The staff at Tahoe Sportfishing is targeting mackinaw with limit style results, but they are also reporting bonus browns and rainbows.The macks are chunky fish that average a solid 3 pounds and range up to 10. Tahoe Sportfishing skippers are experimenting with various lures, but the go to offering remains a threaded minnow teamed with […]
We are fully into fall fishing now with mixed sizes of fish and really great midge fishing on our local lakes. Nighttime temperatures have now dipped into the cooler sides with some mornings in the 30’s, which quickly warm up by mid-morning to the 70’s. Fall is a special time in the eastern sierra as […]
Eagle Lake is virtually the same temperature from top to bottom and the trout fishing is really ramping up as a result.“I fished Eagle Lake for 3 days last week with my brother Mark and we landed a total of 17 trout from about 2 pounds to 4.5 pounds. We kept three fish to eat […]
Salmon fishing has been consistently fair for anglers fishing from Woodson Bridge to the Barge Hole. Locals are hopeful, that the action will improve greatly in October.“There are good numbers of fish in places like the Barge Hole, but they just don’t want to bite,” related Mike Bogue Of Mike Bogue’s Guide Service. “We are […]
The Rocky Mountain Recreation Company stocked Lake Pardee with 1000 pounds of Mt. Lassen rainbow trout on September 18 after six weeks of no plants.Both shore anglers and boaters have been catching trout. Robbie Dunham of Koke Machine Guide Service reported three limits of rainbows on his latest trolling adventure. The fish fell for Speedy […]
I always look forward to the fall and early winter because this is one of the most productive times of year to fish a jigging spoon. Until I met Rick Tietz I knew very little about spoon fishing. You would be hard pressed to find someone who knows more about fishing spoons than Tietz. He […]
Sacramento River: Fishing in the West Delta is very productive at this time, provided you avoid targeting salmon. Stripers are on a solid bite and sturgeon are stacked up, but salmon trolling has proven to be tough. “We fished for salmon this morning,” related Kip Elton of Sacramento. “We trolled for 3 hours without a […]
East Bay Saltwater:Anglers departing from the Berkeley Marina are finding epic action while targeting lingcod and halibut.Captain James Smith of California Dawn Sportfishing has been putting his client on limits of lingcod while fishing the north coast from Point Reyes to Duxbury. The average ling goes 8 pounds and the largest fish range up to […]
“My wife Jamie and I just returned from a week of fishing at Tahoe,” reported Fish Sniffer reader Jayce McCormick of Citrus Heights. “The fishing at Tahoe was very good for both kokanee and mackinaw.” “The kokanee schools were scattered at the south end of Tahoe and they were aggressive. Red Wedding Rings and Orange […]
The calendar shows fall is a few short weeks away, my thermometer says different. We are expecting temps to reach the 100 degree mark today and tomorrow with temps dropping into the 80’s the balance of the week. Water temps continue to hover in the mid-seventies and lake level continues to drop. We expect the […]
