Sacramento/Feather Rivers:

Johnson’s Bait in Yuba City reported slow fishing on the Feather on Thursday 1-26, although a 22-pound striper was weighed in over the weekend by an angler soaking bait. On the Sacramento side of things, striper fishing has been ‘hit or miss’, but the water came up, and anglers are looking forward to the sturgeon moving upriver.

Garrett Charter at Kittles Outdoors in Colusa said, “We just got in our supply of sturgeon bait for the season, and I predict the fish will be moving into the area by either the middle or end of next week,” adding, ‘The bite should take off.” The river came up quickly, and it dropped back down just as quickly. Striper fishing has been nil on this section but will improve come March.
 

Sac River Sturgeon
Freeport Bait reported very good sturgeon fishing on Tuesday 1-24 near Hood and Courtland with ghost shrimp, pile worms, or eel, and a good number of fishermen have been out trying for the diamondbacks. Striper fishing remains slow as the fish haven’t come up the river system in any appreciable numbers. Flows through the Sac system have increased and this will encourage both stripers and sturgeon to move up river.
On the duck front guide Scott Feist  reported two limits of nearly all widgeon in the first 20 minutes on Wednesday 1-25. He was hunting with one client and said they had flights of 5 to 30 birds working all over his pond. They had some morning fog and mostly widgeon but a mix of every color in the shy.  On Tuesday 1-24 Scott reported 12 ducks for two clients a mix of widgeon, teal and spoonies.

For you waterfowlers Scott has improved on his blind leases and this coming season and will be offering shoots out of Dingville, one of the most productive and exclusive areas in the Sac Valley.  Scott is offering hunts that are not only quality land but affordable for everyone.