Have you heard about the new Shim-Abu-Dia-Lew baitcasters? They’ve got 200 ball bearings and generate 5,000 pounds of drag pressure! Yep fishing reels are hot, but we won’t be talking about them in this article. We also won’t be discussing … Continued
(South Lake Tahoe) “My clients and I have been getting limits of macks in the 3 to 7 pound range, with a handful of larger fish in the 8 to 14 pound class showing up occasionally,” reported Gene St. Denis … Continued
“Okay, cast up into that area of broken water,” instructed Kirk Portocarrero, and I fired my bead and slinky rig up stream. The water was about 10 feet deep so it took a second or two for the rig … Continued
By the numbers, trout are the West Coast’s most popular species of gamefish. In addition to their beauty, trout enjoy a broad distribution that few other West Coast gamefish can match. Trout are at home in pristine high country … Continued
(Brannan Island) Excitement is running high in the West Delta. The sturgeon bite has been fair to good, depending on the day and the spring striper run is just getting started. Captain David Hammond of Delta Pro Fishing has … Continued
(Martinez) Captain Chris Smith of Captain Hook Sportfishing has been doing well on sturgeon, boating one or more keepers most days while fishing out of the Martinez Marina. Anglers fishing with Smith not only have a good chance of … Continued
(Berkeley) After weeks of inactivity, East Bay charter boats are once again on the water now that the recreational crabbing season has opened south of Point Reyes. The Happy Hooker piloted by Captain Jim Smith, headed out on the hunt … Continued
When it comes time to set the hook with various baits and on various species of fish the approach is pretty simple and universally accepted. Working a topwater walking bait is a perfect example…You’ll see the bite before you feel … Continued
With five Fish Sniffer supporters all itching to catch a sturgeon aboard Captain Chris Smith’s Captain Hook, I didn’t even plan on picking up a fishing rod during the trip and in retrospect maybe it would have been better if … Continued
We dream of big wild brown trout lurking in high Sierra lakes, chrome bright king salmon slamming baits outside the Golden Gate and acrobatic steelhead surging up storm swollen coastal rivers… While California offers anglers chances at some very iconic … Continued