Fishing life is good with excellent options north, south, east and west. Trout lakes in the eastern Sierra, particularly Bridgeport, Crowley and Twin Lakes is excellent Kokanee bite is on at Bullard’s Bar and New Melones. White Bass are starting to push shad on Lake Nacimiento and there are schools of salmon in Bodega Bay and Half Moon Bay. Those are just some of the highlights to this week’s Best Bites:
Although rock cod season opened May 1 below Pigeon Point, it took until May 16 for Pillar Point party boats to get out and reach the open zone below the lighthouse.
Gary Sagabaen simply declared "the Huddleston bite is on in Santa Clara Valley" and sent the pictures to prove it. They are this week's Picture of the Week.
State game wardens have arrested three Olivehurst men on suspicion of sturgeon poaching on the Bear River. While serving search and arrest warrants at the suspects’ homes on May 12, Department of Fish and Game (DFG) wardens also discovered evidence of deer and bear poaching.
I can recall a big rock near the middle of the river where I hooked a large rainbow. That fat, husky fish put up a gallant battle prior to my sliding him up on a small, gravel bar and then releasing it back to the water.
The following is a list of Northern and Central California salmon charter boats. The harbors are listed by alphabetical order. Web address, phone, boat capacity and anticipated price per person are listed.
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