Think safety first when it comes to winter fishing. Beware of ice on boat ramps during subfreezing temperatures. Watch for ice that may form in the backs of coves. Smaller lakes may freeze completely ...

Dave Burruss of Clear Lake Outdoors reports that black bass fishing at the lake is good for anglers when using their ...

Pine Flat bass, king salmon and trout providing lots of action, Brandon Grimsley reported. New Melones bass bite is good, ...

Best bets Delta sturgeon leading the parade, Steve Mitchell said. Don Pedro multi-species bite going, Monte Smith reported.

I’m pulling the lures at about 2½ mph right now ... Fong advised staying on the San Joaquin side for striped bass with frozen shad or mudsuckers from Three Mile Slough upriver.

Black bass are hitting the usual winter lures, said Reese Jones at Hook ... Stripers are biting live shad or brood minnows on the south half of the lake. Keep a top-water lure tied on to cast ...

"If there are no shad or game fish showing on the screen, move." Crappie are schooling around brush 15 to 25 feet deep, Conklin said. Use jigs or minnows. Try for black bass with football jigs ...

Bass are good with fish feeding up. Shad related lures are best like Alabama rigs, swimbaits, chatterbaits, rattle traps and flukes. The white bass have been active, but the freshwater and stained ...

SLOW. Water normal stain; 52 degrees; 0.25 feet above pool. Very few anglers on the water due to the cold fronts. Expect the bite to continue to be ...