Incredible Wild Rainbow Fishing On The Upper Reaches Of The Lower Sacramento

“Okay, cast up into that area of broken water,” instructed Kirk Portocarrero, and I fired my bead and slinky rig ...
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Russian River Steelhead Run Rebounds This Year  

The Russian River in Sonoma and Mendocino Counties is one of the most legendary fishing streams in California. For over ...
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Low Ocean Salmon Abundance Points to Season Restrictions

Hundreds of people, including commercial fishermen, charter boat skippers and recreational anglers, packed a large room at the Sonoma County ...
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Larger Bass Go On The Bite

Black bass fishing is picking up with the warming water and air temperatures at Clear Lake. “So, who says Clear ...
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Sturgeon Bite As Spring Striper Run Kicks In

(Brannan Island) Excitement is running high in the West Delta. The sturgeon bite has been fair to good, depending on ...
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Mother Lode Roundup

Amador (Ione) Rainbow trout fishing continues to be “pretty good,” with plants of 1200 pounds taking place every other week ...
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Sturgeon Gobble Eel

(Martinez) Captain Chris Smith of Captain Hook Sportfishing has been doing well on sturgeon, boating one or more keepers most ...
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Crab Season Opens Below Pt. Reyes!

(Berkeley) After weeks of inactivity, East Bay charter boats are once again on the water now that the recreational crabbing ...
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Spring Trout Plants Begin!

(Oregon House) The spring trout plants have begun as Collins Lake continues to rise from the storms. Collins Lake has ...
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East Bay Lakes Roundup

Los Vaqueros  (Byron) You never know what you might catch when you go trout fishing at Los Vaqueros Reservoir. Jjust ...
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On The Hunt For Suisun Bay Sturgeon

With five Fish Sniffer supporters all itching to catch a sturgeon aboard Captain Chris Smith’s Captain Hook, I didn’t even ...
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When Disaster Strikes

(Orangevale) At first glance the American River appears to most as a slow, lazy river that winds through the heart of ...
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Rancho Seco NTAC Event Yields Feisty Trout And Surprise Crappie

The Norcal Trout Angler Tour event at the Rancho Seco Recreation Area on Saturday, February 20 drew 150 anglers to ...
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East Bay Lakes Roundup

Los Vaqueros (Byron) Though the water at Los Vaqueros is cold at 52 to 53 degrees, recent rains have brought ...
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Largemouth Action Heats Up

(Clearlake Oaks) Largemouth bass action is heating up at Clear Lake as the water rises from recent storms. “The water ...
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Finding Clear Water Key To San Joaquin Success

(Stockton) The San Joaquin River was once a hotbed for sturgeon fishermen with legendary Delta fishermen such as Jolly Jay ...
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Rancho Seco To Host NorCal Trout Anglers Challenge Event On February 20!

The story behind the Rancho Seco Recreation areas and the fantastic fishing it features is fascinating. The Rancho Seco Recreation ...
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Get Big And Ugly For High Water Steelhead

 “That is a ridiculous looking presentation,” I thought to myself. “What stupid fish would eat such an atrocious looking concoction?” ...
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Is There A California Trout Shortage? The CDFW Comes Clean!

We dream of big wild brown trout lurking in high Sierra lakes, chrome bright king salmon slamming baits outside the ...
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Young Andrew Beard Tops San Pablo NTAC Event With 4.72 Lb. Rainbow

The 2016 NorCal Trout Anglers Challenge event held at San Pablo Reservoir on February 6 featured the best fishing of ...
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