San Francisco -- The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is abandoning a highly successful program that greatly increases salmon survival and is instead dumping valuable Feather River hatchery baby fall run salmon into a predator laden waterway starting Monday, April 25.  Most will die. The Golden Gate Salmon Association opposes the move and calls on CDFW to instead...
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We saw many consistent "limits" of trout caught this week!! Many of them from the shoreline down by the dam or off the sand beach. All the biggest trout were caught on lures while trolling this week. Peter Tinoco from Roseville hooked a limit and his biggest was a 5 pounder, he used an orange Rapala. ...
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Two weeks till Fishmas Opener – can you believe it – almost feels like Summer up here in Bishop with temps in the high 70’s last and predictions of the mid 80’s next week, although it was pretty darn chilly at the Lake yesterday - 27° at 11:00am with a slight breeze. There’s open water showing in the front bay...
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Next week on Saturday, April 23rd Collins Lake is hosting our first Trout Derby. It is a Family Event and we are encouraging you to bring all the kids fishing- KIDS FISH FREE and adults are $20. Go to Collinslake.com for more info and how to sign up!!!! This past week was packed plum full of LIMITS of TROUT...
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