Caples Lake, an El Dorado Irrigation District (EID) managed reservoir in Alpine County, is one of my favorite lakes to fish in the Sierra Nevada because of both its majestic alpine scenery and fine trout fishing. The lake currently hosts … Continued
I winced as a blasting downdraft ruffled my straw hat and blew over a bag of chips. Two boats trying to troll on my port side looked like crabs slinking sideways across the lake surface. Their downrigger booms and rods … Continued
By Amos Foreman Fishing can be full of action at times other times a philosophical pursuit. I definitely experienced the latter Monday and Tuesday during two long afternoons on Santa Rosa’s Fountaingrove Lake. Sunny early June skies and a breeze … Continued
Ryan Hollister of Turlock was trolling a worm on an Uncle Larry’s spinner for trout at New Melones Lake when he hooked and landed a surprise brown bullhead catfish measuring 14 inches long on Sunday, May 27. He was fishing … Continued
The first trip I ever made to Folsom Lake was in the summer of 1963 when my aunt Alicerae drove me up to the lake to fish for bluegill. I had a great day catching bluegill in the Lakehills Estates … Continued
The landlocked king salmon fishery at Oroville has been a popular and exciting fishery at Lake Oroville since 2013, but the fishing took a back seat last year to the unfolding of events at Oroville Dam that resulted in the … Continued
The fishing didn’t start off as hot as it had when I’d visited Collins with Jason Graves and Andrea Kukulka a couple weeks before. On this early May trip, Fish Sniffer webmaster Wes Ward was my partner. Wes was in … Continued
Fishing in my local area is in a transitional period right now (in other words: not worth the time), but I was itching to get some water time in. My buddy Bret and I made plans earlier in the week … Continued
Lake Amador, located on Jackson Creek in the Mother Lode near Ione, lived up to its reputation as one of Northern California’s premier trout destinations during the NorCal trout Anglers Challenge held there on Saturday, April 28. A total of … Continued
I was using the “hybrid leadcore outfit” I’ve written so much about in the pages of the Fish Sniffer consisting of a short fluorocarbon top shot, 3 colors of 17 lb. leadcore and 20 lb. braid backing spooled on an … Continued