While I’ve never been a big fan of the hatchery “round-tailed” rainbow trout that get planted in waters throughout the West, I have to say that the Donaldson strain rainbows of Nor. Cal’s Lake Amador (and other places) are extremely cool “truck trout.”
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One “Moore” Big Steelie!
Seems like the big steeies have been on a pretty good chew up and down the coast lately!
Here’s one more for the road: Northern California guide, Mike Moore holds up a beautiful Eel River buck that one of his clients caught and released recently. They were drifting eggs when the bruiser came calling.
Nice Fish!
Spend the extra $$ on a fish finder?
Hey JD,
I was reading your recent report on the Lowrance LMS 527C sonar and have a question for you. I know that you have fished for kokanee and trout, so I wanted to ask your expertise on is this unit for these gamefish.
Do you think this unit is more than adequate, or would you recommend spending a few more bucks and go to the next level of sonars like the Lowrance X-27C with 8000 watts and the most pixels?
The goal is to fish smarter with the sonar, but do you think the added cost would be worth it for trout and kokanee as the target fish?
–Andy
That LMS 527C is more than adequate — unless you’re hankering for a huge screen. I’ve got a buddy with one of those jumbo graphs that looks like a 52-inch flat screen plasma TV and we kid him about having to sit on a phone book just to see over it! The big screens are nice, but I don’t see the huge advantage.
In this day and age when everything is getting more expensive, I’d say save the money and use those extra couple hundred bucks for something like, oh maybe a half tank of gas or something…
The Ultimate Guide to Shad Fishing
American Shad ascend rivers on both the West and East Coasts in the spring months and are an absolute blast to catch on light tackle! While not a super sophisticated fish, there are a few things you need to know to consistently score. Here are some tips and tricks to help you catch a bunch of shad this season. By the way, if you’d like to go on a guided shad fishing trip in the Sacramento area, be sure to click on my website www.theportfisher.com
Getting to Know the American Shad
For the uninitiated, shad are over-grown members of the herring family that spend most of their life in the ocean and then return to freshwater rivers to spawn (like salmon, only most shad don’t die after spawning).
Native to the East Coast, shad were transplanted to the West in the 1800’s and have flourished since. Out West, the Columbia River plays host to the largest runs followed by the Sacramento River and her main tributaries, the American, Feather and Yuba rivers. Back East, shad roam the Atlantic from Florida to Nova Scotia and spawn in many drainages in-between, including the Delaware, Susquehanna, Juniata, Delaware, Schuylkill and Lehigh rivers.
Shad are cool…deep bodied, with silvery flanks and a purple back.
Depending on the location and temperature, the first waves of American Shad arrive sometime April and fishing can last through June and into July in some streams.
Busted: Sturgeon Poachers using Baby Salmon for Bait!
How sick is this: Sturgeon poachers busted in Northern California recently had been using baby Chinook salmon for bait!
Wardens from the California Department of Fish and Game arrested nine suspects Friday morning for violations involving the illegal take of white sturgeon from the Sacramento River.
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