Bank anglers did the best in the NorCal Trout Anglers Challenge event, sponsored by Angler’s Press and the Fish Sniffer magazine, at Lake Pardee during a cold front that moved into the Mother Lode days before. “Although the forecast … Continued
The NorCal Trout Anglers Challenge (NTAC) tour kicked off the 2018 season on February 3 with superb fishing and unseasonably warm, sunny weather at San Pablo Reservoir, nestled in the green, rolling hills of El Sobrante in the East Bay. … Continued
You can enjoy both numbers and size when it comes to fishing for black bass on Lake Camanche. Just ask Albert Berends, former Fish Sniffer staffer and avid bass angler, who reported the trip of a lifetime on the East … Continued
ANGELS CAMP – Chris Peterson of Folsom, the co-producer of the BABC tournaments, was fishing on the main body of New Melones Reservoir on January 25 when he caught and released a new lake record rainbow trout weighing 14 pounds, … Continued
CASTRO VALLEY = Francisco Escobar of Castro Valley carefully caught and released a 2.34 lb crappie at Lake Chabot, a new lake record, today, August 16. He landed the fish while fishing a lure near tules. The most consistent fishing available … Continued
The line came off the downrigger clip as Les Fernandes of Fish On Charters and I trolled in the morning light at Lake Berryessa. He shouted for me to grab the light trolling rod. I pulled it out of the … Continued
Clear Lake in Lake County, the largest natural lake found entirely within California, is known as the “Bass Capital of the West,” but the crappie explosion at the lake over the past three years could earn it the name of … Continued
Amador (Ione) Bass fishing has picked back up in the last couple of weeks and lots of people are also catching rainbow trout at Lake Amador. “What beautiful weather we are having,” said Elizabeth Lockhart at the Lake Amador … Continued
Amador (Ione) Lake Amador continues to go over the spillway into Jackson Creek, due to the latest big storms that moved through the Mother Lode. The access road to the lake has reopened after being closed, due to flooding, for … Continued
Below is an urgent action alert and press release from John Beuttler and Dr. David Ostrach of the Allied Fishing Groups. I urge you to contact Senator Feinstein’s office to stop her drought legislation from destroying our Delta fisheries: The … Continued