Spring Specials - January - May
Sacramento River Wild Trout - $200 per person including lodging, breakfast & lunch (2 - 4 people)
April and May Striper Fishing - Guided Day fishing $200 per person including bait and tackle
Pay for 3 and the 4th angler fishes for free on striper and Shasta Lake trips!

Sacramento River Wild Trout and Striper Conventional Gear-
STRIPED BASS - Stripers are making their annual spawning migration to Colusa. Low water and cooler than normal water temps have delayed their arrival, but good numbers worth showing up for have finally arrived (see upper left from Apr 18). Last week's increased water flows out of Keswick combined with some warm weather are pulling more stripers upstream. We have at least another month of striper fishing left. Book your trip today and take advantage of our $600 for up to 4 anglers special - that's only $150 per person including all gear and bait! Mid-week is best as weekends can be quite a zoo.
TROUT - CONVENIONAL GEAR - Trout fishing is only getting better. Warmer water temperatures have increased bug activity and the trout are aggressively feeding. Trout and steelhead are biting crickets, hot shots and F5 Flatfish in a variety of metallic colors. Take advantage of our spring special and the fantastic spring weather. Join us for a fun day on the water chasing our Sacramento River steelhead and wild trout.

Sacramento River Wild Trout Fly Fishing - Fly fishing is RED HOT between Red Bluff and Anderson for mostly wild trout with the occasional steelhead. With the warming water we are seeing increasing bug activity on the water. As the water clears and warms, expect more nymph activity. Weekends in Apr are booked, but we do still have a number of weekday openings as well as weekends in May. This is truly world class fly fishing only 3 hr. from the Bay Area.

Shasta Lake Landlocked Salmon - Landlocked salmon at Shasta Lake are starting to turn on (upper right photo). As the water warms look for hot salmon action on Shasta. Seps flashers followed by Seps Secret lures are producing fish. Troll slow for the best results. Take advantage of our spring specials and the fantastic weather.

We are pleased to announce that Bill Divens recently became the first IGFA Certified Captain on the northern Sacramento River. In addition to keeping records, the IGFA drives conservation, research and legislative efforts relating to both fresh and salt water fisheries. We are proud to be associated with this fine organization. Click here to learn more about IGFA.

Here is a great picture of a big salmon and an even better story:

On December 1, 2004, I was fishing with retired guide Herb Wilson below the Bend Bridge in Red Bluff. It was a beautiful cool sunny day and with most of the guides in this area fishing the Barge Hole and environs we had this section of river pretty much to ourselves. We were backtrolling T-60 Flatfish with the autopilot on and had just seen a bald eagle dive into to the River and fly away with a 14” squaw fish.

We were commenting on the gorgeous scenery, no other boats in sight and how salmon fishing is so much more than just catching when my rod tip dove into the water. I hooked the fish and handed it off to Herb. After multiple runs at the boat where we were sure that the fish got off and after a good 5 minutes of lying on the bottom and refusing to move, I looked down into the clear water and saw the T-60 Flatfish looking like a small shiny speck of silver and chartreuse at the front of a huge silvery ghost. After a few hard runs away from the net, we finally landed this 55 lb. chrome beauty. What makes this story really cool is that Herb was the guide that taught me the River in the early 90’s and has since become one of my best friends. A decade ago, I was catching salmon from Herb’s boat. It was really fun to have him catch this monster from mine!

Sacramento River Flows:
Map of Flows from Shasta Lake to Colusa
Graphs of Flows from Lake Shasta to Ord Ferry
Graph of Flow from Keswick Reservoir

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