Central Valley Rivers:
On Saturday 10-31 Bob Bradbury of Johnson's Bait in Yuba City said there are loads of small bass on the Sacramento River with a ratio of 15 undersized to one legal fish.
There are some larger stripers in the Feather at Shanghai Bend hitting top water lures or hair raisers in low light conditions. The steelhead fishing about Butte City is decent with glo bugs or night crawlers, as well as on the low flow section of the Feather for =BD -pounders. Roe is not effective due to the lack of salmon spawning in the rivers. Both the Feather and Sacramento are extremely low.
 

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Waterfowl Limits Liberalized
It's time to start looking ahead to the Central Valley waterfowl season. Being an avid "quack addict" I can't wait for the duck season to begin! The 2009 /10 waterfowl regs have just being released and California hunters will see an increase in bag limits for pintails to two birds per day (about time), canvasbacks are back on the menu and even goose limits could be higher.
One of the best if not "THE BEST" properties in the Central Valley is the Richmond Hunting Club. The "RHC" is a not for profit member owned cooperative with over 18,000 acres of leased and owned land in the Colusa, Delevan and Sac triangle angle. I have been a member since 1997 and have enjoyed some of my best waterfowl and upland game hunting EVER on the RHC properties during this time.
Family memberships are just $500. per year and all members have access to not only all 18K areas but four clubhouses that have bunkhouses, showers and RV parking with full hookups. Water blinds (not open to general members) are just $1700 making the RHC not only one of the best but the most affordable clubs in the Valley. They have been around for over 4 decades and being a not for profit club is the reason they can offer their members such  affordable prices.
If you are interested in a tour of the club, available water blinds  other properties please call 707 451-1690. Be sure to mention USAFishing to save $50 on your first year of membership.

We here at USAFishing strongly support fishery conservation, unfortunately we can't say the same of most California anglers. We are at a crossroads and unless anglers support conservation groups (that our currently waging a losing battle against the multi- million $ lobby) we will lose every key fishery that is connected to the delta.
The state water projects are being consolidated and the governor is looking to toss the only Bay-Delta protections we have and ship water from Shasta and Oroville directly to LA swimming pools and subsidized cotton farmers in Westland's. If these water projects go through you can kiss goodbye (as in forever) our salmon, striper and sturgeon fisheries. We don't have a salmon season this year or last because of too much water being pumped from the delta. If these water projects get passed we will have no salmon seasons in the future. At no time in the past has it been so critical that our readers understand these issues and support the work that the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance  is doing.
Bottom line..... It's time to get off your butt and support our fisheries or in a few short years there will be NO salmon, striper and sturgeon fisheries and they won't ever recover. No group has done more over the past two decades to protect fisheries than CSPA. In the past two months USAFishing readers have raised nearly $10,000 for the CSPA but much much more is needed.
Become part of the solution!
Mike Aughney