The Upper reaches of the Sacramento River near Anderson, Ca. has been hot and cold the past few weeks. On big wind days anglers are struggling and when opposite conditions prevail, fishing tends t be pretty good. We will see the tail end of the King fishery by the end of the month, but theres no rain in sight anytime soon so that will keep some of them around for sure.
A few big Kings are around, but we're still seeing mostly two year olds in the 7-10 lb range.
The steelhead season has been on an early start and I hear there are some good numbers of them headed up river. As salmon fishing slows, I will be focusing on the steelhead from Red Bluff to Anderson. We still have late fall Kings to look forward to, but that typically starts to get good around Thanksgiving. Until then and after the Sac closes to salmon fishing on December 16th, I'll be out fishing for steelhead!
10/14 Hatchery steelhead caught with Pautzke Fire Cure roe. Hatchery steelhead are now being caught below Battle Creek. Coleman has already seen a good number of them return so the season may contain some extra good steelhead fishing.
