Here Comes The Prespawn, Get Ready For The Most Exciting Bass Action Of The Year!

By Cal Kellogg I am sure that many of you are familiar with the expression “I have no idea how ...
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Port of West Sacramento Delivers Stripers, Catfish and Black Bass

While the industrial-looking Port of West Sacramento and the Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel might first seem like strange places ...
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Get Big and Ugly For High Water Steelhead

By Mike McNeilly “That is a ridiculous looking presentation,” I thought to myself. “What stupid fish would eat such an ...
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Winter Bassing At Bullards Bar

By Kevin Hofer, Kayak City Fishing Team Despite the days getting longer we are still locked in winter for a ...
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Urban Anglers Work Hard for Steelhead on American River Opener

Steelhead fishing on the upper section of the American River opened on January 1 with clear and cold water conditions ...
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Top Late Winter & Spring Trout Destinations for Golden State Anglers

By Cal Kellogg As I sit here at my desk looking out the window, thinking about trout fishing the midday ...
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Clear Lake Kayak Catfish Hunt!

By Kevin Hofer Known to many as the “Bass Capital of the West” there is a lot more to this ...
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Circle The Wagons For Delta Striped Bass

by Jack Naves Using bait is a great way to put fish into the boat when fishing for striped bass ...
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Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area Offers Trout, Catfish & Black Bass

Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area Offers Trout, Catfish & Black Bass

On a cold December morning in 2001, my cousin, the late Tom Mulderrig, and I arrived to sit in a ...
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Record Numbers of Salmon Return to Mokelumne River Fish Hatchery

The Mokelumne River Hatchery in Clements is hosting the return of big numbers of fall-run Chinook salmon from the ocean ...
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Amador In Winter: A Great Place For Trout Junkies

By Cal Kellogg Later the fog would burn off, but just after dawn when I arrived a heavy overcast hung ...
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Wide Open West Delta Striper & Sturgeon Action

By Jack NavesI looked up to check my striper rod, but it stood frozen against the clear blue sky. I ...
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Fish Sniffer Subscriber Caught and Released Potential State Record Steelhead

Any time you fish on the North Coast’s legendary Smith River, you have a chance of catching a new state ...
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Fantastic Fall Fishing & Prayers for Paradise

It feels kind of ridiculous, or at least out of place, to be writing about fishing when our hearts, minds ...
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Fall Offers Solitude for Trout, Bass & Crappie Anglers at Rollins Lake

Situated amidst a conifer forest on the Bear River in Nevada County near Colfax, Rollins Reservoir is like two different ...
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2018 Shasta Fall Trout Derby – Beautiful Weather and Tough Fishing!

By Paul J. Kneeland The 19th Annual Shasta Lake Fall Trout derby took place on the weekend of October 20 ...
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Kayaking For Almanor’s Trophy Trout!

By Cal Kellogg Lake Almanor is at once inspiring and frustrating. To be sure, the trout that dreams are made ...
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Collins Lake Anglers Nail Big, Bold Trout at NTAC Tournament of Champions

Participants in the NorCal Trout Anglers Challenge Tournament of Champions at Collins Lake, sponsored by the Fish Sniffer magazine and ...
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Limits of Salmon in the City Limits

By Dan Bacher In spite of the forecast of modest numbers of salmon on the ocean this season by the ...
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Opening Days at Pyramid!

By Paul J. Kneeland The October opening of trout season at Pyramid Lake is a date my friends and I ...
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