The opener was a good one on Fall River, with a lot of fish being taken in the first two days. The weather was awesome, the bugs came off in good numbers, and the fishing pressure was light. We took a lot of fish swinging, with the fishing eating just about everything that we threw at them. After all...it was the opener! The weather started to turn on Monday but we still took a good number of fish on top with a size 16 infrequent-hacklestacker. A few fish were coming to hand with an … [Read more...]
Spring Fever in Northern California
Well, it's hard to tell if winter is over or if it just hasn't yet got under way! Whatever it is, these spring-like conditions have been pretty good for the fishing and fishing conditions. The Lower Sacramento is fishing well and Baum Lake is doing EXCELLENT! I took a drive up to Lake McCumber and there was still a lot of ice up there. When it breaks up enough to fish, it looks like the lake itself will be low. The Trinity River is in dire need of rain in order to get a fresh run of fish coming … [Read more...]