Shasta Lake is seeing the first signs of my kind of trout fishing in weeks.  Trout are finally chasing big baits like Optimizer spoons and Bay Rat Lures.  Hands down my favorite bite consists of a trout hitting a surface trolled spoon or stickbait, or even a Arctic Fox fly!  We have wet weather coming and its already really cold...
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Today we fished the Sacramento River for King salmon and it was an easy limits kind of day. We pulled plugs all morning and had several bites right off the bat, landing two fish within the first hour of fishing.  A few more bites and another big, bright fall King and we were headed to the take out with bags...
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Hot bite on the Sacramento River today with qick limits for "Dream Team" members Justin and Kenny!  If you want in on some great quality King salmon fishing your running out of time!  This King salmon season ends After 12/15.  November dates available are the 17th, 18th, and 25th thru the 30th!  We're supposed to get a bit of rain next...
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Today we fished Shasta Lake and found a pretty tough bite overall.  The bass action was good, but we didn't have bass fishing in mind.  We finally found a short bite and got into some quality rainbows, but it hasn't been very easy.  Surface temps are sitting at about 60-61 degrees, but the lake is still in transition.  At least...
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We're staying on top of the best fishing opportunities possible right now!  This is a transitional time of the year and everything hinges on water conditions.  Water temps and flows are changing continuously this time of the year and soon we'll see some new weather patterns as well.  It can be challenging some days, but some days can be really...
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The Nor Cal Guides and Sportsmans Association (ncgasa.org) has made a great deal of progress the past few years advocating for the fishing and hunting opportunities in northern California.  The NCGASA leadership has worked very hard to open up communication and cooperation with fish and wildlife managers at both the state and federal levels.  This effort has been led by the NCGASA...
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