in the Lakes Basin area is seldom red hot, although I have had a few excellent days in previous fall seasons. But it is hard to image a more pleasant and more beau- tiful place to fish. My friends and I will be sampling several of the lakes close to the road system from our kayaks. Lakes Basin presents an- other interesting and pleasant dilemma. As we were planning our meals for camp, someone sug- gested we hit one of the lodges for dinner one night. Packer Lake Lodge, Gold Lake Lodge and Sardine Lake Lodge all of- fer outstanding meals. You can check out their menus online at packer- lakelodge.com, sardinelakere- sort.com and gold- lakelodge.com. Stream fishing Stream fishing remains good. Insect hatches arb plen- %e. (- . tiful and stream :~ows and water temperatures ~lre near- ly ideal. The slower stretches of the North and Middle forks Feather River may be a bit on the warm side. In these areas, look for the tributaries. Trout will move into the tributaries in search of cooler water. Water temperature isn't just a matter of comfort to fish. Warmer water contains less oxygen, which is a criti- cal habitat component for the fish. r 1