Fishing Articles

Flowing directly through the heart of Santa Cruz, California, the San Lorenzo River serves as a vital water source for people, fish, and numerous other animals and plants that call the region home. Locals have long understood the ecological and economic importance of this coastal stream, and the San Lorenzo was one of the first rivers in California to have...
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What a Winter we’ve had! Took a drive up toward the Lake Saturday, yup, there’s snow! CalTrans has one lane plowed after the locked gate in Aspendell up to Camp Sabrina where the Country takes over and plows to the parking lot. There’s about 3-4 feet of snow on the road. We’re thinking ice-fishing this year, but we’ll let you know...
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Karen at the trap reports 55 fish came into the trap Monday. After a month of water flowing, the temps and flow finally getting the fishes attention. No ripe hens yet but that’s pretty typical of the early arrivals. 9 were green hens (not ready to spawn yet). A few at 22” 1 at 26” and a lot of smaller...
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Here are the latest reservoir and water conditions, curated from the Department of Water Resources website, the Desert Research Institute, and others. Please go to the following link for more reports for this week: https://https://mavensnotebook.com/2019/03/25/reservoir-and-water-conditions-for-march-25/ ...
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The rains and scattered showers have kept the Lower Trinity in a state of high and milky water. The upper sections of the river are in good shape for fishing. Most of the native fish have spawned out and started their migration down river. Most of the creeks in the upper river are running at a good level and allowing...
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