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CURRENT FISHING REPORT
Date: Monday, February 9, 2009 at 08:56:35
Current Report: Delta
We're bait fishing with shad on a balancing beam on the tops and bottoms of the incoming and outgoing tides. We're fishing the Sacramento River from Rio Vista to Collinsville and having alot of success. A good tip for bait fishing is "pay attention!". As the temperature drops and the water becomes colder the fish are lethargic and the bite is very light, so you must really pay attention to feel and see the bite. Also, patience is a virtue.. and be persistant to catch a limit of the best tasting fish on the west coast! For a more aggressive approach, try casting along the shore lines.. three lures that I cast with alot of success are: 1/2 oz. white jig, Fish Trap Swim Bait and a Rattle Trap in various colors. All three of these lures are consistently producing limits! Don't forget about the sturgeon.. We've caught 2 sturgeon this week using shad. I anticipate a banner year for sturgeon!
American/Feather Rivers
The hatchery reports are good for the number of steelhead returning this year so far. Wiggle Warts and Hot Shots are the best lures to use and night crawlers and roe are the best baits. Fish with light lines and gear for the best success.
Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 11:05:47
Current Report: Delta
The sturgeon are on the prowl making their annual journey up river. The prehistorics are hitting on eel, shad, ghost shrimp and grass shrimp. The top of the tides and the bottoms of the tides seem to be the best time of the day to fish. The stripers are back on the bite too! The other day we hooked 22 and had 6 keepers. The bait of choice for the stripers would be shad and ghost shrimp. The water is clearing up now, so trolling and bait fishing both produce fish.
American River
The river is in prime shape for steelhead! We should have good steelhead fishing from now till March. We've caught football size native steelhead and hatchery fish up to 10 lbs. The methods we are using are pulling plugs, wee warts, and hotshots. We are also casting, drifting and boondoggling roe or glowbugs from the hatchery to Howe Avenue. For bait fishing we're using roe or nightcrawlers. Please use caution when you're wading... don't walk through the reds (spawning beds).
Date: Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 10:50:05
Current Report: Delta The striper bass fishing in the Delta is on. We're fishing from Walnut Grove to Collinsville using shallow and deep diving lures depending on the area you are fishing. The best times are the slack tides and the slow moving tides. We're having good luck with Bombers, Rebels and Yozuri's.. It's also, time to anchor up and bait fish too. We're using shad, anchovies and sardines fishing the in-coming and out-going tides. Fish near the deep water channels and the edges of the day markers. You may find yourself catching a lot of little ones, so keep moving to all your favorite spots till you find the big ones. Lake Fishing The lakes are turning over, meaning the water from the bottom is transitioning to the top which makes the fishing better. We will be trout fishing at Folsom, Berryessa and the Motherlode lakes. We will be using Uncle Larry's lures, Rocky Mountain Tackle, and Mack's Lures. You'll want to fish the surface to 35 feet and remember the fish like to stay near structures, drop offs and ledges. We're looking forward to a great year of lake fishing, maybe better than last year. Last year we caught big numbers of trout, kings, kokanees, browns and mac's. Keep a tight line, hope to see you on the water!
Date: Friday, May 23, 2008 at 08:38:41
Current Report: Berryessa Lake The fishing at Berryessa has been great! We're catching land locked kings, kokanee, trout and we even managed to catch a wayward black bass. For the kings, we're trolling "Mooselook" electric blues and rainbow patterns, as well as dodgers (3/0 or 2/0) in chrome, pink, yellow and gold and rolling shad with pro-cure scents. The fish are fat and ranging from 14 to 18 inches and growing. We're catching Kokanee using Uncle Larry's spinners in pink fire tiger, pink and blue color combinations and copper pop as well as wedding rings in orange, pink and red colors, tipping the hooks with Pautzke corn in reds, yellows and blues, give it a try, it's new and works well. For trout, we're trolling small and medium size Mooselook Wobblers, Bully's and Trout-Truite's and Uncle Larry's silver blade spinners with a nightcrawler. For all the species, we're fishing in about 80 feet of water and finding the fish at about 25 to 60 feet. Delta Striper fishing has been the best I've seen in years! We're trolling in 10 feet of water at 3 to 5 mph using Yo-zuri minnow plugs in silver/red, clown color, silver/blue and a white trick worm smeared with pro-cure. From the Isleton Bridge to the Rio Vista Bridge seems to be the most productive area.
Date: Sunday, March 23, 2008 at 19:46:36
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Delta
Stripers, Stripers, Stripers!! Once we locate the schools, we've got non-stop action from the time we get there till it's time to go home. They're running from schoolie size to about 22 lbs. The larger females are just starting to arrive. We're trolling, casting lures and bait fishing.... everything works! We're also catching some spring sturgeon.. we released a 71" and two under size sturgeon this week. We're catching the sturgeon on the outgoing tide using ghost shrimp. Now's the time to book for spring run stripers/sturgeon.
American & Feather Rivers
We anticipate a good shad run this year. The shad usually start to arrive around the end of April or early May. If you've never caught one of these minnie tarpins you're in for a surprise. Pound for pound they will put up a hard fight! They are alot of fun to catch using light tackle or a fly rod. Book early for the best dates.
Date: Sunday, March 23, 2008 at 19:45:47
Current Report: Delta Current Report:
Delta
Stripers, Stripers, Stripers!! Once we locate the schools, we've got non-stop action from the time we get there till it's time to go home. They're running from schoolie size to about 22 lbs. The larger females are just starting to arrive. We're trolling, casting lures and bait fishing.... everything works! We're also catching some spring sturgeon.. we released a 71" and two under size sturgeon this week. We're catching the sturgeon on the outgoing tide using ghost shrimp. Now's the time to book for spring run stripers/sturgeon.
American & Feather Rivers
We anticipate a good shad run this year. The shad usually start to arrive around the end of April or early May. If you've never caught one of these minnie tarpins you're in for a surprise. Pound for pound they will put up a hard fight! They are alot of fun to catch using light tackle or a fly rod. Book early for the best dates.
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