Dick Nichols of Dick's Fishing Charters reported good fishing on Monday with Steve Fischer of Prather and his son Brian of Clovis catching 14 to 15-inch kokanee and trout to 16-inches from the Marina to the Point. The kokanee were found at depths form 30 feet on Captain Jack Super Hoochies tipped with shoepeg corn behind a Shaver lake dodger. Dick's Trout Busters orange/green and orange /chartreuse with a tip of crawler on the end hook and corn on the in hook were effective for the trout. Nichols has also found fish in the triangle between the island, the Point and Road 2. Nichols said bank anglers are catching a few trout near the Shaver Lake Marina and Camp Edison using Kastmasters, Power Bait and night crawlers.The small mouth bass bite is picking up especially in the evenings any where around rocks. Dick Gomez at Young's Sporting Goods continues to sell nearly 10,000 live cricket per week for the smallmouth bass in Shaver and trout in the creeks. A 15-inch smallie is leading his summer tournament, and Gomez said, "This is the largest smallmouth that I have seen from Shaver in several years". A DFG plant is expected this week at both Shaver and Huntington Lakes, and this should increase the trout activity. Gomez said the overall bite at Huntington has slowed with boats averaging from 1 to 2 fish. Shaver has risen to 92% of capacity with Huntington holding at 98% of capacity
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