
Check out the new issue of The Fish Sniffer Magazine for July 11, 2025!
Summer fishing is in full swing all over Northern California. Freshwater lakes are providing top notch action for bass, trout and landlocked salmon. Lake Berryessa, Shasta, New Melones and Don Pedro are very good for kokanee up to 18 inches and more. Some very nice landlocked kings as well as rainbow trout are coming to nets at Folsom and Oroville. The mountain streams are falling into very fishable shape and catching trout is picking up.
Saltwater fishing is going great guns, with the folks that were able to fish the 2 day Ocean Salmon season in June catching limits of big salmon all the way up and down the coast. Potluck fishing in San Francisco bay is excellent for both stripers and halibut, and rockfish and lingcod are filling sacks out of Bodega and Monterey Bays.
All you need to know about freshwater and saltwater fishing in Northern California is now available in the latest issue of The Fish Sniffer Magazine!