Early Scouting The Key To Dealing With Cold Front Bass By David A. Brown “You gotta have a dream, if you don’t have a dream, how you gonna have a dream come true?” That memorable tune from South Pacific finds … Continued
Do you remember 1989? That was the year when the 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake devastated the Bay Area and the Oakland Athletics led by Ricky Henderson devastated the San Francisco Giants in the World Series! While the earthquake and the … Continued
ANGELS CAMP – Chris Peterson of Folsom, the co-producer of the BABC tournaments, was fishing on the main body of New Melones Reservoir on January 25 when he caught and released a new lake record rainbow trout weighing 14 pounds, … Continued
In preparation for the Lake’s season opener, which coincides with the NorCal Trout Angler’s Challenge season opener on Feb 3rd, 8,000 pounds of Mt Lassen Rainbows have been planted in San Pablo Reservoir! This should make the fishing “off the … Continued
With sturgeon biting in the bays, stripers still chomping in the Delta and hot trout action at places like New Melones and Berryessa, Folsom Lake is being largely overlooked these days. On one hand, the fishing at Folsom isn’t red … Continued
Sugar Pine Reservoir, a beautiful mid-elevation American River watershed lake located north of Foresthill, is most renowned for its rainbow trout fishing, but it also offers sleeper fishing for smallmouth, largemouth and spotted bass, channel catfish and sunfish. While the … Continued
The first time, I was talking to Gena. I was half paying attention to her, half paying attention to my rig…LOL! When the strike came, I set, but a beat late. I felt the hook grab for an instant and … Continued
Lake Chabot, a scenic East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) reservoir situated in the foothills east of San Leandro in the unincorporated area of Castro Valley, is a popular destination for anglers in search of trophy bass, crappie, rainbow trout … Continued
Picture the best fireworks display you’ve ever seen: Blast after thunderous blast, with a myriad of dazzling elements all competing for your attention. That’s kind of how it is with the fall bass gorge fest; that exciting time when largemouth, … Continued
Joe Hill of North Highlands won first place in the adult division of the NorCal Trout Anglers Challenge Tournament of Champions at Collins Lake on November 4-5 by catching the largest fish, a rainbow trout weighing 4.48 pounds. He was … Continued