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Check out the new Issue of The Fish Sniffer magazine for November 29, 2025 In this issue of The Fish Sniffer, we are moving from Fall into Winter. Muc...
Check out the new Issue of The Fish Sniffer magazine for November 29, 2025 In this issue of The Fish Sniffer, we are moving from Fall into Winter. Much cooler temperatures, rain and some snow has come to Northern Californial. Trout, salmon, bass, panfish, stripers, catfish and all other species will...

Check out the new Issue of The Fish Sniffer magazine for November 29, 2025 In this issue of The Fish Sniffer, we are moving from Fall into Winter. Muc...

The 2025-2026 recreational season opened November 1 along sections of the central California coast, and we have seen excellent shore-based action acro...

Luis Gonzalez started November strong at Lake Gregory and landed a thick 4.10-pound rainbow trout on the 1st right next to the boat docks. The fish to...

Anglers hitting Convict Lake in the Eastern Sierra report a strong trout bite after recent storms cleared. Trout have turned hungry and aggressive wit...

EBMUD partially reopens launches in 2026 after year-long closure to stop invasive golden mussel. Plan approved November 12, 2025. No mussels in EBMUD ...

Pacific Coast, CA – Lawrence Ngai of Durasnare kicked off the beach crab snaring season with a standout group session. He always puts his clients on D...

Pyramid Lake, NV – Paul Kneeland and friends fished Pyramid Lake on November 11. The day ran slower than average with no large fish landed, yet the gr...

San Francisco, CA – Tanya fished a crab/rockfish combo trip from Fisherman’s Wharf. The boat limited on rockfish in one hour. Anglers worked depths of...

American River, CA – Following the opening of the Nimbus Hatchery fish ladder last week, California Department of Fish and Wildlife staff started spaw...

Stripers are active and we are having steady action. We are mixing up approaches each day. We are trolling when they want to chase, casting when they ...

Mike Cooper of MADE Baits caught this brown in the Eastern Sierras. He hit the river reservoir edge during the tail end of a fall storm before check i...

Dan Bacher fished American River salmon with Kailyr Perry of Kailyrs Guide Service to wrap up October. The short season ended Oct. 31. This is the riv...

Dan Williams and young angler Bradley enjoyed a productive trip on Don Pedro. They trolled blue spoons at 27 to 46 feet. The bite was consistent on Ra...

Joel and the team at Vivid Snares are kicking off crab season when it opens on November 1 with their Crab Fishing Derby. It is catch and release, fema...

John Richardson of Here Fishy Fishy wrapped up a successful season on the Feather River, where the Here Fishy Fishy Silvertron has been his top produc...

Austin Wilson wrapped up a strong season guiding on Northern California rivers like the Feather River and American River. Cut plug techniques delivere...