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California Salmon Techniques 101

by JD on July 15, 2011

Salmon Season opens July 16!

With the salmon opener on California’s American, Sacramento and Feather rivers coming up on July 16, I figured it might be time to help you guys shake some of the rust off from all those years of closures! Below, you’ll find some links to several how-to tips and techniques that will get ya back in the game. Good luck out there this season!

• BASIC SARDINE WRAPS
A step-by-step guide to wrapping up your plugs.

• PLUG WRAP VIDEO
Instructional video with cheesy host!

• DIVER & BAIT FOR KINGS
How to get your eggs down to where the fish are!

• SLACKWATER TROLLING
How to pull spinners and plugs in those slow water spots…

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Official 2011 California Inland Salmon Seasons Set

by JD on April 21, 2011

Salmon Season: It's On

It’s official: The California Fish & Game Commission today adopted the 2011 salmon seasons for California inland waters (Sacramento, American and Feather rivers) — and also for the Klamath and Trinity rivers. And Feather River anglers rejoice…your voices were heard. The proposed regs had the Feather opening Aug. 16 but the Commission decided on July 16 instead!

For a complete list of the official 2011 Inland Salmon Regs, read on. [click to continue…]

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JD’s Striper Seminar: Sat., Jan. 23 in Sacramento

by JD on January 18, 2010


Well, the International Sportsmen’s Exposition rolls into Sacramento Jan. 21-24 and, as usual, I’ll be there at the seminar stage in the California Sportsmen Theater.

This time around, I’ll be yakking about how to catch Delta stripers the fun way — gill nets. Kidding, of course! Actually, I’ll cover what you need to know about casting lures like topwater, swimbaits and jigs. For the first time ever, I’ve only got one appearance at this show — Sat., Jan. 23 at 3PM, so come by and check it out. And oh, by the way…I already checked…the NFL championship games are both on Sunday, so no conflict there!

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Some love for the American

by JD on February 13, 2009


Okay, so she’s not the Dean or the Babine or the Klamath or the Rogue. And she won’t ever be compared with the Cowlitz or the Hoh or the Sandy or the Smith. But the good ol’ American River right in downtown Sacramento (100 miles inland) still pumps out some really nice steelhead. [click to continue…]

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JD on Tour

by JD on January 7, 2009

It’s show season again and that means I’ll be doing seminars at the upcoming International Sportsmen’s Expos in both San Mateo and Sacramento over the next couple weeks.

For those of you looking for a place to get off your feet and take a cat nap, my seminars are just the ticket! Here’s the upcoming schedule:
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