Hogan Brown reports on 5.11.17

Fishing Report  

Lower Sac striper fishing– Flows have come up again but so has water diversion, so it somewhat equals out – 16000cfs at Ord Bend – 13500cfs at Keswick. The canals are pumping a TON of water! Fishing for stripers has been hit and miss. There is a TON of migratory fish around but they were on the spawn last week so that shut the bite down and the...

Ryan Johnston reports on 5.11.17

Lower Sac:
The Sac continues to fish well from Redding to Anderson. The flows came back up to 13,000 cfs last weekend and have stabilized there since. The fish continue to look for eggs and rubberlegs. Each week the fish are getting quicker as the more eggs that go over their heads. Make sure to bring your “A” game if you are heading up this way. Most days right...

Wild Waters Fly Fishing reports on 5.10.17

The Upper and Lower Sac are running big but fish are being caught. The Lower Sac went back up to 13,000cfs over the weekend but the fish did not seem to be bothered. It’s A great time to be out on it while the temps are mild. A recent trip on it used a combo of running drifts from the boat and getting out to fish buckets and side channels …. very effective...

Hogan Brown reports on 5.4.17

Lower Sacramento River Striper fishing - There has been epic to poor fishing for migratory fish through Chico, depending on the conditions and day. Clarity, flows, and finding fish - like most fishing - are the key factors. Resident fish are feeding and around but since resident fish don’t hang in big schools and clarity is only about a one foot, finding those 1-4 fish...

Ted Fay Fly Shop reports on 4.27.17

Celebrating a New Fishing Season

The holiest of days is close and I’m sure the twitches are settling in for all you die hards. As you know and can witness below the north state is experiencing the results of the record setting Winter. Current conditions on most of our rivers present marginal fishing until all this settles down. The nonstop march of storms from the...

Hogan Brown reports on 4.27.17

Striper and Shad on the Lower Sac -The River is dropping and the clarity is improving GREATLY from Chico down river. Conventional bait anglers have been catching good to great numbers of fish up through Butte City even with high and off color water. As the river drops and clarity improves fly anglers should be able to take advantage of the HUGE run of migratory fish...

Brian Clemens reports on 4.27.17

Hello Everyone,

WOW, what a start to the 2017 fishing season. All we can say is water, water, and more water. Oh, and more water to come. Hopefully the rainy season is behind us, and only good fishing to come.

This year has been a bit challenging, especially on local water. The opener on the American was the worst in years, the Feather was brown due to the damage to...

Ryan Johnston reports on 4.20.17

Right now the Lower Sacis really the only viable option in the North Valley. The river is currently flowing at 30,000 cfs and has about 2.5 feet of visibility. The name of the game is to find soft water and throw whatever your favorite color of egg down the soft edge. If you are willing to work hard then you will be rewarded with a decent day of fishing. Right...

Wild Waters Fly Fishing reports on 4.20.17

Our local waters are still under the influence of a wet wet, wet winter and early spring. Our definition of fishability has changed a bit. We can’t wait any longer, its time to go fishing. Our best bets in and around Mount Shasta are the Lower Sacramento, McCloud Reservoir, and Lake Siskiyou.

Also,

With the most celebrated holiday of the year “Opening...

Dave Neal Reports on 4.6.17

Lower Sacramento-

Good news for Lower Sac fans… the water clarity in the river improved last week enough that we fished the river for the first time in several months. Water flows are currently 10k and clarity is about 18” – finally turning more a shade of green from the pervasive brown water that persisted all winter long.

Weather earlier this week was awesome with highs...