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FISHING REPORT

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Lake Almanor

The cooler than normal water temperatures have kept fish from concentrating in areas of colder water until just recently. Action at inlets such as the North Fork Feather River, just outside Chester, Bailey Creek or Hamilton Branch is on the increase.

Local guide Roger Keeling of Almanor Fishing Adventures has been fishing the east side all month and said it's been getting better every day.

He has been hooking up rainbows and browns, 16 - 22 inches, trolling threaded crawlers at 27 and 30 feet down.

Bait fishing has been best in the late afternoon and evening with nice browns over 3 pounds whacking the cricket/mealworm combo 4 feet off the bottom.

Almanor is a large lake and not an easy one to learn. If you are new to fishing Almanor, there is no better way to learn than to go with a guide.

Keeling has had many years of experience on Almanor; he knows the lake well and takes good care of his clients. He can be reached at 258-6732.

Almanor area streams

Best fishing is in the morning and evening when trout are the most active. At Deer Creek, the best action is in the top section from Elam Campground down to Deer Creek Falls.

Good numbers of hatchery trout willing to take an attrac-tor dry with a decent drift. Midday, search for deep pools

or take a break. Evening picks up with prime time dry fly fishing from 6 p.m. to dusk. Not a lot of fish over 12 inches, but lots of action for beginning anglers.

The North Fork of the Feather River above Chester and Hamilton Branch have been planted with catchable rainbows recently.

The usual baits and small spinners are a good bet. For the fly fishers, try attractor dries such as irresistible Adams or parachute light Cahill.

Antelope Lake

Although Antelope Lake may not yield as many large fish as other Plumas County lakes, it continues to produce good numbers of fish.

This may be due to generous fish stocking by the Department of Fish and Game in an effort to lure fishermen back to Antelope after a series of severe fires scorched the landscape around the lake.

In the short term, it's hard to look at these burned-over landscapes and see anything other than destruction. However, the vegetation and the wildlife are returning in abundance.

In the longer view these burned-over forests demonstrate renewal in its most basic form. I highly recommend a trip to Antelope Lake. Don't fixate on the destruction.

Fixate on the renewal. But, don't fixate too long. There are plenty of fish to be caught. Try trolling near the dam.



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