Exploring For Sierra Trout!
By Kevin Hofer When the leaves begin to change, the days get shorter, nights get cooler this is my cue to get the kayak up to the Sierras before the snow comes and closes it off for the winter. I’ve … Continued
A 5 Pound Slump Buster At Collins Lake!
By Cal Kellogg If you are a serious angler, getting skunked from time to time is part of the game, but you don’t have to like it! A few weeks back I attended the Norcal Angler’s Challenge Trout Tournament at … Continued
Anglers Bag Three Trout Over 7 Pounds at Collins Lake NTAC Event
Rob Cetinich of San Jose had a fantastic day on November 3 when he won first place in the adult division of the two-day NorCal Trout Anglers Challenge (NTAC) event at Collins Lake by landing the largest fish, a 7.92 lb. … Continued
Pulling Flies For Lake Davis Rainbows!
By Cal Kellogg Fall trout fishing is exploding throughout the Sierras and things are starting to pop in the foothills too at places like Collins Lake and New Melones. My most recent trout fishing adventure took me to Lake Davis. … Continued
Tahoe: A Lake of Superlatives and State Fish Records
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE – Legendary Lake Tahoe, straddling the state line between California and Nevada at an elevation of 6,225 feet, is a lake of superlatives and California state gamefish records. It is the largest alpine lake in North America, holding 122,160,280 acre-feet of water when full. … Continued
Lake Davis Produces Big Trout & Bigger Smiles
By Wes Ward The attention span of a twelve-year-old is about a tenth of how long it takes to read the title of this article, which can make fishing with my twelve-year-old son, Jacob, a painful experience if the bite … Continued
Pyramid Lake Trout Action Is Underway!
By Mike McNeilly If you haven’t noticed, Pyramid Lake is getting a ton of ink these days. I’m one of the guys who can’t stop writing about it. If you are sick of reading about Pyramid Lake, and you’re wondering … Continued
Monsters and Mining Towns
by Jack Naves Five o’clock Saturday morning in the hills of Amador County, I was zigzagging through windy roads in the dark. The “Historic Main St. Jackson” sign offered a point of light to contrast the dark twisted highways in … Continued
Hunting North State Bronze Via Kayak!
By Kevin Hofer In the bass world, Northern California may be best known for its largemouth in Clear Lake and the Sacramento Delta, or its giant spots at Bullards Bar, but this part of the state also has a healthy … Continued
Red Hot Oroville King Salmon Fishing with Captain Kevin Brock!
By Cal Kellogg The conditions had gone from great to not so good. The sun was high, the surface chop we’d enjoyed all morning was gone leaving the surface glassy, the bait had completely disappeared and the screen of the … Continued