Reports
Going Solo: Risk Vs. Reward
June 17, 2013
Written By: Cal Kellogg,
Going solo: Going hunting or to a lesser extent fishing alone in the outdoors with no immediate back up if something should go wrong. The two women in my life, my wife and my mom and even my dad don’t like it...
read more ››40 Plus Wild Rainbows In A Single Day?
June 17, 2013
Written By: Cal Kellogg,
From the appearance of the surface, the beautiful emerald green river looked calm and nearly placid, but that was an illusion…
The current was strong, flowing along at over 13,000 cfs and it drew the drift...
read more ››Triple Fishing Fun At Lake Don Pedro
June 17, 2013
Written By: Dan Bacher,
The Tuolumne River’s Lake Don Pedro, one of the top reservoirs for fishing in California, is known for its ability to produce king salmon, kokanee and rainbow trout on one angling adventure.
True to form, a...
read more ››Ernie Marlan and Delta Pro Fishing will be teaming up on Monday, May 20th to fish striped bass on th
May 9, 2013
Written By: Ernie Marlan,
You definitely do not want to miss the California Delta striped bass fishing opportunity with Delta Pro Fishing and The Fish Sniffer. On Monday, May 20th, Dave Hammond from Delta Pro and Ernie Marlan from The...
read more ››S.F. Giants Stars Pagan, Torres, and Scutaro Battle Kings!!!
May 8, 2013
Written By: Cal Kellogg,
On Thursday May 2 San Francisco Giants players Andres Torres, Marco Scutaro and Angel Pagan along with some of the Giants staff headed out aboard the Berkeley Marina based charter boat California Dawn in...
read more ››Kokanee, Rainbows And Browns Challenge Anglers At Pardee - Gone Fishing
April 20, 2013
Written By: Dan Bacher,
While other outdoor writers went bass fishing during the Ultimate Bass Radio/Pardee Lake/Jackson Rancheria Media Day on April 7, I went fishing for kokanee salmon and trout with Gary Erck, President of...
read more ››Rollins Lake Offers Top-Notch Spring Trout And Bass Fishing
April 14, 2013
Written By: Dan Bacher,
As I walked along the shoreline in the Long Ravine area of Rollins Lake on March 27, I saw one angler, Chris of Auburn, hook, battle and land a scrappy rainbow trout about 14 inches. He added that fish to his...
read more ››Tahoe Mackinaw Bite Shifts Into High Gear
April 13, 2013
Written By: Cal Kellogg,
There was a light breeze riffling on the glass surface as we pulled away from the dock. I watched the depth finder as Gene pulled out of Cave Rock boat launch and our day was about to begin. Today I was...
read more ››No Clams; But Bass Are Biting
April 13, 2013
Written By: Paulette Kenyon,
In anticipation of us getting another haul of clams, I used up the last of our clams in the freezer. However, the day before we were due to go clamming, we discovered that it was advised not to harvest clams...
read more ››Montezuma Circus
April 13, 2013
Written By: Kathie Morgan,
“Peanut!” Angie was incensed. How rude for a complete stranger to pull anchor and mosey over to where we lay at anchor, only to pronounce her 43-inch sturgeon a peanut. She had managed to catch a legal...
read more ››Chico State Wins FLW College Fishing Western Conference Event On Delta
June 17, 2013
Written By: FishSniffer Staff,
The Chico State team of Andrew Loberg of Rocklin, Calif., and Nick Carrico of Oroville, Calif., won the FLW College Fishing Western Conference event on the California Delta May 18 with a five-bass limit...
read more ››Salmon Derby Winner Drives From Washington To Lake Oroville For His Victory
June 15, 2013
Written By: Dan Bacher,
Seventy-five anglers braved the heat on Saturday, June 8 to compete in the 2nd Annual Lake Oroville Family Fun Salmon Derby sponsored by the California Inland Fisheries Foundation, Inc. (CIFFI), but no one was...
read more ››Statewide Campaign Launched to Defeat Governor Brown’s $54.1 Billion Water Tunnels Project
June 13, 2013
Written By: Dan Bacher,
The California water wars heated up on Wednesday with the announcement of the formation of a new statewide coalition against the peripheral tunnels.
"While Governor Jerry Brown plots to build massive twin...
read more ››Brown proclaims ‘Great Outdoors Month’ as he plans Delta’s destruction
June 10, 2013
Written By: Dan Bacher,
Governor Jerry Brown on Friday, June 7 issued a proclamation declaring June as "Great Outdoors Month" in California. Ironically, the same Governor is fast-tracking the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP), a...
read more ››Springers Bite Best In Lower River
June 8, 2013
Written By: Cal Kellogg,
(Elkton) Winter steelhead fishing is just about over for the season on the Umpqua. There are more and more springers arriving in the river and the bite has been fair to good in the mainstem. A few smallmouth...
read more ››Trollers Bag Landlocked Steelhead
June 8, 2013
Written By: Dan Bacher,
(Santa Rosa) While steelhead fishing is over for the season on the Russian River, anglers have a chance to nail hard-fighting landlocked steelhead while trolling at Lake Sonoma.
“One customer and his buddy...
read more ››Trout And Bass Cooperate
June 8, 2013
Written By: Cal Kellogg,
(Colfax) “The fishing is darn good at Rollins Lake right now for pansize bass and trout,” exclaimed Jason Pleece of Meadow Vista. “I’ve been getting limits and better every time I fish the lake from my kayak.”...
read more ››Bay Delta Conservation Plan’s actual cost: $54.1 billion
June 7, 2013
Written By: Dan Bacher,
Lahontan Cutthroats Pile into the Spawning Channel
May 27, 2013
Written By: Dan Bacher,
(Sutcliffe) The weather during the last weekend of April was spectacular with the lack of wind allowing boaters and bank anglers to arrive at the lake in droves.
Valerie Taylor of Crosby’s Lodge said, “There...
read more ››Bank Anglers Hammer Rainbows
May 27, 2013
Written By: Dan Bacher,
(Chilcoot) Trout fishing at Frenchman Lake continues to be great, reported Richard Wiggin at Wiggin’s Trading Post.
Larry Ayers, his son and his dad fished Turkey Point and Nightcrawler Bay and limited out...
read more ››New Hogan Stripers 6-10-2013
June 12, 2013
Written By: Gold Country Sport Fishing,
I had two clients Butch Betcahart and his grandson Garrett Stowers on June the 10th as they wanted to catch stripers, well the day went well with them landing eight quality stripers and one black bass, at one...
read more ››New Hogan Stripers
June 12, 2013
Written By: Gold Country Sport Fishing,
Ron Wilson went with me to Hogan to catch striped bass and we had some great action, although he only landed five , he also lost two fish, but still a great day, and we had plenty of missed...
read more ››Don Pedro kokanee, King Salmon and Rainbow trout
June 12, 2013
Written By: Gold Country Sport Fishing,
Dan Bacher from the fish sniffer called and wanted to do a map feature on Don Pedro and asked if it was okay if he brought along Allen Bonslet, and of cousre I said yes with out any hesitation. I set out...
read more ››Lake Berryessa Tough Bite Today
May 25, 2013
Written By: Fishin’ James Guide Service,
Must have been crazy to fish Memorial Day Weekend but clients wanted a trip. Left Markley Cove before 6am and headed straight over to the southern tip of big island. Immediately caught 2 Kokanee then the...
read more ››Update from Al Browns Guide Service
May 21, 2013
Written By: Al Brown’s Guide Service,
The Trout fishing from Redding to Anderson is great right now and will only get better throughout the summer . Mitch was up from Oakland last weekend for some Wild Rainbow Trout fishing. We started out in the...
read more ››Sacramento River Stripers on the Fly
May 15, 2013
Written By: H2F Guide Service,
H2F Guide Service had two fishermen aboard today in search of Striped Bass. We hit the water at 5:30 with 9 weight fly rods and hand tied clousers. We knew it was going to be a great day when the first cast...
read more ››Berryessa Kokes on the bite
May 13, 2013
Written By: Fishin’ James Guide Service,
Today had 3 clients, 2 of which were cancels so actually only 1 client today. Decided to give Berryessa another shot. Boy am I glad I did. Been a while since I've gotten into those nice Kokanee again. Got...
read more ››Melones still producing limits of Kokanee and Trout
May 13, 2013
Written By: Fishin’ James Guide Service,
Took 3 clients out for a nice warm day to target Kokanee and Trout on New Melones Resivour. There was a large flotilla of boats between the spillway and dam so I decided to stay away. Trolled from the...
read more ››Shore Fishermen Nail Husky Rainbows
April 27, 2013
Written By: Dan Bacher,
(Chilcoot) Since the ice on Frenchman Lake thawed a couple of weeks ago,rainbow trout fishing has been great. Robert Spiva of Reno, NV, a longtime fisherman on Frenchman Lake, caught his limit at...
read more ››Striper Run Hits Spring Stride
April 27, 2013
Written By: Dan Bacher, Feisty Fish Guide Service, MSJ Guide Service,
(Yuba City) Striper fishing was good until the Department of Water Resources
dropped the flows, making navigating the river difficult. Combined releases below
the Thermalito Afterbay...
read more ››A Day on the Delta with our Veterans
May 19, 2013
Written By: Forum Member: Seon,
It was a very successful day where there were 35 Vets from the Veterans Home Younville arrived in a customize bus.
Although 27 Skippers signed up, only 10 showed up but thanks to Team Mc Fishing, Doug arrived...
read more ››Lakey Berryessa Kokes and Bows
May 7, 2013
Written By: Forum Member: jlivengood,
Not long ago I had the opportunity to meet a fellow Fish Sniffer through the forums. Chilo (bo34) needed a spare tire for his trailer and I just happened to have one. We met one evening to make the deal...
read more ››Striper Fishing Rio Vista
March 13, 2013
Written By: Forum Member: White Cap,
Seon and I went out to terrorize the stripers yesterday (3-12), on the water at Sandy Beach around 0730 and trolled the west bank. The hardest thing we had to do today was to find clean water, we found some...
read more ››Delta Bass
March 12, 2013
Written By: Forum Member: Toofly,
Launched out of B&W at 4pm and fished down towards the San Joaquin. Threw everything from jerkbait, crank baits, and spinners for a shaker striper for 2 hrs. Sun going down we slowed down on our way back to...
read more ››Folsom Lake Kings
March 11, 2013
Written By: Forum Member: Chil-Laxin,
Met up with a couple buddies Bill and Randy. We were at brown's way too early. O dark thirty. We bs'ed for a few and got on the water @ 0645. Headed up the fork and it was windy and chilly. We picked up...
read more ››Rancho Seco Big Bass
March 11, 2013
Written By: Forum Member: Lunkerdown,
Caught this 8 1/4 lber (weighed) by dragging a watermelon drop shot up a drop off from 20' to 14'. It seemed the pattern that I picked up on today was fishing similar structure with a drop shot. Fishing...
read more ››Rio Vista Striper Trolling
March 11, 2013
Written By: Forum Member: Snaggle Toof,
Got up this morning at 4:30am, met with friends at 5 and made the trek to Brannon Island rec area. Got on the water right around 6:00. started at the west bank and trolled shallow towards the power lines,...
read more ››A Whole Lot of Shakers and Two Keeper Sturgeon
March 8, 2013
Written By: Forum Member: ASE,
Launched at Martinez around 7:30 and had bait in the water by 8:00.1st fish came to the boat toward the end of the outgoing tide and for only 42" this dino put up a really good fight. Then at almost slack...
read more ››Chico State Wins FLW College Fishing Western Conference Event On Delta
June 17, 2013
Written By: FishSniffer Staff,
The Chico State team of Andrew Loberg of Rocklin, Calif., and Nick Carrico of Oroville, Calif., won the FLW College Fishing Western Conference event on the California Delta May 18 with a five-bass limit...
read more ››Going Solo: Risk Vs. Reward
June 17, 2013
Written By: Cal Kellogg,
Going solo: Going hunting or to a lesser extent fishing alone in the outdoors with no immediate back up if something should go wrong. The two women in my life, my wife and my mom and even my dad don’t like it...
read more ››40 Plus Wild Rainbows In A Single Day?
June 17, 2013
Written By: Cal Kellogg,
From the appearance of the surface, the beautiful emerald green river looked calm and nearly placid, but that was an illusion…
The current was strong, flowing along at over 13,000 cfs and it drew the drift...
read more ››Triple Fishing Fun At Lake Don Pedro
June 17, 2013
Written By: Dan Bacher,
The Tuolumne River’s Lake Don Pedro, one of the top reservoirs for fishing in California, is known for its ability to produce king salmon, kokanee and rainbow trout on one angling adventure.
True to form, a...
read more ››Salmon Derby Winner Drives From Washington To Lake Oroville For His Victory
June 15, 2013
Written By: Dan Bacher,
Seventy-five anglers braved the heat on Saturday, June 8 to compete in the 2nd Annual Lake Oroville Family Fun Salmon Derby sponsored by the California Inland Fisheries Foundation, Inc. (CIFFI), but no one was...
read more ››Statewide Campaign Launched to Defeat Governor Brown’s $54.1 Billion Water Tunnels Project
June 13, 2013
Written By: Dan Bacher,
The California water wars heated up on Wednesday with the announcement of the formation of a new statewide coalition against the peripheral tunnels.
"While Governor Jerry Brown plots to build massive twin...
read more ››New Hogan Stripers 6-10-2013
June 12, 2013
Written By: Gold Country Sport Fishing,
I had two clients Butch Betcahart and his grandson Garrett Stowers on June the 10th as they wanted to catch stripers, well the day went well with them landing eight quality stripers and one black bass, at one...
read more ››New Hogan Stripers
June 12, 2013
Written By: Gold Country Sport Fishing,
Ron Wilson went with me to Hogan to catch striped bass and we had some great action, although he only landed five , he also lost two fish, but still a great day, and we had plenty of missed...
read more ››Don Pedro kokanee, King Salmon and Rainbow trout
June 12, 2013
Written By: Gold Country Sport Fishing,
Dan Bacher from the fish sniffer called and wanted to do a map feature on Don Pedro and asked if it was okay if he brought along Allen Bonslet, and of cousre I said yes with out any hesitation. I set out four...
read more ››Brown proclaims ‘Great Outdoors Month’ as he plans Delta’s destruction
June 10, 2013
Written By: Dan Bacher,
Governor Jerry Brown on Friday, June 7 issued a proclamation declaring June as "Great Outdoors Month" in California. Ironically, the same Governor is fast-tracking the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP), a...
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