Fishing Reports News

Fishing is getting better at Beaver Lake. Early and late there’s a topwater bass bite and during the day, drop-shot or Carolina rigs are working well. A few stripers are being caught but a big cold blast is needed to send them to the river arms. Catfish are biting live bait on jug lines. Hawg [...]

Napa River
Now is the time to target stripers in the river — continuing right on through November at least. You might want to just copy Andy Sotiras’ system. He landed a beautiful 45-pounder on a whole sardine.
Troll and cast your favorite lures — like Rattletraps, Broken-back Rebels, swim baits — for some hot action, too. [...]

The Fifth Annual Hawg Derby sponsored by Sporthaven Marina was a real hit this year. Since Mike and Kathy Ramsay bought the establishment two seasons ago, the couple have worked hard at making Sporthaven the happening place, where you can sit down and jaw-jack over a cup of coffee and spin a few yarns with [...]

THE Fisheries Division of the Ministry of Agriculture is pushing to have fishing licences suspended for five years to allow for the resuscitation of the island’s over-fished reef areas.
The five-year interval, according to seamanship instructor Hartnel Murphy, would result in a gradual decrease in the number of fishermen, thereby allowing new stock to breed.
“After the [...]

A combination of continued warm weather and deer hunting season has kept the fishing pressure and catch down on the Umpqua River system.
Some chinook salmon, coho and summer steelhead are being caught, but most anglers have had to put in plenty of time and be patient while waiting for the next bite.
One angler reported a [...]