Steve Santucci reports on 5.3.18
Delta Striper fishing remains strong. You can catch good numbers of fun size fish. We have been catching them on a 5 inch Clouser Minnow dressed with Chartreuse over White.
The water temps are between 64 and 67 degrees. Most of the Stripers can be found in the cooler water.
Anthony Carruesco reports on 5.3.18
A lot of fish seem to be coming off the spawn now – they’re...
Rob Russell reports on 5.3.18
The colors are changing at Putah Creek. Lush foliage of the Spring is quickly replaced by the now desiccated, straw-colored grasses. Temperatures in the 70s and 80s make for extremely pleasant fishing these days. Coupled with flows around 330 cfs, this makes for good fishing conditions and wading access. Nymphing remains the most common technique.
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Well, it was a wild week with the weather and the fishing opener. We had tons of people, boats, wind, snow, rain, and some good fishing. It was fun! I spent Saturday tucked into the thickets and brush on one of the northern county streams and got into some nice fish, but I had a rubber hook weekend. I was a genius at hooking but an absolute dunce when it came to...
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Evan Praskin reports on 5.3.18
This last Saturday we had our Fly Fish the Surf/Bay clinic at Crissy Field and it was a hit! The group of guys and gals we had were eager to learn and picked up our lessons quick. All of our attendees started off the morning getting lines wet with some basic instruction followed by some “surf talk” right there on the sand.
The rest of the day was balanced out with...
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Jon Baiocchi reports on 5.3.18
The flows have been slowly dropping on the Truckee River the last few weeks, we’ve had some warmer days where there is more of a melt of the snowpack, and coolers days where there is not as much. Flows as of 4/30 in the upper watershed are running at 490 cubes, east of town they are at 991 cfs, and down in the canyon the flows are 1,050 cfs.
Water is clear for...
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Capt. Hogan Brown reports on 5.2.18
Lower Sacramento River Shad fishing is getting going. Heard from my buddy Captain Darrin Deel that there were shad down around Colusa which means I am sure you can get out around Chico and catch a few fish. With the warm weather coming in this week I am sure the fish will be through Chico by next week making for some good fishing and the start of shad season.
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Capt. Hogan Brown reports on 5.3.18
Lower Feather River Spring steelhead fishing remains fair to good. Spent a few days out swinging flies with clients in the high flow section of the river. Flows in the Low Flow are around 800cfs and around 1500cfs in the high flow.
On the overcast cooler days, the caddis hatches were a bit slower and we were getting fish on more traditional swung...
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Matthew Koles reports on 5.3.18
Good spring fishing on the Truckee River.
The season trout opener was Saturday, though most folks fish year round these days on the bigger rivers. The Truckee River is open from Lake Tahoe all the way down now.
Flows are nearing 1000 cfs here in the Hirsch. Getting closer to normal, though you never know what normal is in the spring with runoff and...
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