It's the fall season in Shasta County and the bad weather is coming!  The leaves are turning, acorns are dropping, and the best fishing of the year is, for the most part, in the history books. We've had an exceptional year for fishing here in the north state and I'm sure a lot of you have some King salmon, Kokanee salmon,...
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The Sacramento River salmon fishing has been hot and cold this fall, but over all its been surprisingly good.  Big winds have been a factor for me since I like to drift Pautzke cured roe, but some days are just better than others in the fishing world anyway.  I'm going to begin to focus on my rainbow trout and steelhead fishing...
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The Sacramento River system in northern California has seen some pretty good King salmon fishing the last five years in spite of a relentless drought in the region that had plagued this watershed for nearly four consecutive years, beginning in 2013.  State and Federal hatcheries worked hard to raise juvenile King salmon for the annual spring releases which go primarily...
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I've received an unusual number of trip cancellations due to the fire situations throughout northern California for the upcoming week.  The salmon fishing is good up river and I now have several dates available.  If you missed out on a salmon trip this year, give me a call and lets go fishing!  Two person minimum please.  Thank you!  (707) 616-1905

With a great salmon season just now winding down, a lot of you have harvested egg skeins from salmon you have caught.  Egg fishing is a big part of my salmon fishing success, and curing them properly is a very important component to putting salmon on the bank or in your fish box!  I've been busy curing salmon eggs for next...
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I do a lot of drift fishing on the Sacramento river for salmon, trout, and steelhead.  In fact, it's by far my favorite way to fish from my boat, when either side drifting or boondoggling through holding water.  I've spent countless hours on the water over the years drift fishing, and I've tried every weight system out there looking for...
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