The Fish Sniffer

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.”...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...