Fishing Articles

Most of the trout limits are taken from boats now since the surface temperature reached 70 degrees this week. Trollers are down 20? with downriggers or three colors with monofilament line. Frank & Maggie Bradley, pictured above trolled the entire lake and caught 10 trout using flashers and nightcrawlers. Fred Libby and grandson Cody trolled with spinners around 22? down and...
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Anthony Crawford pictured above & Ed Estes could do no wrong! They trolled near the bridge using shad colored Rapalas or worms and caught two limits of trout and Anthony hooked one that weighed 7 lb. 4 oz. The same day Enrico Deasis of Antioch caught a 6 lb. 12 oz. trout trolling 20? down using a broken back Rapala. Frank,...
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If you want to join in on the CIFFI DERBY>/B> this Sat. 4/13 you can still sign in on their website. The gate will open at 5:30 am instead of 6:30 am and you can sign up then at road 4. If you are camping on Friday, you can sign up at the store Friday evening they will be here...
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96 yr. old Les Beretta says "never give up hope" of catching the BIG ONE! A couple of days ago Les caught his biggest trout ever pictured above, a 7 pound Rainbow trout. He says he fishes at least three times a week because you never know how much time you have left, so you might as well enjoy it....
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We've all heard a story about "the one that got away" and as many times as I've heard one, they never get old!! Larry Wright and his wife were shore fishing by the dam when Larry hooked the biggest trout (a 7 pounder) and when it didn't fit on his metal stringer cause the hook couldn't lock in through the...
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Collins Lake is having it's own spring fishing contest as an added incentive. Starting in March for the month of March, April and May the person who catches the biggest fish of the week will get into a drawing. The biggest Trout, the biggest Bass, and the biggest Catfish (3 names per week). At the end of each month a...
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