http://www.NorCalFishingNews.com The place for Northern California fishing blogs, fishing reports, fishing news, fishing photos plus so much more. en-us Loch Lomond, nestled in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Felton, will receive a trout plant for the first time since 2008.

by Staff]]> 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.

by Tim Goode]]> 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:

by Tim Goode]]> 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.

]]> You just never know what a day on the water will bring. The uncertainty is part of the fun.

by Tim Goode]]> 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.

by John Clayson Spencer]]> Depending on where you are located, kayak fishing for salmon can range from easy to challenging, frustrating, and finally, impossible. 

by Allen Bushnell]]> The following lakes, rivers, streams and ponds this week will receive plants of catchable trout from the California Department of Fish & Game:

by Staff]]> by Nick the Informative Fisherman]]> 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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