



Red Lake
Lahontan Cutthroat Trout
This is a nice colorful 16" cutthroat
caught July 24, 2009
Caught by Nancy Siegler on Martha's little Guppy Fly....
The American River Shad
June 8, 2009
The
Shad
Shad
were introduced to the west coast by Seth Green, a fish culturist,
who released 10,000 fry into the Sacramento River near Tehama in 1871.
An additional 800,000 fish were released over the next ten years.
Shad have established populations in over a dozen California Rivers, including
the Russian, Klamath and Feather as well as the Umpqua, Coos,
Siuslaw and Coquille rivers in Oregon. Male shad mature in three
years and the females in four. Shad are an anadromous species but unlike
salmon
do not necessarily return to the stream of their birth. The spawning runs begin
in March or
April with the bulk of the run following in June or July. Mature shad
weigh 3 to 6 pounds.
Shad are in the river system now and ready to give you a great fight.
They best action seems to be just before dark. Using shad darts for flies on
good sinking line will usually bring you some nice fish. You can get lucky and
catch a few on
dry flies as darkness sets in.Shad are free spawning fish, which means
they spawn at the top of the water system.

Mother Nature always amazes me.
Here is another beautiful Native Rainbow trout caught in the East Carson River.
You can really see her white tips and I was lucky enough to feel her
fighting strength. She was about 15", caught & released...

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We
had drifted down from Sailor Bar, anchored up the boat and waded
out into the river just off the |