Fishing Articles

2-10-24. Roads in good shape. Careful down the grade! Ramp is in good shape too. I had a low of 8F this AM at the house & it was 37F at noon at the ramp. Northerly breeze today but absolutely beautiful! ...
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I hope all had a very Merry Christmas and will have a Happy New Year! The rivers are still dropping but are starting to clear up some as we approach the New Year. Winter Steelhead should be coming into the rivers and fishing should be picking up for those willing to bear the rain. Scientist talking to scientist make science when...
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Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy your turkey. The weather is clearing to some degree as the Trinity drops. As I traveled to Redding I checked along the river and observed about a half dozen or more bank fishermen on the upper sections of the river and about a dozen trailers at several put-ins. Because it was so early in the morning, we...
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With 4000 pounds of Fall Trout plants already loaded in the lake and a quickly dropping surface temperature we’ve seen trout traffic pick up at bit. It is still tricky fishing out there and we aren’t seeing many limits but the fish that are being caught are of decent size- especially the Golden Rainbow “Lightning” trout some of which have...
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Autumn Trout Planting at Collins Lake in California includes Mt. Lassen Hatchery's stunning Lightning Trout (aka Golden Rainbows) for the 2023/2024 season. https://collinslake.com/ ...
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As the surface temperature continues to drop we’ll see more trout activity and even anticipate better shore fishing. There are still a few lightning trout to be caught out there but in just a few weeks we’re hoping to boost those numbers. Collins Lake’s fall/winter planting schedule should have the first private trout plant of 2000lbs before October 21st as long...
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