. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. ANGLING AT FOLSOM LAKE 81 The boat angler catch rate for sunfish was low from January 11ii-oii<rh May. Angler success began to improve in June and reached a ])eak of fish per hour in July (l^Mgui-e 2). Catch rates remained rela- tively high through October, declined in November, ;iiid inercised lo summer levels in December. Catfish angling (boat fishermen) was characterized by two ])eaks in angler success: a minor one in Febru
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. ANGLING AT FOLSOM LAKE 81 The boat angler catch rate for sunfish was low from January 11ii-oii<rh May. Angler success began to improve in June and reached a ])eak of fish per hour in July (l^Mgui-e 2). Catch rates remained rela- tively high through October, declined in November, ;iiid inercised lo summer levels in December. Catfish angling (boat fishermen) was characterized by two ])eaks in angler success: a minor one in February when the catch rate was fish per hour and a second in August and September Avhen catch rates of and were recorded. Angler success in the remaining months was below fish per hour. The February peak was dominaled l)y brown bullhead and the August and September peak by white <'atfish. Seasonal trends in catch rates of shoi-e anglers were roughly similar to those of boat anglers (Figure 3). Largemouth and smalhuoulh bass had comparable spring and fall peaks in angler success. Sunlish were dominant in summer, and catfish angler success was again character- ized by peaks in angling quality in February and in September and October. Generally, shore anglers had higher catch rates for sunfish and catfish, while boat angler success was greater for largemouth and smallmouth bass. 1,0- i I ^ o ^ CT c o fe CL § 0-4- o o 02- All gamefish species Largemouth bass and smallmouth bass Bluegill,green sunfish and redear sunfish White catfish,brown bullheod, black bullhead,and channel catfish. Jan. ?;r' Mar ' Apr ' May ' June ' JuIr^7^g~^eP^ Oct ' Nov ' Dec FIGURE 3. Seasonal trends in catch per angler hour for shore anglers at Folsom Lake, 1962. Ano-ler success for rainbow trout (not shown in Figures 2 and 3) was uniformlv low throughout the year. This species made its most sig- nificant contribution to the catch in April, May, and
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