Reports...Fresh from the water.
Its been a while…sorry. Fall, hell winter seemed to be here
this weekend! I was in flip flops and short striper fishing on Monday and Tuesday
and waders, flannels, and jackets steelhead fishing on Saturday and Sunday.
Gotta love northern California…when the seasons change the pendulum can swing
as I will be back in flip flops striper fishing on Thursday with 83 degree
weather forecasted….here are the reports as I hear them and and have experienced
them.
Open Guide Dates:
Nov 25, 26,
Dec 17, 21-23, 27-31
Jan 5-7, 14, 16, 21, 28
Lower Sacramento Striper fishing has been good if you can
really pick your day and time. With the weather swings of the last week I
wouldn’t say I would take anyones money to go out as the weather changes really
affect the fishing but if you can pick your day and hit right fishing can be
down right ridiculous. Last week Monday and Tuesday were really good fishing…big
fish, lots of fish, top water…all the good stuff one wants out of striper
fishing! Then the weather changed…I am going to get back out mid to late week
ounce the weather stabilizes again into that 75-85 degree fall weather.
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| Nice fall fish off the weed beds |
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| Not all L. Sac species eat eggs in October |
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| Wind and Rain but fish gotta eat |
Lower Feather River – Sunday I guided the feather from
Riverbend Park to Palm ave and there were spawning salmon thick from about hwy
162 to Mathews…with a few around Robinson and the Islands above. Salmon
spanwing was pretty inconsistent…We would hit one riffle where they were thick
and we would hook steelhead and then the next with none and no steelhead…kinda
was like this all the way to Palm. So the good news is fish are spread out and
not just concentrated up in the upper reaches of the Low Flow. We did see a lot
of pre spawn salmon moving up riffles and around the river so there are plenty
of fish that are yet to spawn so the egg bite and steelhead fishing should only
improve. We actually caught most of our fish on bugs so most fish weren’t even
keyed on eggs yet. All our fish were wild steelhead which is always a treat on
a hatchery based river like the feather and were in the 18-22” bracket. Typical
feather steelhead.
Lower Yuba River – Flows on the Lower Yuba are up over a
1000cfs which is GREAT for this time of year, giving both drift boat anglers and
wader fishermen room to fish. Deer creek came up to over 500cfs on Sunday so I
am not sure what the clarity fo the river is though. I talked to a buddy who
guided it on Saturday and did well but he did say the river was coloring up. I
am sure Deer Creek will drop fast and by mid week the river should be in great
shape.
Sports Report – Overall pretty damn tough few months for me…The
Irish are 2-5 and are just flat out a bad football team right now. They aren’t
getting blown out by any means, the are loosing by a touchdown here a field
goal there but they look bad…disheartening but I am a fan through thick and
thin, not a band wagon guy. I support Brian Kelly and have a hard time bagging
on the team and coach when I only watch the games on Saturday…no one outside of
the coaching staff is at practice every day and knows their personal like they
do. The bottom line is we are much younger then many people realized going into
this season and hopefully we can get a few wins here and build for next season.
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| Win or Loose it is a special place... |