Fishing Articles

Plug fishing for steelhead
by Jeff Goodwin, JANUARY 27, 2017
Sacramento River

Plug fishing for steelhead on the Sacramento River, or any river for that matter, can be both challenging at times and very rewarding. Steelhead are aggressive by nature, especially in the upper reaches of the rivers they were born in, and will readily hit a properly presented plug under most conditions. The information contained in this Pro tip is intended...
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Thanks to all
by Gary Heffley, JANUARY 25, 2017
Sacramento River

We would like to acknowledge everyone who stopped by the booth at the just concluded International Sportsman's Exposition in Sacramento. This includes all those readers of the various websites that make up the Sportfishingreport.com family. Many are just realizing that we are now much much more than the familiar enities of norcalfishreports.com or myoutdoorbuddy.com. We now offer a wide range of...
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Rock Crab Fishery extends open area
by CDFW, JANUARY 25, 2017
San Mateo Coastline

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced today that effective immediately the open area of the commercial rock crab fishery extends northward to Pillar Point, San Mateo County at the recommendation of state health agencies. On Jan. 25 the commercial rock crab fishery is open from 37° 30′ N. Lat. (Pillar Point San Mateo County) south to the California/Mexico border. At...
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Learning from carcasses and final fish counts
by Erin Loury, FISHBIO, JANUARY 23, 2017
Stanislaus River

What can you learn from a dead fish? Surprisingly, a lot. Dead salmon are a common sight this time of year, as adult fall-run Chinook salmon perish after migrating upstream from the ocean to spawn in the rivers of California's Central Valley. Their carcasses then drift downstream, where they either decay in the river, are eaten by animals, wash ashore, or...
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Rains shepherd in peak season Chetco steelhead
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, JANUARY 21, 2017
Chetco River

A combination of melting snowpack and heavy rains ushered in the first large colonies of chrome-bright winter steelhead into the Chetco River last week. A few lucky anglers deploying a plethora of steelhead techniques got the opportunity to go one-on-one with some water-walking, thumb-burning heavy metalheads. And it's about time. I was beginning to worry whether or not the silver missiles...
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Baum Lake Success
by Gary Heffley, JANUARY 21, 2017
Baum Lake

For those who may have read some of my past articles, every winter I note that just because the general trout season has closed for those in the north state, that does not mean an end to catching quality trout. I often tout the potential success to be had on Baum Lake during the winter, where with the help of...
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