Humminbird Fish Finder

Fish finder -- Published May 9, 2012

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Delta

Striped bass in various sizes, depending on the school, range 3 to 4 pounds and 9 to 12 pounds. Occasionally, fish to 17 pounds are in the mix.

Angling appears to be best on the San Joaquin River side in favorite haunts such as Three Mile Slough, Old River Flats, in a stretch of the main river from Eddo's to the Antioch Bridge and into the central Delta along Potato Slough.

Trollers run mainly deep-divers in Georgiana Slough, Mokelumne River and along Three Mile Slough and the area known as "peacocks."

Some boaters graph schools and drop spoons and jigs for nonstop action.

On the anchor, threadfin shad, shrimp and pile worms are key baits on the main San Joaquin River and on the Sacramento River side along Sandy Beach Regional Park, West Bank, Decker Island, Horseshoe and Collinsville - all below Rio Vista.

Source: Stockton Record

Johnson Outdoors second-quarter profit falls on tax rate issue

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Reported that fiscal second-quarter earnings fell to $7.3 million, or 74 cents per share, compared with $8.5 million, or 87 cents per share, for the same quarter last year.

Total net sales were $128.7 million, essentially flat with record net sales of $128.9 million in the prior year quarter.

“Exceptional new products in our largest businesses, marine electronics and diving, have created strong pre-season momentum across key channels in North America and Asia where the economic outlook is favorable,” Johnson Outdoors chairwoman and CEO Helen Johnson-Leipold said. “At the same time, military declines weighed on outdoor gear results, while efforts to address the challenges in watercraft continued.”

Source: Bizjournals.com

Grab the fry pan, we're going crappie fishing

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I sat in the bow seat of Dan Bonville's green canoe. He sat in the stern seat and was the guide for the day. Dan, of course, is a highly respected Maine guide, but he also can't stop guiding, even on a day off and when he's just fishing with his buddies. He will automatically take the stern seat, paddle for hours, and position the canoe for the bow angler to get the best cast possible. And I have no problem with being the angler in the bow seat.

North Shapleigh Pond is a pleasant southern Maine pond with a half dozen or so camps clustered at the outlet. The rest of the pond — by the rest I mean 80 percent — is undeveloped with predominantly evergreen growth covering the elevated land that slopes into the water.

Source: Seacoastonline.com