Comments on: Underground Fishes Upper Sacramento on April Fools. The Joke’s on Him

By: isaac roman

isaac roman — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:32:06 +0000

there are some fiesty wild fish out there. i was a little hung over an the fools day, but it helped me to sit in one spot for a while. threw the dry first pulled a few. but then i tossed some legs and eggs, yeah i know what your thinking, steelie rig—-well the golden stone only brought in one,but those eggs are a protien filled morsel, and mine is yarn and has a hook in it. clutch pattern during the spawn. even the stubborn love them

By: Heddon17

Heddon17 — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:09:18 +0000

You’re welcome!

The fact that you haven’t seen too many redds yet is not surprising since spawning probably has not started in the upper reaches of the river. Spawning up there can go on until late May. I saw several fish still on redds in the Cantera area on Memorial Day Weekend about two years ago.

It’s probably about done down on the very lower sections below Dog Creek, etc.

Educating anglers about redds, how to avoid stepping on them while wading, etc. on the Upper Sac is certainly a good idea. If anglers start getting careless about protecting redds, etc., then it’s possible we could lose the year-round regs on the Upper Sac in the future.

Brian

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:26:19 +0000

Thanks! I haven’t seen many redds yet, but it has to start soon.

Brian, I turned the link (running off the page) into clickable text. Great poster, and I downloaded it and will try to put up a link in a couple days.

By: Heddon17

Heddon17 — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:37:32 +0000

With spawning now in high gear on the Upper Sac perhaps a poster like this one should be put up at the various access points........... Spawning Poster at Westfly Brian