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
By Cal Kellogg When most of us think about trout fishing we visualize mountain streams, lakes and reservoir. This is only natural, since these are the types of waters we fish most often, but in doing so we are missing … 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
SACRAMENTO— In the latest lawsuit to contest federal water policies, three environmental groups on May 20 sued the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation over the granting of permanent federal water contracts to water users supplied by the Central Valley Project (CVP). The lawsuit, brought by … 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
SACRAMENTO – A federal court on Monday, May 11, granted a preliminary injunction in two lawsuits — one filed by the state and the other by fishing and conservation groups — challenging the Trump Administration’s expansion of water export operations in the Central Valley. … Continued
On April 30 during the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the negotiators for the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Contractors finalized an Agreement In Principle (AIP) for the State Contract Amendment for Delta Conveyance, according to a notice sent out … 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