I haven't posted many reports on Keswick Reservoir this season, mainly because I've been too busy fishing other waters.  Today we started out on the lower Sac, but with a big drop in flows and a lot of debris in the river, my techniques for catching rainbows just didn't produce like usual.  We pulled off the lower Sac and ran...
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Today we fished the Sacramento River in Redding looking for steelhead trout numbers and not hatchery keepers.  The bite was a little off with the weather changing, but we managed to experience a really good morning bite before things slowed down.  I'm going to let this storm blow over and then I'll be down river again looking for hatchery steelhead! ...
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Today I fished the Sacramento River in the Anderson area.  Perfect day with great weather and great clients!  Fished for salmon in the morning and didn't see any rollers or get any bites so we switched to steelhead fishing.  Steelhead and trout fishing was slow over all, but we did manage to catch a great keeper hatchery steelhead.  Hoping the...
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I fished Phil and his two sons today on the Sacramento River below Anderson.  The salmon fishing was slow but we managed to stir up a 12 lb. buck by mid day.  We got into a short steelhead bite and put two nice hatchery hens in the box before calling it a day.  We fished bait all day today and we ended...
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Today I fished the Sacramento River in Redding for wild trout and steelhead.  We found steady action drifting Pautzke Bait Co. Natural Bor X O Fire roe and when running bait divers.  The action was steady and fishing pressure was light.  Its a great time of the year to spend a day on the river catching fish pretty much all...
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The Sacramento River salmon season has seen its best days for the early fall run season and now its time for me to fish for steelhead and rainbow trout!  Theres still some salmon around for the die hards, but soaking bait in the Barge hole has lost its appeal to me now, especially with so few fish around.  Today I had...
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