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

DAVIS/FRENCHMAN LAKE RAINBOW TROUT ... Friday the Thirteenth is generally regarded as unlucky day, but it was definitely a “lucky” day for Lake Davis anglers when the DFG stocked a huge load of rainbow trout in the lake.

“Davis was stocked with 900 rainbows that were 6 lbs. each, three thousand fish that weighed 2 lbs. each and eleven brood fish with the largest being a female weighing 17 lbs,” said Jerry Dollard of Dollards Sierra Market. “When and if this big fish is caught, it will be a new lake record.”

Fly fishing for rainbow trout is “as good as it gets” at Davis, due to the damsel fly hatch that is in progress now, said Dollard. Anglers using damsel fly patterns are nailing trout on the west shore from Jenkins north to Freeman.

“We’ve had many reports of trout being caught on a variety of things this week at Frenchman Lake,” said Shirley Wiggin of Wiggin’s Trading Post in Chilcoot. “Jenea Logan caught a 19 inch rainbow with a purple wooly bugger while trolling the lake’s east side at 18 to 25 feet deep.”

Bob Parry of Chilcoot says trolling is good with nightcrawlers and flashers at Big Cove. “Beadhead flashback pheasant tails and black midges are worth trying also,” she added.

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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.