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King Salmon Fishing
Sac River Guide
by Kirk Portocarrero, AUGUST 20, 2021

Sacramento River

Pretty weird day today saved a drowning 79 year old man and had  also. had another thing happen that I wouldn't wish on anyone .But we managed to get a few nice big fish on the boat .Water is dropping  down to 8300 cfs and will drop  more as the weeks go on .Aleays makes bite tougher as the water...
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Big Kings are biting !
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by Kirk Portocarrero, AUGUST 18, 2021

Sacramento River

We hooked a couple of big kings today even though we had 40 mph plus winds ! I was surprised that the fish bit at all with that north wind .Big fish today was around 24 pounds .Call with open dates for fishing .530-515-5951 remember I've been guiding since 1988  ...
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Salmon fishing in Redbluff and Corning Calf
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by Kirk Portocarrero, AUGUST 17, 2021

Sacramento River

We started off the morning with backtrolling flatfish lures and caught two kings with in a couple of hours .Both fish we're big fish with shoulders .We continued to fish plugs with one more on and gone .Started casting spinning rods and around 11am we hooked and landed a fish over 30 pounds .I will be fishing in Corning and...
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Trout on the Sacramento River in Redding
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by Kirk Portocarrero, AUGUST 14, 2021

Sacramento River

The fishing today was wide open even though the water is dropping daily , it seems that the salmon are affected more by water changes than the rainbows ,so when we get big drops I give opportunities to get some action in the boat ! Clients read these reports snd wonder why we jump around so much .But I like...
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Big King Salmon on the Sacramento River
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by Kirk Portocarrero, AUGUST 12, 2021

Sacramento River

My little break from King Salmon was  a great wild ride with big numbers of Wild Rainbow fishing .We caught so many 20 to 23 inch trout from August 1 to the few days .I will be Salmon fishing daily from Anderson' to Corning  drifting roe and pulling plugs .Today we landed 4 kings and 1 steelhead .The largest fish...
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Big Rainbows and Giant Browns
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by Kirk Portocarrero, AUGUST 8, 2021

Sacramento River

Since the opening of the August 1 Salmon and Trout fishing I have been fishing trout on the upper section out of Redding .The fishing is awesome we are catching 15 to 30 dailey with some of the fish in the 22 inch range and surprisingly a 28 Brown trout! Since 1988 fishing on the river this was my 6th...
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