Salmon Season!

The long awaited salmon season was different to say the least! The Sacramento River was dead but the Feather was red hot! It has been many years since I have seen the Feather fish that well. It was nice to visit all of the old haunts and know that they were still productive. Thanks to all of you that came out and fished with us this year and we will be looking forward to seeing you all again next fall!

Fresh Bait

With the salmon season coming and the shortage of good sardines available we had to head south and get our own! This is some of the best bait you will ever see! Sardines were fresh caught and flash frozen to preserve them! The salmon will be chomping on the sardine wrapped plugs soon!

Time to start thinking about salmon!!

Just a quick reminder to call and get on the books if you're interested in a prime date for the fall salmon run. I will start in late August and go through September and possibly into October depending on the run.

Feather River Boil

Switched it up today and went over to the Feather to chase the wad of striper that were chasing salmon smolt. The DFW released a bunch of salmon smolt at Boyd's pump and the striper were inhaling them the whole way down river! We found the boil at the Bear River and started casting at them. It didn't take long to fill the box of both boats and we headed back to the dock with limits.

Oroville Releases make for muddy water again!

The kids were out of school so we hit the Feather for some striper fishing. I couldn't believe what we saw when we started backing down the ramp! The increased releases from Oroville sent a wall of mud and algea floating down, turning the river back into a muddy mess. The fishing was tough with all of the trash coming down but we finally found a spot where we could get out of it and the kids went to work! They ended up boxing 3 keepers and letting several shakers go. The kids had a blast and we called it a day around 11;00.

Pile Worm Bite

We hit the Feather again this morning and it didn't take long to start getting bit! The water was cold and the fish started the morning off biting lite. As the water warmed up around 10:00 the fish started hanging onto the baits and we put fish after fish over the side. All in all it was a great day of fishing, landing 25 fish mostly keepers and a handful of shakers.

The striper bite has begun!

The high muddy water is cleaning up and the bite on the Feather River has turned on! We went down to the Bear River today and tried some trolling but couldn't get bit. As soon as I threw the hook and got the pile worms out it was game on! We fished bait for about an hour and a half, landing close to twenty legal fish and brought a few of the nicer ones home for tacos!