SACRAMENTO – The American shad is one of the most popular and yet most mysterious fish that anglers pursue on California’s Central Valley rivers in the spring. Shad are known for the great fights that ...

In the forebay, Mesa reported largemouth bass are the top option with soft plastics as striped bass fishing is dominated by undersized fish. Check 12 is extremely popular, and it is crowded most of ...

While striped bass fishing has shut off on the lower Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers on the Delta as the fish moved into San Francisco Bay, the striper and black bass fishing is sizzling in the ...

Compiled by California Outdoors Hall of Fame member Dave Hurley and edited by Roger George, who guides in the greater Fresno area and holds the striper record at Millerton Lake. In the northern ...

A week ago we had snow in Penn Valley and then a cool windy weekend followed. This week spring seemed to arrive with balmy warm days and the river temps rising. The stripers responded to the warming ...

Steve Jones, 72, of Clovis with his recent catch: a massive Shaver Lake brown trout at 37½-inches and 24.48 pounds nabbed on Friday May 16 . Courtesy to The Fresno Bee. Fishing report compiled by ...

Axel Veerkamp, 14, of Placerville with a 38-pound, 46-inch salmon he caught trolling near Stinson Beach with Captain Trent Slate of Bite Me Charters. Fishing report compiled by California Outdoors ...

SACRAMENTO RIVER: Guide Justin Thompson reported that action on the Sacramento River in Redding California is lights out with 30 to 50 fish days!! Thompson has been side drifting roe. The Fly Shop in ...