Sac
The huge flush and high flows on the Sac over the past three weeks should turn the sturgeon bite on this spring. On Monday 2-8 Bob Boucke at Johnson's Bait and Tackle in Yuba City reported the Sacramento River is currently blown out, but the river is expected to drop and start to be fishable by Wednesday of this week. The river is at 62 feet at the Colusa Bridge, but it is predicted to drop in the 52 to 50 feet range by mid-week. Boucke said all of the action has been from the banks with the river loaded with logs and debris. The launch at Tisdale is full of downed wood, and the launch at Knight's Landing is closed due to the actions of a few knuckleheads that ran donuts in the parking lot, causing the county to shut the launch until the water drops for liability purposes. The boat ramps at Verona, Ward's and the Colusa State Park are currently open. Boucke said there are a "ton of sturgeon" that have moved up the river since the Yolo Bypass overflowed in the past couple of weeks. He thought fishing would be outstanding once the river clears. In the Feather River, a few large
stripers have moved into the river, but the runoff from Jack Slough has mudded things up. The first steelhead dump came last week, and the stripers are starting their move into the river.

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Waterfowl Fall 2010
It's time to start looking ahead to the Central Valley 2010/ 2011 waterfowl season. Yes the season won't open for months but NOW is the time to start checking out blinds for the coming season. The Richmond Hunting Club will have a limited number of prime blinds become available in March 2010. The best time of year to view waterfowl property is when the birds and conditions are as one finds them during the season and that time is now.
One of the best if not "THE BEST" properties in the Central Valley is the Richmond Hunting Club. The "RHC" is a not for profit member owned cooperative with over 18,000 acres of leased and owned land in the Colusa, Delevan and Sac triangle angle. I have been a member since 1997 and have enjoyed some of my best waterfowl and upland game hunting  on the RHC properties during this time.
Family memberships are just $500. per year and all members have access to not only all 18,000 areas but four clubhouses that have bunkhouses, showers and RV parking with full hookups. Water blinds (not open to general members) are just $1700 making the RHC not only one of the best but the most affordable clubs in the Valley. They have been around for over 4 decades and being a not for profit club is the reason they can offer their members such  affordable prices.
If you are interested in a tour of the club, available water blinds  and other properties please call Gerry Gossett at 707 484-0557. Be sure to mention USAFishing to save $50 on your first year of membership.

We here at USAFishing strongly support fishery conservation, unfortunately we can't say the same of most California anglers. We are at a crossroads and unless anglers support conservation groups (that our currently waging a losing battle against the multi- million $ lobby) we will lose every key fishery that is connected to the delta.
The state water projects are being consolidated and the governor is looking to toss the only Bay-Delta protections we have and ship water from Shasta and Oroville directly to LA swimming pools and subsidized cotton farmers in Westland's. If these water projects go through you can kiss goodbye (as in forever) our salmon, striper and sturgeon fisheries. We don't have a salmon season this year or last because of too much water being pumped from the delta. If these water projects get passed we will have no salmon seasons in the future. At no time in the past has it been so critical that our readers understand these issues and support the work that the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance  is doing.
Bottom line..... It's time to get off your butt and support our fisheries or in a few short years there will be NO salmon, striper and sturgeon fisheries and they won't ever recover. No group has done more over the past two decades to protect fisheries than CSPA. In the past two months USAFishing readers have raised nearly $10,000 for the CSPA but much much more is needed.
Become part of the solution!
Mike Aughney