High winds persist again on the Sac!
by Jeff Goodwin, OCTOBER 23, 2019
Sacramento River - Lower

Captain Justin Thompson fished the Sacramento River for King salmon again today and fought the wind all day.  It was a grind, but he managed to get his clients on some salmon today dragging Fire Cure eggs below Battle Creek for most of the day.  The Barge Hole below Battle Creek is seeing new fish every day, but with dropping...
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Steelhead/trout on the egg bite now!
by Jeff Goodwin, OCTOBER 22, 2019
Sacramento River - Lower

Captain Justin had a fly fishing trip today on the Sacramento River and saw some excellent action and some nice fish in the net as well.  Its time for the egg patterns to take a front seat in both the fly and spin fishing trips.  We have a nice weather pattern looking ahead so lets get you out while the...
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Pulse flows continue to pull King s up river!
by Jeff Goodwin, OCTOBER 21, 2019
Sacramento River - Lower

We're still seeing some quality salmon in the mix below Anderson. and there are some big bucks still being caught.  I had a great group of guys today and they all got to tangle with a big salmon or two.  Our biggest King came in at 25 lbs and put up a heck of a fight!  The client who caught...
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Book your late fall salmon trip now!
by Jeff Goodwin, OCTOBER 20, 2019
Sacramento River

Late fall salmon fishing is best between mid November and the 15th of December.  The late fall Kings are a seperate run of fish and are not fall run Kings.  The late fall run is smaller in numbers, but they are headed for Coleman Hatchery and they dont waste any time getting up here from the saltwater where they have...
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Fall trout fishing coming up fast!
by Jeff Goodwin, OCTOBER 20, 2019
Shasta Lake

Its fall on Shasta Lake and the leaves along her shore are starting to color up!  Bright leaves mean bright lures are going to be taking big browns and rainbows very soon.  The surface temps are dropping into the low 60's and that means the shad will be leaving the main body of the lake and the available forage of...
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Good bite yesterday!
by Jeff Goodwin, OCTOBER 20, 2019
Sacramento River - Lower

The Sacramento River King salmon fishing was good yesterday and Captain Justin and his group put a lot of salmon in the net.  Word from down river is that there are more Kings on the way and we should start to see the first of our late fall salmon run soon.
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