Summer Specials - May - August
ALL TRIPS!! - $200 per person including lodging, breakfast & lunch (2 - 4 people)
Pay for 3 and the 4th angler fishes for free on Shasta Lake trips!
We will be running shad and trout combo trips during the month of June
Air Quality Update - Some fires are still burning, but CDF is getting them under control. The south wind, expected to continue over the weekend, has cleared smoke from the Red Bluff area.

GOOD NEWS - We will have a salmon season on the Sacramento River this year - Nov & Dec
Book now for salmon - with such a short season, dates are filling fast!

Sacramento River Wild Trout and Steelhead Conventional Gear - The winds have died down (finally!!) and we are back to catching trout. Trout and steelhead are biting crickets, hot shots and F5 Flatfish in a variety of metallic colors. Fresh summer steelhead like the hatchery fish in the upper right photo are moving into the river. Take advantage of our summer specials and the fantastic weather. Join us for a fun day on the water chasing our Sacramento River steelhead and wild trout.

SHAD - The shad are here!! We are catching shad between Red Bluff and Los Molinos. Best bite is in the evening on 1/32 and 1/16 ounce red head jigs with chartreuse or champagne curly tail bodies. Join us during the month of June for combo shad and trout trips. We fish for shad on the evening of your arrival and target shad in the early morning and trout the rest of the next day. These are great trips for the entire family using foolproof techniques that even young children can master.

Sacramento River Wild Trout Fly Fishing - Our lead fly fishing guide Jason Thatcher is off chasing Kings in Alaska for the next 6 weeks. Jason will return on Aug 7 and be ready to guide fly fishing trips on the Sacramento River. This is truly world class fly fishing only 3 hr. from the Bay Area.

Shasta Lake Landlocked Salmon and Trout - The winds have died down, the water is warming up and we are catching lots of landlocked King Salmon. Bigger salmon are showing up (upper left pic) and the bite has been red hot. Today, we rarely went more than 15 min. between bites. We are also picking up a number of good browns and rainbows on our salmon fishing trips. Seps #3 and #4 watermelon or glow dodgers followed by Seps Secret lures or slow rolled shad are producing fish. Troll slow (0.8 - 1.4 mph) for the best results. The last few days, we have been picking up salmon at 50 - 80 ft. If you don't have downriggers, try mooching pieces of anchovy at the back of the coves where you mark bait. We observed a number boats catching salmon using this technique. Take advantage of our summer 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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