This Week’s Trout Plants

Time for Trout! Here are the waters scheduled for trout plants this week:

• Alameda County - Lake Del Valle; Lake Chabot; Quarry Lakes; Shadow Cliffs
• Alpine County - Stanislaus River Clarks Fork
• Amador County - Lake Amador (Daily trophy sized plants through May!)
• Butte County - Big Butte Creek
• Calaveras County - Angels Creek; Stanislaus River North Fork; White Pines Lake
• Contra Costa County - San Pablo Reservoir; Lafayette Reservoir; Los Vaqueros Reservoir
• El Dorado County - Stumpy Meadows Reservoir
• Fresno County - Big Creek, Huntington; Kings River, Below Pine Flat Dam; Pine Flat Reservoir; San Joaquin River, below Friant Dam; Tamarack Creek; Tenmile Creek, Upper
• Inyo County - Baker Creek; Big Pine Creek; Bishop Creek - Lower, Intake II, Middle Fork, South Fork; Cottonwood Creek; Diaz Lake; Goodale Creek; Independence Creek; Lone Pine Creek; Owens River, below Tinnemaha; Owens River, Section 2; Pleasant Valley Reservoir; Rock Creek Lake; Shepherd Creek; Symmes Creek; Taboose Creek; Tinnemaha Creek; Tuttle Creek
• Lake County - Pillsbury Reservoir
• Lassen County - Ash Creek Upper; Susan River Lower

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PODCAST: Your Latest NorCal Fishing Reports

Windy conditions have made salmon fishing tough for folks in the San Francisco Bay Area this week, but there's plenty of other action to be had. Lake Berryessa is just one of the hot spots, there are springtime stripers on the Delta and rivers, and of course we're counting down to the trout opener in the Eastern Sierra and the salmon opener for the North Coast!

Click to listen to the latest NorCal fishing reports, news, and upcoming events:

Matt Heron joins us today with an update on fly fishing in the Truckee area. Troy from Clear Lake Outdoors fills us in on the bass bite there. Joel Sinkay has the latest on the Leonard's Bait and Tackle striper and sturgeon derby going on in the North Bay. And we've got a ton of reports from the RodMob community to share!

Catch of the Week

Our cover art this week is courtesy of Melissa Elysson. Thanks for sharing your catch Melissa!

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Don't forget, we've got our hotline giveaway going on throughout the month of April. Call 1-855-RODMOB-1 and leave a message with your fishing report to be entered to win a FREE RodMob t-shirt! We'll choose at least 10 winners at the end of the April.

Thanks for listening!

Half Moon Bay to Receive 140,000 Baby Salmon

On Monday, April 15th, volunteers from the Coastside Fishing Club will be receiving the first 140,000 of 420,000 juvenile salmon for acclimation and later release to the ocean from Half Moon Bay's Pillar Point Harbor.

The Coastside Fishing Club will raise 420,000 baby salmon this spring and then release them to the ocean. This effort aims to increase the number of adult salmon in the ocean fishery, primarily in 2015. The baby salmon are coming from the state-run Feather River hatchery. They'll be transported in two tanker trucks that will release the fish into a specially constructed floating net pen that will be anchored in Pillar Point Harbor. There the baby salmon will be fed for one to two weeks before release. The fish are expected to be strong at the time of release and have higher survival rates than other same-year hatchery salmon released in the Central Valley. Young salmon have a very difficult time swimming through the Sacramento Delta on the way to the ocean. In 2015 it is hoped these adult salmon will be drawn back to waters near Half Moon Bay to be caught by local anglers, both recreational and commercial.

Video of Coastside Fishing Club volunteers building the Net Pens

About Coastside Fishing Club

Coastside Fishing Club is a community of recreational fishermen sharing in the common goal of improving the fishery, sharing knowledge with the younger generations, and being more conservation minded to help preserve our resources for future generations to enjoy. Their activities include annual derbies, annual dinner, junior angler derby, and club long range trips. They actively support the Tyee Club salmon grow out pens and other local conservation measures. They have given science study grants to graduate fishery departments to study important recreational angling science related policies.

Coastside is a great resource for Northern California fishing. Check them out at: www.coastsidefishingclub.com

BITE UPDATE: Great action in Gold Country!

If you're looking to target rainbows and kokanee, now's the perfect time to hit Don Pedro Lake and New Melones!

Monte Smith just updated us that the rainbows and kokanee are on a great bite at both lakes. Monte says the king salmon are also biting now at Don Pedro.

And if you're looking for some striper action in Gold Country, Monte tells us, "I would not waste any time getting in on the action on the stripers at Hogan. These fish put up a great fight on light tackle."

To book a trip with Gold Country Sport Fishing, give Monte a call at (209) 581-4734.

Salmon Opener, Springtime Stripers, Lower Sac Fly Fishing and More

Catch all the latest news, best bites, and upcoming events in this week's RodMob fishing podcast!

This weekend kicked off the recreational salmon season for much of NorCal - we recap the scores for the opener.

Springtime means stripers on the Delta, and the Informative Fisherman joins us with some great tips.

We also talk surf fly fishing with guide and writer Loren Elliott, and Kenny Priest of Fishing the North Coast brings us the latest North Coast reports.

Click the player above to listen, or check us out on iTunes.

Catch of the Week

Our album art this week is courtesy of Ryan Salmeri, who posted a picture of a leopard shark he landed fishing in the San Francisco Bay. Thanks for sharing your catch Ryan!

Win a RodMob t-shirt!

Our hotline giveaway is going on all month long. Call 1-855-RODMOB-1 and leave a message with your fishing report to be entered to win a FREE RodMob t-shirt! We'll choose at least 10 winners at the end of the April.

Thanks for listening, fish on!