Whether crewing a large commercial fishing vessel, managing ponds at a fish farm, or setting artisanal fishing traps, the faces of fisheries and aquaculture are nearly as varied as the fish themselves. A recent report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) provided an update on the current state of fisheries and aquaculture around the world. As...
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Topline hot orange trolling fly 12-35ft of water. Eagle Lake Trout x4 outta 8 tags. Tags on Tui chub but orange was the producer. Water column temp 64.7F on the surface 64.4 on the bottom at 60ft. Visibility about 40”. ...
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After some good days on the tuna grounds, the Eureka bite went belly up on Tuesday. The water temps and color are good, but the water looks like it’s breaking up, leaving smaller pockets of warm water holding fish. Finding those pockets of fish did not come easy on Tuesday. Reportedly there were a couple fish landed by the small...
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Just in time for the Fall colors. The US Forest Service is opening back up the Inyo National Forest on Friday, September 25, 2020. We’re hoping the breezes cooperate and keep the smoke away – all depends on the direction. The weather, when we haven’t had smoke, has been beautiful and the leaves are changing to a very pretty yellow,...
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This year’s fishing season was set with an expectation that after fishing there would still be over 200,000 spawning salmon in the Sacramento Basin.  Ask any river guide and you’ll hear they have not seen such a return this year.  What gives? We don’t know for sure but here are a few things to consider.  Commercial trollers reported there were still large spawning...
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