Texas Fish Report

Sacramento River Fish Report


by Steve Carson
5-14-2009

Stripers, sturgeon and shad are all being caught on the Sacramento River, reported Phil Peeples at the Tackle Box in Chico. "The sturgeon fishing is just OK" remarked Peeples. "Striper fishing is mostly slow, people are spending more time looking for them than they are fishing for them. If you find a pocket of fish, it can still be good.

"Below Colusa, the stripers are hitting on live minnows, and from Princeton to Butte City they are hitting on topwaters. Nothing really big, but there have been a few 18 to 22-pounders.

Peeples tipped, "The shad are just getting started. We did see a few of them showing up at the Washout."



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