Folsom Lake Trout

I hooked up with Al the other day for a few hours of fishing on Folsom Lake for Salmon and Trout. Although I have fished for Trout many times and have done a bit of trolling with small Rapala’s, etc. this type of fishing with down-riggers and trolling with dodgers, etc. is all new. The [...]

American River Steelhead hunt continues…

Well, it’s been over a month since my last fishing report. Although I have been fishing, I’ve had little to report or write about… all of last month I spent time on the American River a couple times a week in search of the elusive Steelhead. I’m a confident fisherman and know it’s called fishing [...]

American River Steelhead hunt continues…

Fished waaaay below the Sunrise foot bridge this afternoon for nada. I thought this water might be holding some fish… But as it turned out, it may have just been too swallow for any fish moving through to stick around. I did take this cool pano and found a really cool smoker! Nice!

American River – Steelhead Fishing opening day 2009

The American River is closed from Nov 1. just above Goethe Park to the Hazel Bridge and reopens January 1st. I obviously had not fished this water since late Oct. and was really looking forward to it. So I thought I would give it a try on Opening Day. I went to my first spot [...]

Day after Christmas Steelhead fishing American River

It was the the day after Christmas, we had beautiful sunny day, I had a new pair of Waders & Boots, and the kids were a little stir crazy after a whole day in the house on Christmas. So, off we went to the American River for a little hike and some fishing. I usually [...]

Trout fishing – Eastern Sierra’s South Fork of the Carson river

My buddy Yusef flew up from San Diego this weekend for some fishing. Saturday, we hooked up with another buddy of ours, Jonas who was taking us over to the Eastern Sierra’s for a day of Trout Fishing. Since arriving here in NorCal, I have yet to explore any of the quality fishing we have [...]