Bill Kiene semi-retired
02-12-2011, 10:49 PM
................are not fly fished near enough.
Was visiting with Nick Buckmaster tonight and he has been catching Land Locked King Salmon in Lake Berryessa this winter, from the shore with Zonkers.
He says many of the big reservoirs have had King Salmon planted in them and some are spawning in the large tributaries above the lakes.
He said that they have not planted Kings in Folsom Lake sense 1996 but they are spawning up in some of the forks of the American River above the lake now.
He has also been catching Mackinaw (Lake Trout) in Donner Lake this winter too.
Nick says that in the winter the trout and salmon in these lakes are very near the surface and near the shores too.
In the spring and fall the bass are up near the shore in the shallows too.
Mid-summer is usually not good in the low elevation deeper reservoirs.
Some years ago more fly fishers use to fish these big valley reservoirs.
Spring for bass up spawning in the shallows and fall for the Thread-fin shad activity on top.
There are hundreds of these lakes in Nor Cal:
Berryessa, Folsom, Oroville, Shasta, Pardee, Camanche, Amador, New Melones, Merle Collins, Jenkins Lake, and Camp Far West, to name a few.
Was visiting with Nick Buckmaster tonight and he has been catching Land Locked King Salmon in Lake Berryessa this winter, from the shore with Zonkers.
He says many of the big reservoirs have had King Salmon planted in them and some are spawning in the large tributaries above the lakes.
He said that they have not planted Kings in Folsom Lake sense 1996 but they are spawning up in some of the forks of the American River above the lake now.
He has also been catching Mackinaw (Lake Trout) in Donner Lake this winter too.
Nick says that in the winter the trout and salmon in these lakes are very near the surface and near the shores too.
In the spring and fall the bass are up near the shore in the shallows too.
Mid-summer is usually not good in the low elevation deeper reservoirs.
Some years ago more fly fishers use to fish these big valley reservoirs.
Spring for bass up spawning in the shallows and fall for the Thread-fin shad activity on top.
There are hundreds of these lakes in Nor Cal:
Berryessa, Folsom, Oroville, Shasta, Pardee, Camanche, Amador, New Melones, Merle Collins, Jenkins Lake, and Camp Far West, to name a few.