5-17-09

Shad fishing on the sacramento river here near Chico has broken open. You should be able to find very good fishing minutes from any launch or the usual shore spots. Here are a couple pictures from yesterdays trip. This young fisherman caught his first Shad and then managed to land about 10 or 12 more. Way to go Seth.

4-28-09

Stripers are scattered throughout the Sacramento river now, the biggest concentration around tisdale to colusa but so are all the boats. Shad should be moving into the chico area soon, they are in the sac area now. Coho fishing sucks this year at lake oroville but the bass are off the hook. I think last years small coho plants got eaten by the bass as only a few of the bigger ones from the year before are being caught. Its abalone time which is where I have been. Easy limits of mostly 8 inchers and one 9 incher provided for lots of good eating to go with lots of drinking with good friends.

3-1-09

Well, as all of you salmon fisherman know the sacramento run last year was dismal to say the least. This years seasons or lack there of will be set in April. It doesnt look good for any season at all but who knows what the experts will decide. The good news is we are getting some rain and the lakes are coming up. The cohos should be biting in lake Oroville in March or April. The stripers will be in the Rivers in April and the Shad will arrive in late May. Here is a late season Sac salmon caught in December and a Smith river steelhead caught from shore in Feb.