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Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter
Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011
5C
Winter is here, but
where are the storms?
Michael Condon
Staff Writer
mcondon@plumasnews.com
"The trouble with weather
forecasting is that it's right
too often for us to ignore it
and wrong too often for us to
rely on it." --Patrick Young
The recent weather has
been a very mixed blessing.
I got a bit nervous when
we got our first snow during
the first week of October. I
am not a huge fan of heavy
snow years and that seemed
to me like a bad omen.
As it turns out, we have
only had a few light snows
in the nearly three months
since then.
• The lack of snow has al-
lowed for great access to lo-
cal lakes. Even the boat
ramps are still open in many
areas.
With the exception of Ea-
gle Lake, most lakes are still
plenty high thanks to last
year's abundant precipita-
tion.
But enough is enough. Or
in this case, not enough. We
need the snowpack to main-
tain our fisheries and other
resources into the future.
I am ready for some
storms. (I just bought a new
snow plow!)
Come on Mr. Weather-
man. Bring it on!
I won't grumble while I
plow the snow. I will just
take solace in knowing the
days are getting longer now.
Frenchman Lake
There is ice on the east
side of the lake in the morn-
ing and it is starting to stay
longer and longer each day,
aCCo~ling tothe folks a~-
Wlggin's Trading Post:
The west side of the lake is
still open and anglers are
catching limits near Lunk-
ers Point and just north of
the boat landing.
Shore fishing has been
good with catches of rain-
bow trout in the 14- to 18-
inch range.
Shore anglers are using
night crawlers and marsh-
mallows. Some are using
PowerBait (rainbow and
garlic) with good results.
The roads around the lake
are still passable, but there
is ice early in the day so dri-
ve carefully.
Early afternoon seems to
be the best time to fish.
Call Wiggin's Trading
Post (993-4683) for the latest
condition.
Lake Davis.
There has been plenty of
open water at Mallard Cove
recently, but with the cur-
rent cold weather that could
change any day. The fishing
in the open water has been
very good.
Elsewhere, the lake is just
about completely frozen.
Folks started ice fishing
near the dam last week and
there are reports: of som~
nice fish being caught there.
It is still early~ so be very
careful on the ice.
Lake Almanor
Shore anglers at Geritol
Cove near Canyon Dam
have been catching brown
trout all month. Try eggs
near the bottom or drift a
baby night crawler about 8
to 10 feet deep.
Fly fishers have been
catching some nice rain-
bows in the spring- or creek.
fed coves along the west
shore of the lake. Try
midges in size 18 and 20.
Larger woolly buggers may
work as well.
Doug Neal of Almanor
Fishing Adventures advises
trollers that the water clari-
ty is only about B feet. He
suggests using dodgers to
compensate for the lower
water clarity as part of your
trolling strategy. Doug likes
the 04 size UV dodgers with
a threaded night crawler
about 16 inches back.
International Sports-
men's Exposition
The mother of all fishing
and hunting shows, the '!In-
ternational Sportsmen's Ex-
po" is coming to Sacramento
Jan. 19 - 22.
There will be hundreds of
vendors displaying the lat-
est in gear for the outdoor
enthusiast; everything from
fishing lures to camping
gear to high end fishing
boats.
Outfitter guides from all
over the country and even
international destinations
will be there. There will be
demonstrations of every-
thing from fly casting to
working hunting dogs to
game preparation.
My favorite features are
the seminars. There are
dozens to choose from and
they cover every imaginable
fishing and hunting related
topic.
Doug Neal of Almanor
Fishing Adventures will pre-
sent "Trolling and Still-fish-
ing Techniques for Lake Al-
moner and Beyond." I at-
tended Doug's seminar last.
year and it is excellent. He
shares some great tips and
fishing rigs that will im-
prove your fishing at A1-
manor as well as other
lakes. I highly recommend
it.
Another seminar that I am
looking forward to this year.
is "A New Approach to Still-
water Fly-Fishing" by Hal
Janssen.
Hal is a bit of a legend in
the fly-fishing community
and a regular at Lake A1-
manor.
For more information on
the Sportsmen's Expo, check
out sportsexpos.com.
Stay warm, be careful on
the .ice and .have a ~,ppy
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