By Stacy Barawed The night before embarking on my first-ever trout trip, I tried to remain cautiously optimistic as 30 MPH wind gusts howled and rattled the windows of my tiny hotel room. I had been looking forward to fishing … Continued
The silvery fish leaped out of the water and then surged on one last run in the clear water. It was Memorial Day 1969 and this was the first time that I had ever fished for or hooked a … Continued
After a long battle, Joshua Giordano of Bangor landed a massive rainbow trout while fishing in the clear, cold water of the Thermalito Diversion Pool below Oroville Dam on the Feather River on Friday, May 22. The official weight on … Continued
Collins Lake, a popular rainbow trout, black bass, catfish and panfish fishery located on Dry Creek in Yuba County, is back in business after being shut down for over a month because of the coronavirus pandemic. Nestled in the beautiful Sierra … Continued
After being closed for over a month, New Melones angling has come back strong, with wide-open topwater action for bass and excellent trolling for Kokanee, according to Gene Hildebrand at Glory Hole Sports: “New Melones Reservoir has 3 boat launches … Continued
Jim Rogers of Woodland was drifting live bait from a private boat in San Francisco Bay on Saturday when he bagged a 78.2-pound white seabass, a migratory species more common in warmer waters off the coast of Southern California. The … Continued
Hello Fish Sniffer Family! Cal Kellogg here. We’ve shared it all, big fish, limits of fish, skunk days, saltwater trips, freshwater trips, droughts, high water years, good times and bad. Having said that, none of us have seen anything quite … Continued
The California Fish and Game Commission in an emergency teleconference today voted to grant the Director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife the authority to selectively restrict recreational fishing in some regions of the state after hearing from … Continued
After a teleconference meeting that descended into chaos on April 9, the California Fish and Game Commission has rescheduled to April 15, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. the emergency agenda item to consider a regulation that allows the California Department of Fish … Continued
Anglers for weeks were gearing up to fish the ocean salmon season opener in the Monterey Bay region on Saturday and in the Half Moon Bay, San Francisco Bay Area and Bodega Bay regions on April 11. But the situation … Continued