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

LAKE ALMANOR BROWNS & RAINBOWS... If you dream of catching big, hard-fighting trout in a beautiful high mountain setting, Lake Almanor is the destination for you. Mount Lassen is mantled in snow, the lake’s trout have come to life and are on a solid bite and hot smallmouth bass action is right around the corner.

“I went out this morning and did really well,” exclaimed Doug Neal of Almanor Fishing Adventures on April 24. “I could have had a limit of trout by 9 o’clock, if I wasn’t catching and releasing my fish. I have guided trips scheduled for the next 4 days, so my goal this morning was to locate a good concentration of fish.”

As a result, he decided to concentrate on bait fishing using worms smeared with a 50/50 mix of Pro-Cure Super Gel in the trophy trout and garlic scents.

“I got hit on my first drop of the day before my bait had a chance to get to the bottom. I missed the first fish, but another one hit on the second drop. I’d probably been fishing for less than 3 minutes when I brought the first fish to the boat. It was a beautiful 16 inch rainbow. I caught a couple rainbows before the browns started hitting. In all I brought 6 fish to the boat and one of them was a brown that probably would have weighed about 4 pounds,” said Neal.”

As of press time the lake temperature was holding at 48 degrees. As soon as the temperature climbs into the lower fifties, anglers can expect the smallmouth bass bite to come on strong.

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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.