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Enjoy some more great catches from our 2026 season!

by LAKE MARY MARINA
Enjoy some more great catches from our 2026 season!
(More...) (Friday, August 28, 2026)

Today on the half day special!!

by MELYNDA DODDS
Today on the half day special!!!! Scott with a super nice ling. $100 special is extended for tomorrow!!!! Sign up online and bring your friends and family. Boat is so big you could even bring your in laws. 650-726-6224
(More...) (Friday, August 28, 2026)

Fish Emeryville's Scores for 8/28/2026 :

by FISH EMERYVILLE / Emeryville Sportfishing
Good afternoon anglers! Scores for 8/28/2026: Sea Wolf • Full Day • 23 Anglers • 230 Rockfish, 46 Lingcod Diamond • Full Day • 6 Anglers • 60 Rockfish, 1 Lingcod Here We Go • Full Day • 5 Anglers • 50 Rockfish, 1 Leopard Shark  Lady
(More...) (Friday, August 28, 2026)

Fishing was good for some anglers and fair for others

by CHAD BURTON AND CHRIS BORDEN / Cope's Tackle and Rod Shop
Success Lake dropped to 21% of its storage capacity, and fishing was good for some anglers and fair for others. Local anglers reported catching limits of bass using crankbaits, 10-inch worms, jigs with craw trailers, and drop shots. Deep-diving crankbaits
(More...) (Friday, August 28, 2026)

Kaweah dropped to 13 percent of its storage capacity, and fishing remained fair

by CHAD BURTON AND CHRIS BORDEN / Cope's Tackle and Rod Shop
Kaweah dropped to 13% of its storage capacity, and fishing remained fair. The best action was on deep-diving crankbaits and topwater in the mornings, followed by drop shots and jigs on main-lake points and deep rock piles. Anglers also reported
(More...) (Friday, August 28, 2026)

Upper Kern anglers are reporting steady action

by CHAD BURTON AND CHRIS BORDEN / Cope's Tackle and Rod Shop
Upper Kern anglers are reporting steady action on both holdover and wild trout throughout the 20-mile stretch. CDFW is scheduled to stock Section 4 this week, marking the first trout plant in several months. The deeper pools and slower-moving eddies
(More...) (Friday, August 28, 2026)

Beautiful catch and release brown on Silver lake today

by JEREMY ROSS / Ernie's Tackle
Team Ernie’s Dan Mc Donald with a beautiful catch and release brown on Silver lake today. Casting top water early
(More...) (Thursday, August 27, 2026)

7 pounds 10oz Brown

by TWIN LAKES RESORT STAFF
Dick Myers from Bridgeport, CA with a 7 pounds 10oz brown caught here on Lower Twin, trolling a 2.5” needlefish, Wednesday 8/26/26. This is an amazing catch! The fish was not able to be released, so it was kept. Congratulations
(More...) (Wednesday, August 26, 2026)

Today’s group found limits of rockfish and a fish per rod on the ling cod!!

by JAY LOPES / Right Hook Sportfishing
Today’s group found limits of rockfish and a fish per rod on the ling cod!! I am taking reservations through the end of the year.. Now taking reservations for salmon, rockfish/ling cod and crab combos.. Please call/text or DM 916-417-5670
(More...) (Wednesday, August 26, 2026)

5 1/2 pound rainbow trout

by CONVICT LAKE STAFF / Convict Lake Resort
Edgar Hesperian caught this 5 1/2 pound rainbow trout on an outlaw spoon at the South shore this week. Are you getting our weekly Fish Report? Subscribe in link in bio. #easternsierra #trout #convictlake #mammoth #fishing tag a friend you’d bring
(More...) (Wednesday, August 26, 2026)

Crew Trip Today for Bluefin Tuna

by JAMES SMITH / California Dawn
We ran a crew trip today for bluefin tuna. We start off looking for fish in the dark with jigs in hand but did not find anything worth stopping on until daybreak, at that point, we opted to troll finding
(More...) (Tuesday, August 25, 2026)

Limited out on Lundy this morning!

by BEAVER'S SPORTING GOODS STAFF
Gil, Johnny & Donnie from So-Cal. Limited out on Lundy this morning! Fishing with Garlic Powerbait from a boat. CONGRATS!
(More...) (Monday, August 24, 2026)

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