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• Cash for clunkers

• Gettin' trimmed at the All-American Barber Shop

• Galt Festival celebrates 50th anniversary

• Lodi fireworks on schedule for Saturday

• Lodi Unified School District's Barbara Johnston secures job in Berryessa

• Regional Roundup

• Holiday Closures

November 21st, 2009

• Logbook

• Holiday drive spreads cheer to U.S. troops

• Galt High students want board to approve open-campus policy

• Poisoning victims remain hospitalized

• Expert: Half a mushroom cap can be deadly

• Tokay grad files claim over Lodi's Grape Bowl

• Lodi Middle School holds annual Turkey Trot

• Regional Roundup

• No motive or suspect in shooting

• Sacramento cop arrested for alleged kidnapping

November 20th, 2009

• Acampo woman killed

• Salvation Army Kettle Kickoff

• Advocacy groups sue East Bay Municipal Utility District over Pardee expansion

• Regional Roundup

• Galt plans to help residents with energy-efficient projects

• Stable southeast of Lodi approved

• One year after a heart attack, Lodi's Judy Mims thanks rescuers

• National Guard troops return home in time for the holidays

• Real estate market gets on more solid ground

November 19th, 2009

• Operation: Christmas

• Logbook

• Suspect arrested after hiding in fridge

• Chase ends in crash

• Galt Joint Union High School Distric hires new superintendent

• Sales tax hike yields dividends: 5 new officers join Galt Police

• Lodi Unified School District board votes to cancel summer school for 2010

• Water surges in Mokelumne River yield more salmon

• Lodi City Council will consider redevelopment next June

• Lodi City Council plans to cap number of taco trucks at 22

• Corrections

November 18th, 2009

• Regional Roundup

• Paranormal group conducts second investigation of building

• Congress allocates money for local water projects

• Sarah Palin's book hits the shelves: Locals react

• Lodi man finds wife's ashes during police display of stolen property

• Galt City Council rejects study on rent stabilization

November 17th, 2009

• Paying tribute to a Lodian

• Lodi Budget and Finance Committee to look into ways to save money on employee benefits

• Regional Roundup

• Decision on summer school expected at tonight's Lodi Unified School District meeting

• Clements gets free water rescue boat

• Redevelopment to be discussed by Lodi City Council again

• Court reinstates death penalty for killer of Lodi grad

• Clarification

November 16th, 2009

• Correction

• Public Meetings

• City Council 'triple-dog dared' to ditch cars, use Lodi buses

• Sierra Adventure store to close after four years in Downtown Lodi

• Lodi's First Sip event showcases area wineries' latest vintages

• Three members of Lodi-area family fall ill after eating poisonous mushrooms they reportedly found at Lodi Lake

• Regional Roundup

November 14th, 2009

• Galt school district narrows superintendent search to one

• Regional Roundup

• Despite budget cuts, some Lodi Unified School District salaries continue to rise

• Watchful neighbor in Lodi helped bust suspected burglars

• New Galt city manager juggles job, family

• Despite an increase in homeless students, school districts look to bolster enrollment, raise revenue

• A first look at 2009 vintages at Lodi's First Sip wine-tasting event

The following stories have received the most reader comments during the last 7 days.

• The country's mess is our fault (165)
• Obama is not a moderate (130)
• Sarah Palin's book hits the shelves: Locals react (71)
• Lodi City Council plans to cap number of taco trucks at 22 (49)
• Public health care is a Christian option (31)
• The haves should help the have-nots (30)
• Tokay in, traveling to unbeaten No. 3 Grant for football playoffs (25)
• Government-run health care is a bad idea (18)
• Young woman fatally shot at Acampo home (17)
• Sierra Adventure store to close after four years in Downtown Lodi (16)

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Fishing with Russ

At New Melones, the kokanee bite is still very good. Fish are at about 60 feet deep and are hitting on hoochies in pink/white and white/green behind a Vance dodger in either of two colors, watermelon copper or the new blue copper. Start from either Tuttle Town or Glory Hole ramp and troll all the way to the south end of the lake.

Kokanee Power had their annual Kokanee Derby last weekend and the largest catch was a 17-inch fish in the kokanee division.

At Pardee, the trollers are being rewarded a bit better lately with both rainbow trout and kokanee. The bite is doing better and the depths for trout are best at 20 to 40 feet and kokanee at 50 to 70 feet. Best areas to try are the mouth of the river and inside the river channel upstream to the point across from grapevine gulch.

Best lures for the kokanee are spinners tipped with either shoepeg corn or a small piece of nightcrawler. Troll mini-hoochies in either pink or orange behind a Seps sidekick orange copper or neon orange.

Trout trollers are doing best trolling Half Fast blades and crawler combination or small spoons behind a dodger.

At Camanche, trout are doing well using small spoons while trolling the river channel of the lake from about 300 yards east of Big Hat Island all the way to the dam. Use small spoons such as the Sockeye Slammer, Excel or R Lure. The fish are 25 to 40 feet deep and you should be trolling at 2 to 3 miles per hour for best results. Dave Douglas of Lodi caught three kokanee this past week in one outing along with numerous rainbows.

At Caples Lake, a large plant of big trout was planted in this impoundment last week and the catch has been very good both for boat and bank fishermen. Catches of 6-to-10 pound fish have not been uncommon. Use Kastmaster or Magic Bullet for good action from the bank. Trollers are using spoons like the Excel, R Lure and Needlefish for excellent results.

At Hogan, the striped bass are starting to hit. The trollers are reporting a very limited bite on shad and anchovies in the open water. No reports of boiling at this time.

Local fisherman Russ Faught is the owner of Fisherman's Friend in Lodi. To view his Web site go to www.mrkokanee.com.