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Welp, Indian Summer if officially over on the Truckee River. Embrace Winter because it's coming. The great news, November is a good streamer month. I heart fishing streamers. We start getting those big post-spawn brown trout. Of course nymphing can be

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will perform helicopter surveys this month to inventory and monitor elk populations throughout northeastern California. Flights will be conducted throughout November in portions of Modoc, Siskiyou, Lassen and Shasta counties. CDFW utilizes a

Last week we saw a slight increase in flows along the Glenshire section of the Truckee as Donner Lake begins to get lowered for the winter. Donner Creek is currently adding another 50 CFS to this upper stretch of the

With 2 weeks left of the fishing season, things are still going strong! Don't miss your chance to sign up for the Ambush at the Lake derby and win resort prizes

More people are heading to Pyramid and the season has been pretty good so far. We are looking forward to when the lake cools off and you can bring a ladder to fish the close drop offs. Fish are still

The recreational fishery for Dungeness crab will open on Saturday, Nov. 2 except for one area in northern California due to a public health hazard. State health agencies determined that Dungeness crab in portions of northern California have unhealthy levels of

Steve Thornton shared a fishing report from Heenan Lake: "We fished Heenan Lake last week (Thursday through Saturday) before the wind made it too difficult on Sunday. We had great success using a sinking line with a size 12 beaded prince

That brown bite it still going strong! Amazing to know all of the browns we have heard of on Lower Twin have been C&R. Tim Sullivan of Twin Lakes Resort caught this brown today on Lower Twin on a Rago

The Ambush at the Lake Derby is still going strong. With 227 participants and almost 80 people in the raffle, this is one of our most successful derbies! You have until November 15 to sign up for a chance to win great

Calling all Artists Ages 3–12 The Douglas County Kids’ Fishing Derby wants YOU to help design our 2025 Kids’ Fishing Derby Event T-Shirt! This T-Shirt Contest is open to All Children Ages 3-12 Years Old  November 1st, 2024 - January 1st, 2025   All Submissions

Wow, the weather has been pretty fantastic. We have had a few days here and there of heavy wind and a minor cold snap, but that is all completely normal for this time of year. The one thing that we

BFEF welcomes Bridgeport's very own Jeff Clayton and Fishdancer back to the 1 & Only BFEF Tagged Trophy Trout Club. Today, they each caught some of our funtastic BFEF TTT while fishing at Bridgeport Reservoir. They got them verified at Ken's, each