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AMERICAN RIVER
The
Richmond Hunting Club is a not for
profit sportsmen organization. The club
has four clubhouses and 15,000 acres of
some of the finest upland game and
waterfowl property in the
Sac, Delevan and Colusa NWR triangle.
Annual family memberships start at just $500. For more
information about the "RHC" please
contact us at (707)-451-1690.
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December 31, 2011
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American River Steelies
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American River:
With Sunday’s Opener on the Upper American River,
lots of anglers will likely turn out
on
New Years Day.
The opening
day is generally a crowded time on the river and there are few "secret"
spots on this City fishing scene.
Roe and nightcrawlers and even the
small grubs worked through the
deeper slots and riffles can be very
effective. Most of these steelies
range from 2 to 6 pounds but larger
fish sometimes in the 10 to 14 pound
class are caught. Just plan on being
on the water early to lock in a good
spot.
Uncle Larry Barnes at Sacramento Pro Tackle reported that the
fish have been in the river for some time, but anglers lost interest right
after the upper river closed in the fall.
Feather River:
Bob
Bradbury of Johnson’s Bait in Yuba City said, “Things have been very slow around
here with no reports of steelhead in the past few days.” The flows on the
Feather River have been dropped significantly, and the river is low, gin clear
and barely moving. Rain is needed to
color the flows and get the fish
back on the bite.
Waterfowl:
 After
two weeks of no weather we saw some
fog and breeze in the Central Valley
on Friday 12-30. Scott Feist
had a great day putting three
clients into limits of ducks adding
8 specks and snowies. He said the
birds were working really well in
the south wind and worked into the
decoys time after time. Nothing is
better than a good spread on quality
property. Scott has room through
January on his prime property at
Dingville.
If you are looking to hunting a top
of the line blind at a fraction of
the price with none of the hassles
of public areas a guided hunt with
Scott in a great option. He will
start fishing again in February as
the sturgeon begin to push up.
I'm looking forward to my first hunt
with Scott next week.
 After
two weeks of little hunting even
this writer got back out in the
field. Hunting with my 16 year old
son Tyler and two close friends we
took limits of snow geese on our
Richmond Club property east of
Colusa. We scouted where the birds
were working the evening before and
arrived a good hour ahead of shoot
time to avoid pushing them out while
we set up. It was perfect
weather with 10 to 12 knots of south
wind, a fog ceiling holding at about
50 yards and several thousand geese
grinding less than a 1/4 mile away.
We had steady action into our small
spread and were limited by 8:30. It
looks like the weather conditions
will remain favorable this weekend.
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