Season opener for our rivers and streams opens this Saturday, April 28th. Unfortunately we will not receive our first plant until next week. This was due to a flash flood at the Moccasin Hatchery. I have been in touch with the Fish and Wildlife Department and was told that we would be receiving our fish this year from the American River Hatchery. Feel free to contact our DFW representative, Ben Ewing. His contact number is 1-530-906-3934.

Lake Alpine is starting to thaw and can be fished around the ramp and on the other side where Silver Creek comes in the lake. Should be awesome fishing as Alpine County dumped a big load of trout just before winter. Cal Trans has plowed to the east end of the lake.

The road to Spicer will not be open until mid May according to the Forestry Department as there was a washout again in the same place as last year due to excess water runoff from the March rain storms. I will keep everyone updated as to when the road will open.

Camping for the opener will be limited to disperse camping as the Forestry Department have not opened any camp sites. You can also contact Big Trees State Park for additional camping places.

The North Fork of The Stanislaus and Beaver Creek will be tough to fish as the water is running higher due to snow melt so please use caution while fishing.

White Pines is due to be planted the week of May 1st. Blagen Road is now open. The new bridge is in. 

Plan to purchase your fishing license ahead of time. We are the only retailer on the Highway 4 corridor that sell them and never know when our machine could go down.

Stop by Ebbetts Pass Sporting Goods for all of your outdoor and fishing needs. Let Ebbetts Pass Sporting Goods be your one stop shop for everything from camping, freshwater fishing, and fly fishing.   We carry a broad line of fly fishing products including rods, reels, and waders from Redington, St. Croix rods, extensive fly assortment,  and everything you need for your trout fishing experience. We now carry Buff UV multifunctional headwear for protection against damage from extended sun exposure. We also stock a wide range of  Footwear, along with our new footwear,  Cobian Footwear. We also stock Suncloud Polarized Sunglasses, along with a wide array of various brand sunglasses. Check out our huge selection of Berkley Power Bait and a wide selection of trout and bass lures. We carry Daiwa rods and reels along with other major brands.

For more local information go to our front page and click on the Fishing Resources. Then click on the Take Me Fishing tab. Then click on the map and in the address tab type in 925 Hwy 4 Arnold CA 95223. The map will show White Pines Lake. From here you can move the map up the Highway to all fishing locations. For rigging information and knots click on the fishing tab and under the learn tab go to to the learn to fish and click on that tab. This will show various ways to tie knots and how to set up rigs for any kind of fishing. Click on the tab, How To Fly Fish section. There is great deal of information on this page with instruction included with video.  Feel free to contact us any time.