After returning from the Portland Sportsman show this weekend I'd like to share a new product line that that I was very impressed with and think will be useful to thousands of California boat owners. The company is called Fish Fighter Products and builds an incredibly useful sliding rail system for rod holders and other great accessories. They also have many other accessories...
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Today we fished Shasta Lake for brown trout and we came up with a few great fish for Mark.  It didn't take long to hook up our first brown trolling on the surface before the sun hit the water.  We hit a double Spotted bass hook up trolling the surface as well.  Finally our last brown came once again right on...
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Today we fished Whiskeytown Lake and found a good morning bite that lasted into the early afternoon.  The Kokes are spread out all over the lake so covering water is important for success.  With 100' setbacks, its hard to stay on a pod of fish because sharp turns just aren't an option with Kokanee on the surface.  Side planers pulling...
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Winter in Northern California can be both beautiful and brutal depending on what kind of weather patterns Mother Nature sends our way.  This winter has been relatively mild and we've seen weather that resembles springtime more than it does our typical winter.  On a positive note, some of our local fishing opportunities do very well in the spring, so it's...
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Today we fished Trinity Lake near the dam.  I ran deep rods for salmon and rods up on the surface for trout.  The salmon bite never turned on, but we easily hooked over 20 rainbows!  No real size to the trout and most were the hatchery planters.  I trolled Arctic Fox flies primarily and also ran some spoons and diving...
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Today we fished on Keswick Reservoir for rainbow and brown trout.  We caught several shaker rainbows, but ended up catching 4 nice multi pound trout as well.  I trolled today instead of running up high to backtroll plugs.  A gold Arctic Fox Trolling Fly started out as the hot bait, but I lost it on a shoal on our first...
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