Did some exploring and fishing between Stevenson Bridge and the I-80, just south of UCD. I was out there from 7 am to 4 pm (a lot of time spent walking/picking through poison oak) and caught five fish, two largemouth, two (smallmouth? spotteds? hybrids?) bass, and a Sacramento pikeminnow. I caught the largemouth on 5" wacky rigged senkos, the other two bass on 3" swimbaits, and the pikeminnow on a trout magnet.
First fish of the day: definitely has some smallmouth in it, but in the water it had a pretty pronounced lateral stripe. I actually caught this fish twice within an hour, this picture was taken the second time around.
Second fish caught within 15 minutes of the first.
Third fish, a little more confident that this is a spotted bass, but the lack of a prominent lateral stripe threw me off.
Fourth fish, I was specifically targeting pikeminnow just to add them to my species list, I saw some larger models upstream but they wouldn't bite.
Last fish, I caught this just as I was about to leave. I sight casted a senko right in its face a couple times before it committed.
![IMG_5192.JPG](/msgboard/data/attachments/3/3029-b5f1b775ae0ca8c70c9a3654115e94dd.jpg)
First fish of the day: definitely has some smallmouth in it, but in the water it had a pretty pronounced lateral stripe. I actually caught this fish twice within an hour, this picture was taken the second time around.
![IMG_5179.JPG](/msgboard/data/attachments/3/3026-6be496d0927810aacbf6f495dad47e43.jpg)
Second fish caught within 15 minutes of the first.
![IMG_5174.JPG](/msgboard/data/attachments/3/3025-7a863818f2afbbdada630de568d2886d.jpg)
Third fish, a little more confident that this is a spotted bass, but the lack of a prominent lateral stripe threw me off.
![IMG_5182.JPG](/msgboard/data/attachments/3/3027-1e143b26e5a5c70df4e6a7684a9e8de5.jpg)
Fourth fish, I was specifically targeting pikeminnow just to add them to my species list, I saw some larger models upstream but they wouldn't bite.
![IMG_5186.JPG](/msgboard/data/attachments/3/3028-81ee3d8bdc780c9c28cee2c2dde0f5d6.jpg)
Last fish, I caught this just as I was about to leave. I sight casted a senko right in its face a couple times before it committed.
![IMG_5192.JPG](/msgboard/data/attachments/3/3029-b5f1b775ae0ca8c70c9a3654115e94dd.jpg)