Index of General Interest Articles
By: Dan Bacher
2008
New Melones: Biggest Kokanee In the Mother Lode? Ocean-Sized Kings On Lake Don Pedro Lake Amador’s Unique Strain of Hard-Fighting Trout Steelhead Fishing Rebounds This Season On Mad River Steelhead Are Big And Beautiful On The Chetco River In Search Of The World Record Smallmouth At Pardee DFG Offers Urban Fishing Program For Trout And Catfish Fishing Panel Tackles The Plight Of Our Fisheries At Sacramento ISE Tulloch: A Fickle Lake For Quality Rainbows Calaveras River Offers Tail Water Wild Rainbows American River Steelhead Anglers Endure Another Rough And Tumble Opener Sanddabs Offer Tasty Winter Fare Off Monterey Stockton Trout Bout Kicks Off Urban Trout Season The Landlocked Steelhead Of Thermalito Afterbay
2007
Sonoma Creek: A Haven For Shore Anglers Pursuing Stripers And Sturgeon The Tidal Marshland Stripers Of The Petaluma River Fishing European-Style At Shadow Cliffs Lake CSBA Hosts Record Turnout At Kid’s Fishing Event At Contra Loma Last Chance For Rockfish And Lings This Season In The Monterey Area Spicer Reservoir Trout Offers Big And Healthy Trout During The Fall Turnover Santa Cruz Anglers Nail Big Lingcod, Rockfish Off Franklin Point Suisun Bay’s Abundant Sturgeon Fishery Lahontan Reservoir’s Three W’s: Wipers, Walleye and White Bass Sturgeon Fishing Busts Loose In West Delta Nevada Angler Catches State Record Wiper At Lahontan Reservoir Trolling For Late Summer Stripers In The Isleton Area Lake McSwain: Trophy-Sized Trout And Bass On The Merced River Bucks Lake Offers Superb Kokanee And Trout Fishing In Feather River Country Kids Nail Bass, Bluegill And Catfish At Future-Pro Folsom Event Big Trees Trout On the North Fork Stanislaus Kokanee Salmon Thrive As Lake McClure’s Newest Fishery The Trans Capture CIFFI Team Kokanee Tournament at New Melones Santa Cruz Coast Offers Rockfish At Twilight Alex Upper's 29.50 Pound Halibut Leads Bass Tub To '07 Battle Of The Bay Victory! Stockton Angler Sets New State Smallmouth Record At Lake Pardee! Kokanee And Smallmouth Bass Highlight Union Valley’s Summer Fishery Women Defeat Men In Another Resounding Victory On California Dawn Couples Challenge Anglers Hammer Pardee Kokanee During CIFFI Mike Carrington Derby Lower Bear River Reservoir Features Abundant Rainbows, Big Macks The Magic Of Ice Out Time At Silver Lake Collins Lake's Planting And Habitat Programs Yield Huge Trout, Bass Monterey Bay Salmon Opener Good For Some, Tough For Most Pinto Lake: Family Style Fishing Amidst California History Halibut Fishing Picks Up As Live Bait Season Arrives Rubicon River And Ralston Afterbay Offer Year Round Wild Trout Fishing Don Pedro King Salmon Turn On Steelhead & Striper Anglers Find Spring Solitude In The Middle American Lake Amador Cuttbows: The Hardest Fighting Trout In California? David Hernandez Wins Sand Crab Classic With Big Rainbow Perch San Pablo Reservoir Starts Aggressive Trout Stocking Program Rollins Lake: Trout Fishing Where The Eagle Soars Hennessey, The Wine Country’s Trout And Bass Fishing Gem Shore Anglers Experience Wide-Open Trout Fishing On Pardee Opener Lafayette Reservoir: Diverse Species Abound In East Bay’s Most Scenic Lake Anglers Gear Up For Sand Crab Classic In Santa Cruz Young Anglers Nail Huge Steelhead On Mad, Smith Rivers American Steelhead Opener Begins With Big Expectations, Slow Fishing Rockfish Season Ends With Superb Fishing Off Big Sur Coast Mokelumne Steelhead Numbers Increase With Hatchery Improvements
2006
Woodward Trout Fishery Comes Back After Conversion Of Lake To Drinking Water Supply Eastman, Madera County’s Trophy Largemouth Fishery Trout Bout Features Great Fishing For Families San Justo: A Small Lake With Big Bass And Rainbow Trout Sacramento Angler Nails 44 Lb. Striper At Rio Vista Trolling For Tidewater Kings From Freeport To Courtland Make A Wish Trip On Eagle Lake Both The First And Last Live Bait Fishing, San Diego Style Suisun Bay Region: Fall Shallow Water Fishing For Stripers Huge Lingcod and Halibut Top Who’s Your Daddy Tournament Leopard Sharks, The South Bay’s Hard Fighting Predators Rockfish Bounty Along The Wild And Beautiful Marin County Coast Fuller and Rucker Lakes Offer You A Choice Of Trout Or Bass Lots Of Action For Anglers At Bucks Lake Trout And Kokanee Derby Live Bait Drifting Offers Light Tackle Fun On San Francisco Bay Monterey Rockfish Trips – A Fantastic Way To Beat The Valley Heat Diverse Fishing Opportunities Abound In The Ebbetts Pass High Country Whiskeytown, The North State’s Sleeper Kokanee And Brook Trout Fishery Fort Bragg Anglers Celebrate Rockfish Opener On July Fourth Weekend The Sizzling Hot Summer Stripers Of New Hogan Lake A Hot Year For King Salmon At Don Pedro Millerton Lake Offers Plentiful Spotted Bass Amidst Great Facilities Women Score Decisive Win Over Men In California Dawn Couples Challenge Big, Fat Kokanee Reward Anglers At CIFFI Berryessa Derby Striped Bass Draw Anglers To Colusa And Butte City Areas “Uncle Larry” Barnes Takes First Place in the CIFFI Pardee Derby Back To The Sea Lion’s Lair After A Hot Shark And Halibut Trip Feather River: Striped Bass Fishing The Best Ever? Salmon Fleet Finds Great Action On Federal Opener Off Marin Coast Spring Potluck Fishing At Bullards Bar Reservoir Monterey Bay Salmon Opener Yields Limits For Some, Tough Fishing For Others Fishing In The City Concludes Winter Season With Florin Creek Park Event Los Vaqueros Offers A Surprisingly Diverse Fishery Lake Chabot: Rebuilding A Fishery From The Bottom Up Perch Anglers Scatter Throughout Monterey Bay For Sand Crab Classic Monterey Anglers Nail Squid And Mackerel As Salmon Opener Nears Mike Shelton Wins First Place In Superbowl Sturgeon Derby High Water Doesn’t Deter Hardcore American River Steelhead Anglers James Harrold Discloses Story Behind His 28.5 Lb. Rainbow Trout Fishing In The City: Bringing the Trout And Catfish To Urban Ponds Winter Is Time For Big, Feisty Trout At Rancho Seco 28.5 Lb. Rainbow Trout Could Shatter State Record Surf Fishermen Gear Up For Monterey Bay Sand Crab Classic
2005
Stevens Creek Reservoir, An Urban Sleeper For Trout And Catfish Last Chance For Rockfish Off Half Moon Bay Lake Del Valle's Diverse Fishery Results From Habitat Projects Turlock Angler Nails 78 Lb. Catfish On San Joaquin River Fall Turnover Stirs Trout And Salmon Bite At Folsom Lake Lake Sonoma's Unique Landlocked Steelhead Trout Fishery Todd Fraser Catches Record 382 Lb. Tuna Off Puerto Vallarta Contra Loma Recreation Area An Angling Oasis For Kids And Parents Frank Palmer Pulls 27 Lb. Rainbow - A Pending State Record - From Lake Natoma Franks Tract Area, A Fall Hot Spot For Bass On The California Delta Anglers Still Waiting For 'Record' Return Of Sacramento Kings Feather River College Hatchery Program Enhances Bucks Lake Fishery Stampede Reservoir, The Truckee Area's Premier Kokanee Fishery The Leader Eating Kokanee Of Lake Berryessa Mike Wynn of Sacramento Tops Battle of the Bay With 39.5 Lb. Halibut! Coastside Fishing Club And Half Moon Bay Fleet Host Military Families The East Cape: Capital Of Striped Marlin And Tuna On The Sea of Cortez Evening Anglers Celebrate Opening of Rockfish Season With Limits Lake Merced, An Urban Trout Fishery Reborn Jenkinson Lake: Big Smallmouth Bass In The Sierra Pines Halibut And Striper Fishing Fun On Fish Sniffer Morning Star Trip Big Fish, Great Weather Dominate Project Kokanee Derby At Lake Berryessa Pit River Plankton Blooms Draw Big Shasta Trout Striped Bass and Halibut Hit Central Bay Catch A Smile Offers Disabled Young Anglers A Chance To Fish Spring Steelhead Offer Unique Urban Fishing Opportunity On The American Brown Catches Dominate Second Annual Kokanee Power Shasta Derby Spring Striped Bass Fishing In The Capitol's Shadow Both Kings And Kokanee Successfully Spawn At Lake Don Pedro Lake Camanche Management Stocks Both Trout And Florida-Strain Bass Jumbo Squid Attack Off Bodega Bay Big Steelhead Runs Return To Trinity River Hatchery In Quest Of A Record Striper At San Luis Reservoir Sand Crab Classic Yields Large Numbers of Big Perch Winter Is The Time For Bass And Crappie At Clear Lake Heavy Rains Promise That 2005 Will Be A Banner Year For Fishing
2004
Santa Cruz Anglers Gear Up For "Sand Crab Classic" The Holiday Season Is Time For Taking Kids Fishing Turn Over Time At New Melones Lake Carquinez Strait Offers Shore Anglers A Chance To Battle Salmon, Stripers Salmon Fishing Finally Lights Up On American River Lake Natoma Still Offers Anglers A Chance For Monster Trout The Upper Klamath River Offers Combo Salmon/Perch Fishing The American River's Sleeper Striped Bass Fishery Head To The Ebbetts Pass High Country For Trout Monterey Coast Offers Superb Shallow Water Rockfish Action Indian Valley Reservoir: Top-Notch Trout And Salmon Fishing At Road's End Folsom Lake Kings Are Big And Feisty Spinner Fishing For Trout: An Amazingly Effective Technique Kokanee Small But Plentiful During Kokanee Power Pardee Derby Half Moon Bay: Salmon Fishing on the Other Side Of The Peninsula High Elevation Bass Abound In Rucker Lake Davis Lake Offers Great Trout Fishing In Spite of Pike Presence The Hard Fighting King Salmon Of The Mendocino Coast In Pursuit Of Berryessa Trout And Salmon Amidst The Maelstrom South Fork Tuolumne: Easy Angling Access Or Remote Canyon Hot Spots For Summer Catfish Adventures Shad Fishing In Full Swing On American River Mary Mercurio Tops Kokanee Catches in CIFFI Pardee Family Fun Derby Lafayette Reservoir, A Great Place For Family Potluck Fishing North Fork Of the Feather Opens With Ideal Fishing Conditions Tom Hamada Wins Kokanee Power Derby On First Trip To Shasta! Indian Creek Res.: From Waste Water Pond To Quality Trout Fishery Monterey Bay Salmon Bonanza: A Repeat Of 1995? Sugar Pine Lake, Placer County's Sleeper Trout And Bass Gem The Opening Day Salmon Party On Monterey Bay Bass And Sunfish Plants, Habitat Enhancement Bolster Collins Lake Fishery Mokelumne Salmon Runs Soar With Hatchery And Habitat Improvements A Magical Day Of Steelhead Fishing Great Steelhead Opener In Spite of Horrendous Weather Lake Amador: Fifteen Years Of Raising Trophy Trout On Site
2003
Pine Flat Lake: Where Your Next Fish Could Be A Record Spotted Bass Gomez & Guzman Win 1st Place In Kelsey Bass Ranch Tournament Steelhead Follow Spawning Chinooks Into Upper Klamath Lake Solano, The West Valley's Big Brown And Rainbow Factory Trinity River Offers Great Combo Fishing For Steelhead And Chinooks West Walker River Trout Fishery Rebounds From The Flood of 1997 Woods And Red Lakes Offer Contrasting Scenery, Angling Options Largemouths In The Pines: High Sierra Bass Opportunities Bullards Bar Plays Host To Kokanee Salmon Tagging Study Feed The Fish Tournament Supports Pen Rearing Program On Lewiston Bars And Crave Gravy Rock Fort Bragg Bottomfish Hit Whiskeytown Reservoir For Plentiful Brook Trout, Huge Kokanee Rescue Of Salmon Angler Points to Need For Caution On Rivers Boca Reservoir Offers Unpressured Kokanee Fishing Before Water Skiers Arrive Stampede Reservoir, the Truckee Area's Rich Variety Fishery Derby Time In Fish Sniffer Country In Search Of Lake Camanche's Big Rainbows Float Tubers Work Hard For Bass At Anderson Reservoir Big Day For Halibut Aboard the Goldeneye 2000 Halibut Trolling: An Aggressive Approach To San Francisco Bay Fishing San Justo Reservoir, San Benito County's Big Bass Factory Last Chance For Steelhead As Shad Season Begins Upper Blue Lake, Lake County's Year Round Trout Fishery Two Great Days For Steelhead On The American Don Pedro, A Sleeper Spring Fishery For Salmon And Trout Isleton Angler Catches And Releases 25.4 Lb. Rainbow On American River! Coyote Reservoir: Small Lake With A Big Bass Reputation Trollers Find Best Trout Action On Pardee's Opening Day Upper And Lower Scotts Flat Lakes Offer Contrasting Fisheries Feather River Has A Winter Steelhead Run, Too American River Anglers Look To Better Fishing After Tough Opener Fishing For Big Trout Above Gold Rush Ruins At Lake Camanche Rancho Seco Derby Anglers Tough It Out For Large Trout
2002
Catch and Release Steelhead In The Grand Canyon Of Butte Creek Suisun Bay Striped Bass Action Fabulous Prior To Big Storms Bass Anglers Launch Major Habitat Project On Chabot, Quarry Lakes Pillsbury's Rainbows Offer Sleeper Trophy Fishery Sizzling Hot Bass Fishing At Ryan And Amanda's 'Fishing Hole' Fall And Winter Fishing At Folsom Offers Solitude Amidst Urban Madness Steelhead Follow Salmon Into American River Iron Gate Reservoir, Northern California's Home Of Yellow Perch The Upper Klamath: Salmon, Steelhead And Native Rainbows All On One Trip Sanddab Trips Provide Anglers With Light Tackle Fun Fall Turnover Time At Shasta Lake! California Angler Shatters Oregon Brown Trout Record At Paulina Lake Phil Johnson, Founder of Kokanee Power, Passes Away Big Browns At Road's End In Little Grass Valley United Anglers of California Holds Second Annual Peninsula Fund Raising Dinner Shaver Lake, Fresno County's Home Of Blues and Kokanee Fuller and Rucker Lakes, Two Completely Different High Sierra Fisheries Big, Bright Chinook Salmon Move Into Sacramento River In Force Gold Lake: Trout Fishing In The 'Lake Lined With Gold' Day On The Bay Produces Quality Halibut And Stripers A Two-For-One Special Of Salmon And Rockfish Off Albion Upper Hat Creek: Great Family Camping & Trout Fishing In The Mount Lassen Watershed Virginia Lakes: High Elevation Trout At the Edge of Hoover Wilderness 'Limousine Anglers' Go After Bay Stripers & Halibut Hot Flash! Albacore Show Off Santa Cruz! The Bridgeport Fish Festival, A Great Family-Style Event Spicer Meadow Reservoir Trout Fishery Rebounds Kneeland Captures Stampede Kokanee Power Derby Baum Lake, A Prime Trout Environment In Volcano Country Flinging Flukes For Bass And Trout At Lake McSwain Pardee Derby Entrant Catches Lake Record Rainbow Before Event McClure Offers Trout/Bass Combos In Yosemite's Shadow Convict Lake, From Wild West Violence to Great Trout Fishing Why Go to Bishop To Trout Fish? Collins Lake: Yuba County's Big Trout Factory Spring Time Salmon & Crabs Along The Gorgeous Mendocino Coast Sturgeon Fishing Always A Test of Patience Monterey Bay Salmon Opener Yields Great Fishing For Trollers, Moochers Floating Pen Program At Lake Berryessa Yields Larger Trout & Salmon Early Spring Bonanza For Big Kokanee On Pardee Reservoir Calero Reservoir: Catch and Release Bass Fishing In the Valley of Quicksilver Mines Anglers Work Hard For Trout During SMUD Rancho Seco Derby Galen Jensen Smashes Delta Largemouth Record with 18.62 Pound Fish! CA Inland Fisheries Foundation Donates Water Chiller to Livermore School Record Coho & Steelhead Returns On Monterey Bay Area Streams Lake Pardee Opens With Good Weather, Big Crowds Perch Begin Winter Bite In Monterey Bay Rodney Fagundes Bags 17 lb. 3 oz. Steelhead On American River! Striped Bass Stamp Renewed, In Spite of CSBA's Opposition American River Steelhead Opener Better Than Expected Ice Fishing Kicks Off With A Bang at Wildhorse, Sierra Lakes
2001
It's Prime Time For Monster Rainbows At Lake Natoma Kings River Restoration Effort Promises Improving Trout Fishing Prospects Monster Striped Bass Challenge Anglers In South Delta Coyote Lake Acquires Reputation As Big Bass Factory Sacramento Area Winter Trout Program Begins In Urban Lakes Eagle Lake Trout Action Hits Season Prime Jenkinson Lake: Big Mackinaw & Smallmouth Bass In The Cosumnes Watershed Kids Rule The Fishery At Lake Natoma! Big Numbers of Salmon Joined By Steelhead On Klamath River! Prosser Reservoir, An Overlooked Spot For Family Trout Adventures Salmon Enthusiasts Converge On Woodson Bridge Hot Fall Trout Fishing At Caples Lake! Fisheries Groups Lose Key Lawyer To Flight 93 Hijacking Los Vaqueros Reservoir Opens To Fishing! Jonathan Stauduhar Wins First-Ever Sea Kayak Derby On Monterey Bay Big Trout Challenge Anglers Trolling Deep Water At Shasta Lake South Fork Of American Combines White Water & Wild Trout Return To Union Lake "Bear Country" For Catfish/Trout Bottomfishing The 'Lost Coast' of Santa Cruz Trollers Bag Lots of Big Kokanee in Stampede Derby Salmon Arrive In Force From Bodega Bay To Golden Gate Beardsley Reservoir: A Legendary German Brown Fishery Comes Back Solid Live Bait Bite Continues For Stripers, Halibut In Bay & Outside Quality Bass In The Weeds At Kelsey Bass Ranch W Fork Of Carson Offers Barrier-Free Angling For Rainbows, Cutthroats Summer Is Prime Time To Take A Kid Fishing Alpine Offers Creature Comforts, Good Trout Fishing At Wilderness Edge Leopard Sharks Hit 'Hot Baits' In South Bay Brannan Island Derby: Lots of Delta Fun For Young Anglers Stripers Hitting On Bay Reefs Large Kokanee Return To Stampede Reservoir Pardee Kokanee Derby Yields Lots Of Rod Bending Fun Find The Plankton, Find The Trout At Lake Shasta Halibut Bite Builds Momentum On San Francisco Bay 'Save A Can, Buy A Fish' Boosts Trout Fishery At Paradise Lake Opening Day at June Lake Yields Big Brown, Plentiful Rainbows Fish Sniffer Staffers Hammer Stripers Near Meridian Sherman Island Area A Hot Spot For Stripers, Sturgeon Spring Steelhead Fishing: Fast Fishing Fun Amidst Solitude Big Thunder Trout Shake Up Shadow Cliffs Lake Modesto Reservoir: An Overlooked Sleeper For Bass, Crappie & Trout Spring Steelhead Fishing Busts Loose On American River Fort Bragg Salmon Season Off To A Promising Start Antelope Angler Wins SMUD Derby With 7 Pound Trout Galt Angler Recovers From Tragic Accident Fishing Trinity River Trout & Salmon Bite Takes Off At Lake Camanche Ocean Salmon Prospects Look Good For Sac & Klamath Stocks 33rd Annual Blake Jones Trout Derby Turlock Lake Offers Chunky Rainbows In A Farm Pond Setting Shiny Steelhead & Cold, Dead Fish Awards, 2000 Check Your Regulations Before Fishing! Mokelumne River Salmon & Trout Bounce Back American River Anglers Celebrate New Year's Day With Big Steelhead
2000
Christmas Morning On Rancho Seco Lake Spend the Holidays "Fishing In The City" Holiday Season Return To Lake Tulloch Kids Take Big Fish Honors In Rancho Seco Derby Hot Striper Action On A Cold Winter Day It's Time For Mother Lode Trout Fishing Target Holdover Rainbows & Smallmouth Bass At Woodward Lake Record Returns of Chinook Salmon At Iron Gate Fish Hatchery Special Children's Event A Big Hit at Contra Loma Reservoir The Ultimate Challenge: Catching A Limit of Sac Area Salmon! Jackson Meadows Reservoir: Grayling in California? Stripers Go On Big Bite In San Pablo Bay Lake McSwain Offers Year Round Fishing For Brook, Rainbow and Brown Trout Coe Bags Biggest Kokanee In Bullards Bar Derby Tale of Two Lakes High Mountain Trout and Catfish At Union Lake Where Can You Catch Sacramento Perch? Mystery of the Sacramento Perch 7 year Old Gets State Record Live Bait Drifting, Jig Fishing Both Produce Superb Bottom Fishing