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!

Two mouthed striper!

Was out striper fishing today. We had plenty of shakers to keep us busy, but this one took the cake! I have never seen this before and was blown away when we got the fish in. It was a two mouthed striper, damdest thing I've ever seen.

Safflower Plots

The safflower that we planted is looking good! We planted two different areas this year so that we will be able to accommodate more hunters for the long awaited dove opener! It's never too early to start thinking about the September 1 dove opener. If you'd like more information or would like to get on the books give me a call at (530)682-3176.   

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.

Muddy Water

The muddy water hit us today and no matter how hard we fished we couldn't get bit on a minnow. After several hours of punishment we threw the pick and put on the dirty sardine. It didn't take long for the shakers to start biting! We caught a bunch of fish on bait with the biggest one being 17 inches. We had a lot of action but nothing big enough to make the box.

Spawn Bite!

We ended up with 6 nice fish in the box today but we worked for every single one! There must have been a big spawn last night as we marked plenty of fish but they just wouldn't bite! We hunted around and ended up with a mess of shakers and landed 6 keepers for the box. We may be nearing the end of this seasons striper run.

Better bite today!

Same time and same place today as yesterday but we were definitely into a better grade of fish! We still caught a bunch of shakers but no where near as many as yesterday! We had one big female come un buttoned right at the boat and had a triple on keepers. We fished our way down from tisdale but only got as far as the warehouses today!   

Lots of shakers today!

Lots of shakers today but we waded thru them and ended up with a box full of keeper males. This was Timey and John's first ever striper fishing trip and they had a blast!

The spawn is on!

The big spawn is on, but there are still plenty of fish to be had! The fishing isn't wide open like it has been but if you work at it the keepers are there. Seems to be more and more shaker action each day but we still ended up with a nice box full of fish for the guys!

Another great day

The fishing still going strong! We launched at Tisdale and worked our way South. The fishing was slow and steady, wading thru a lot of shakers but ending up with a box of keepers!

As good as it get's!

It is a wide open bite right now! We started at the mud flats again this morning and just kept working our way down, fishing all of the good water. We made it as far as the warehouses today and every place we stopped had fish! It was fish on from the start to the end. A great day on the water!

Good old boys

The old boys worked the fish over this morning! Pass after pass the rods bent and the fish came over the rail! We had to wade through a lot of shakers this morning but caught plenty of keepers to fill the box! The fish are hungry and are inhaling any minnow that gets in the way!

Back on the Sac!

We found the mother load this morning at the mud flats! The graph was covered in marks and the rods were bending! We caught a ton of fish this morning, including several females that were released. Between keepers and shakers we landed over 50 fish this morning, calling it quits by 10:30. The bite is wide open!! 

Solid Fishing

The fish moved around a bit last night but after a little searching we found them again! We were greeted by a howling North wind this morning so some of the spots were just un fish-able! We poked around and stayed out of the wind the best that we could. We fished our way down from Tisdale and never even made it to the warehouses before we had the box full. Another great day on the water!!

The bite remains solid!

Another great morning on the water despite the late start! The guys had a little trouble finding Tisdale this morning but it didn't matter. Every place we stopped at was plugged with fish and they were on the chew! Pass after pass we got bit, and filled the box full of nice males for the table. 

Afternoon Delight

This afternoon I took Scott and Byrd out for a quick striper trip before heading down river for an all night sturgeon adventure. We launched at Tisdale and headed down to where I had left off this morning. It didn't take long for the guys to hookup! Again pass after pass we caught nice fish and within an hour they had their limit in the box and we headed for the sturgeon fishing grounds. We graphed several holes on our way down stream and finally marked some sturgeon at Horseshoe bend, so we set up on them and started the waiting game. We watched the sturgeon roll all night long but they never bit! We had some line rubs but that was it. We fished thru the night and headed in around 7:00 AM. 

All you want! (AM Trip)

This morning I had Mark and Owen on the boat. We launched at Tisdale and headed down stream a couple miles and started fishing. Within minutes of putting our lines in the water Owen was hooked up! Drift after drift we caught fish! We had multiple doubles and even a couple triples this morning. The box was full by 9:30 and in all reality we could have been done on our first drift. We landed 25+ keeper stripers before calling it quits!

Good bite

 

The bite is strong and doesn't show any signs of slowing down! There aren't many big fish yet but there are a lot of schoolies.

Back on the water

Another great day on the water! We caught a bunch of shakers, a bunch of keepers and even helped Manny and Ed land a nice keeper sturgeon. The bite is on and now is the time!