Capt. Chuck Regan reports on 6.21.17

Striper on the fly is heating up and there’s still plenty of shad to go around in our Nor Cal rivers.  The American, Feather, Yuba and Sac have all be producing great and the weather is gorgeous.

  Don’t hesitate to try to get on a boat, many guides are booked up or close to it.  Pack out what you pack in, fish hard and get home safe!Capt. Chuck Ragan can be...

Captain Hogan Brown reports on 6.14.18

Valley Striper Fishing - Fishing keeps getting better with the warmer weather and as the shad begin to spread and thin out. Most fish are in the 3-10 range with a few trophies starting to show. 

With the warmer weather grass and weeds are getting going and the shallow water food chain is getting going to fish are starting to move into shallow water to feed and...

Capt. Hogan Brown reports on 6.6.18

Striper fishing on the Lower Sac is picking up. We have hooked fish up to ten pounds this week and plenty in the 3-4lb range. We have seen the bigger fish chasing shad which is always a fun sight to see them back flipping out of the water as a big striper chases them down. 

Water temps are in the 60-67 degree range and moving with temps, light, and structure...

Dave Neal reports on 6.6.18

Lower Sac

Lower Sac is still fishing really well. I’ll continue to fish this river several days a week all summer long. I’ve been floating mostly the lower portions below Anderson lately. The fish are smaller but what they may lack in size they more than make up for in strength and aggressiveness. The lower floats are a lot more scenic and a lot less crowded. Caddis and...

Anthony Carruesco reports on 6.6.18 

Lower Sac

**Broken Record. Great fishing right now on the Sac.. Warmer weather is getting the Caddis moving.. these trout can get pretty reckless when the Caddis and hatching. 

The grabs are “agro” and you can usually find fish in some tight, skinny spots. All signs are pointing to us having an excellent summer season out on the big river. 

Capt. Hogan Brown reports on 5.31.18

Lower Sacramento 

Shad fishing has been fair. A bit hit and miss as schools are concentrated and there is not just big pods of fish everywhere. If you are on a big pod fishing is great if not it is mediocre and finding the big pods can be challenging as they spread throughout the system. 

That said most evenings we have been getting into some good shad fishing and...

Capt. Hogan Brown reports on 5.24.18

Lower Sacramento Shad 

Fishing has been fair to good at times. Schools are small but every once in a while we have been hitting a large school and getting into some good numbers. Most evenings it has been good but not great. Average fish is a good size fish and best bite has been 4-7pm.

Lower Sacramento Backwater

Fishing is heating up as the sloughs have warmed...

Dave Neal reports on 5.24.18

Anglers in Northern California should not be sitting down right now unless it’s in a vehicle traveling to go fishing! Nearly every river up the I-5 corridor from Red
Bluff to Mt Shasta and over towards Fall River Mills is fishing good to excellent right
now. Get out there!!

Lower Sac

Flows are creeping up towards summer release, and the upper river is around 10k – which is...

Anthony Carruesco reports on 5.17.18

Lower Sac

The Lower Sac continues to be the consistent powerhouse that she is. Late morning hatches of PMDs and Caddis have been gettin’ the fish eating. Don’t panic if you haven’t hooked a bunch of fish before lunch. When the bugs have started to come off later in the morning and in the early afternoon, the fish have been pretty damn grabby. 

Flows on their way...

John Rickard reports on 5.10.18

Lower Sacramento River

Spring on the Lower Sacramento River is about as good as trout fishing can get. The river has had a plethora of bug activity with most emphasis on Hydropsyche Caddis and PMD Mayflies. 

At about 8K the river is in perfect drift boating shape. Classic side drifting methods with Jaydecators are your best bet but it would be silly not to have a dry...