It looks like the March Miracle is on its way!!! Right now the river is at 40 feet at the Colusa bridge and for any of you that have gone thru a striper season with water that low know it will be slim pickings unless we get a big rise in the water levels! As of a few days ago there were tons of fish stacking up around Freeport and Clarksburg as the water temperature is in the 60's and they are thinking about spawning. Once the water temperature hits a certain level the fish will stop no matter where they are at and spawn, which will result in very few fish making there way up here. What was shaping up to be a very dismal striper season, may have new life with the projected weather forecast!! It looks like we will be receiving 1-2 inches of rain in the valley over the next few days and hopefully a lot more than that up North where it actually matters. The rain in the valley is always welcomed but we need the big amounts of rain up North in the hills, so that the bulk of the runoff water can be directed into Shasta and Oroville lakes for storage. With the water levels in the reservoirs at their current lows the outflow will not be increased as they will be trying to store as much water as possible. However, our big break will come from the tributary streams that are not dammed up and flow straight into the Sacramento and Feather Rivers. If the storm pans out like it is looking we should see a big rise in the Sacramento and Feather rivers by early next week!! The increased flows will spur those fish that are held up down South and should have them moving full speed ahead into the Colusa Area!!! This will likely be a short lived rise but it should be enough to get us good fishing through April and with any luck maybe we will get a few more storm systems to keep the water up and the fish coming through the month of May. My fingers are crossed and I am patiently waiting as it's almost go time!!
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