Fishing Reports

Largemouth Bass Tactics in the Surf
In this article, I will be sharing my top 3 rigs with baits to catch ...
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Largemouth Bass Tactics in the Surf

Robert Hower
Redding - The bass bite is a little tough right now at Shasta lake right ...

Shasta Lake, Trout fishing is your best option!  Bass bite is tough!

BRENTWOOD –- Los Vaqueros Reservoir, a Contra Costa Water District reservoir that receives its water ...

Big Catfish and Stripers Highlight Los Vaqueros Reservoir Reopening

The Chinook salmon fishing on the Sacramento River in the Capital City area from Verona ...

Sacramento Area Kings Challenge Anglers

BURSON – While known best for its bass fishing, the Mother Lode’s Lake Camanche, is ...

Lake Camanche Trophy Trout, Bass Lurk Above Ruins of Lancha Plana

The Golden State Salmon Association’s “Fish Like A Girl” charter group went outside the Golden ...

Wild Weather, Wild Salmon Fishing on GSSA’s ‘Fish Like a Girl’ Trip off Marin Coast

2020, the year of the COVID 19 pandemic, has been one of the top years ...

Large Kings Show at Lake Oroville This Season

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Fish Sniffer Spotlight

Ah yes, spring! The season when our fisheries heat up and anglers feel most alive ...
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How To Hook Up This Spring!

By Kevin Hofer The sport of kayak fishing has been growing rapidly the last few ...

Accessorize Your Adventure!

By Cal Kellogg Sacramento River salmon trollers are as excited as grade schoolers counting down ...

Trolling Notes For Sacramento River Kings

By Cal Kellogg I was going through my tackle assortment the other day, getting everything ...

Thinking Trout & Salmon? Think About Pulling Plastic…

I have known my friend Mike Rheuby for many years having fished against him in ...

Shallow Water Rockfishing with Black Bass Gear

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Spotlight on Conservation

U.C. Davis study finds dams are ineffective for conservation of salmon and trout
For many years, federal, state and corporate proponents of building more dams in California have touted cold water river releases provided by increased water storage behind dams as a key tool in “saving” struggling salmon and steelhead populations.   Yet a just published study by the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, Dams Ineffective for Cold-Water Conservation– 8/25/21, has found that dams are ineffective for the cold water conservation that is needed to preserve imperiled salmon, steelhead and trout.   ”Dams poorly mimic the temperature patterns California streams require to support the state’s native salmon and trout — more than ...
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Ocean salmon seasons curtailed on much of California coast, due to low Sacramento, Klamath numbers
Ocean salmon seasons curtailed on much of California coast, due to low Sacramento, Klamath numbers The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) on March 11 announced that the recreational ocean salmon fishery has been curtailed on most of the California coast, due to poor stock assessments of Sacramento River and Klamath River fall-run Chinook salmon.    The Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC), the federal management body that oversees salmon and other ocean fisheries, has adopted three alternatives for 2020 ocean salmon fisheries off Washington, Oregon and California for public review.  The Council will make a final decision on salmon seasons ...
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Rustic Rob Reimer’s Produces Memorable Sturgeon Trips!
Rustic Rob Reimer’s Produces Memorable Sturgeon Trips! By: Stacy Barawed Truth be told, I'm starting to become a fixture on Captain "Rustic" Rob Reimers' boat.  And who can blame me?  I get to fish with an experienced captain and his adorable co-captain, a three-legged rescue chihuahua named Warren, all while kicking back on a comfortable River Wild boat that is largely covered, keeping me out of the elements.   Rob invited me to go sturgeon fishing, so of course, I jumped at the chance.  But when he mentioned it would be a night trip, I was a little hesitant.  As someone ...
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REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation today announced a “virtual open” house website for the controversial Shasta Dam raise proposal EIS, officially known as the Shasta Lake Water Resources Investigation Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement: http://www.virtualpublicengagement.com/usbr_shasta/index.html. Additionally, the public comment period is extended to October 5 to allow more time for public engagement. Reclamation has been pushing the dam raise proposal for years to deliver more Sacramento River water to the Westlands Water District and other corporate agribusiness interests in the San Joaquin Valley. The Winnemem Wintu Tribe, other California Tribes, environmental groups and fishing organizations are opposing the proposal because it would ...
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