Steve Carson's Outdoors: Chico State Bass Club members named to All-America team
FLW Outdoors named the 2011 National Guard FLW College Fishing All-America Team this week, which included two Chico State students, along with two others from the north state. Honored among the nation's elite were Chico State's Parker Moran and Marshal Smith. Also included were Peter Lee and Robert Matsuura of Sacramento State.Recently graduated with a degree in Organizational Communications, Smith said, "It's an honor to be selected as an All-American out of over 3,000 other students. I could have never done it without my team partner Parker Moran. The whole thing was a blast. It was the experience of a lifetime."
The FLW College Fishing circuit consists of 495 collegiate clubs and more than 3,300 anglers. All-America teams are selected through a point system that is based on the consistency of team performances in local tournaments and regional qualifiers in 2010, and the 2011 national championship.
Feather River
Shad anglers on the Feather River are doing well, reported local guide Kevin Brock.
"It's relatively easy for a couple of anglers in a boat to release well over 50 shad in an afternoon," Brock said. "Big numbers of shad are in the river just below the Thermalito Afterbay Outlet. Even bank anglers can sometimes catch 5 to 10 shad in an hour, with the late afternoon being best. We are seeing some very large female fish in the four-pound class.
"All the usual jigs and flies are working well. A fluorescent orange or red head with a green body is standard, but we have also been catching fish on yellow or even pink/white. With flies, bigger and bulkier is better with the high water, and be sure to add a couple of split shot.
Chico Bass Club
The Chico Bass Club's June meeting included discussion of the club's longtime Florida-strain bass planting project on Lake Oroville. President Rich Cavanagh reported that lots of 13-14 inch largemouth bass are showing up in creel surveys to a greater degree than any time the past six years.
The club's May tournament took place at Lake Almanor during stormy conditions. In fact, the second day of the competition was canceled due to the threat of snow. Not a lot of fish were caught, but the winners reported that they caught their fish with 3.5-inch watermelon/black flake tubes, rainbow flukes, and five-inch Basstrix. Top finishers: Larry Myer, 9.38 pounds; Jeff Buckley, 7.84; Randy Bowersox, 2.73; Big Fish: Buckley, 2.90.
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"Coho salmon anglers are trolling at around 30 feet in the North Fork and Middle Fork, along with the main body. Bank anglers can catch them near the dam with flashy lures like Kastmasters. Most of the cohos are running 12 to 15 inches.
By :EXPRESS STAFF After Sunday, June 26, anglers on the lower Clearwater River and on the North Fork Clearwater River will be allowed to catch and keep only jack salmon less than 24 inches long. The change takes effect at the close of fishing on Sunday
Chinook seasons already are open on the Clearwater mainstem, North Fork, South Fork and Middle Fork, Lochsa, lower Salmon, Little Salmon and Snake rivers. For additional rules, please refer to the 2011 Chinook Salmon Seasons and Rules brochure,
The South Fork has been very good. LOS ANGELES: Castaic Lake, Elizabeth Lake, Pyramid Lake. INYO: Baker Creek, Big Pine Creek, Bishop Creek (Lower, Intake II, Middle Fork and South Fork), George Creek, Goodale Creek, Independence Creek, Lone Pine Creek
Gila River — The flow is 22 cfs and there is no fishing report for the West, East and Middle forks. Rio Grande — The flow is 1870 cfs below Elephant Butte Dam. Catfish are fair using worms, liver or stink bait. Bill Evans Lake — Winter stocking for
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Kenneth Cameron moved from Scotland to the banks of the Middle Fork in 1916 to achieve the early American dream. He began to graze cattle along the cliffs of the river where centuries before, Sheepeater Indians drew pictographs on the local rock walls. Working hard to make an honest living, Cameron caught the eye of one Bessie Watson who lived upstream at Indian Creek. Some would say it was love at first site but locals claim….(hear the rest on a trip with ROW Adventures!)
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