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Hot-Bites Fishing Report By the Fish Sniffer Staff	April 30, 2008 Updated Regularly

McCLURE BASS & TROUT... Bass anglers working the beds for bass will find darker colors more productive at Lake Don Pedro. Chuck Rowell of A-1 Bait and Tackle suggests anglers work water 10-15 feet deep for good action.

“It seems dark purple with a red bloodline is the key color right now,” tipped Rowell. “Margarita Mutilator has been a very effective color; other colors that have worked are crawdad patterns as well as shad patterns. There has also been an early topwater spook bite just about every day.”

Trout trollers will find the best action on Excel shad pattern spoons as well as flashers paired with a nightcrawler tipped Wedding Ring – trolled 35-40 feet deep - at the dam and Temperance Creek areas. Crappie are biting with limits possible in Horseshoe Bend and Piney Creek – look for structure about 30 feet deep.

 “McSwain is making very heavy trout plants, in anticipation of their upcoming derby,” said Rowell. “Trollers working the surface to twenty-five feet deep with Rocky Mountain Assassin spinners paired with a chrome dodger are seeing limits. Bank anglers have bagged fish up to six pounds with rainbow Power Bait in the Brushpile area.”

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Area Fishing Maps Lake Don Pedro

The San Francisco bay offers a wide variety of fishing opportunities. All the anadromous species pass through the Golden Gate during their migrations. In the bay you will find California halibut, leopard shark, sturgeon, and striped bass. The sportfishing fleet frequents the Cordell Banks and the Farallon Islands. Both are excellent rock fisheries and during the season you will also find salmon. The local reservoirs provide warm water fresh fishing with the most notable being San Pablo Reservoir. Every once and a while you hear of a bass pushing 10 lbs. If you're in the Bay Area and you just have to fish, this might be the spot. Pier fishing is available at Pacifica and Berkeley.