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Hot-Bites Fishing Report By the Fish Sniffer Staff	June 15, 2009 Updated Regularly

FRENCHMAN/DAVIS TROUT... Shore fishermen appear to have the advantage over trollers at Frenchman Lake, although trollers are taking some gorgeous rainbow trout also.

Bank anglers are experiencing the top action at Turkey Point and Crystal Point while soaking inflated nightcrawlers or nightcrawler/marshmallow combinations. The fish are healthy rainbows ranging from 14 to 21 inches long, according to Terry Stancil at Wiggin's Trading Post.

"Trollers are hooking trout while using copper/redhead Dick Nites, yellow, red and green Roostertails and Luhr Jensen spinners," said Stancil.

Limits of trout are also the rule at Lake Davis, where fishing has turned red hot over the last week, as the surface water temperature has risen to 64 degrees.

"Fly fishing leads the way, as the damsel hatch has started in limited areas of the lake," said Jerry Dollard at Dollard's Sierra Market in Portola. "Even where there is no damsel activity, fishing can be good. Try NW Mosquito, Freeman, Cow and Jenkins for good results."

Mitch Matsumoto gave the best report of the weekend while fly fishing the Cow Creek area. He caught and released 60 fish from 7 am to 12:30 pm casting and stripping a Sheep Creek Special on an intermediate sinking line from his kayak. 20 fish ranged from 17 to 22 inches while the rest averaged 12 to 15 inches.

Trolling is also producing good results, with Dillard's Guided Fishing catching and releasing 40 to 50 fish a day on the weekend. The anglers trolled with Wee Dick Nites, Needlefish in Red Dot Frog #1, Fire Tiger #1 and Metallic Perch #1 in about 25 feet of water to a depth of about 6 to 8 feet.

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The Feather River system is fed by most of the North Sierras. It features salmon runs and a large native trout population. Lake Almanor has trout, largemouth and smallmouth bass, catfish and carp. Eagle Lake is home of the Eagle Lake Trout, an alkaline variety that grow so large that a 3 pounder is considered a "so what" catch. Other lakes to consider are Lake Oroville, Bucks Lake, and New Bullards Bar Reservoir. All are productive warm water fisheries. Antelope Lake, Butt Valley Reservoir, and Juniper Lake are good bets for trout. The area is also crossed by many creeks loaded with rainbow and brook trout.