Trolling Yields 5, 10 & 20lb Salmon

Water temps are still warm in our area. Just under 69° today and the weather is still hot out pushing 100°. We managed to hook up a 24.8 pound king salmon on our half day trip on the river today. There are fresh fish moving in every day, and once the water temps start falling even more, the bite will continue to improve.

Another beautiful day on the river chasing king salmon. We had to find a nice salmon before our guest had to catch his plane home to China. We did just that and on the first pass of the morning. 13.35 pounds on the Scorpion Salmon Spinners I designed years ago for Shasta Tackle. They are still catching fish on the Sacramento River. Water temps are down around 67° and with this weekend being the Rio Vista Striper Festival and Derby, it will be busy on the water. We are booked all weekend but have some open days this coming week.

Started out the morning on the outgoing tide ending it's run. Dropped 4 rods into troll scorpion salmon spinners and as I was dropping the 4th rod in, as soon as it hit the bottom, fish on! First fish was over 9 pounds and came into the net quickly. We reset after finishing the troll pattern and ran another upstream set. Same color lures, same upstream troll and boom! Second fish on for the morning. 21 plus pound king salmon to the net. We ran another couple troll lines and ended the 4 hours on the water with just over 30 lbs for the 2 fish. Guests today and myself had prior afternoon commitments, so we all had to head back to land. Water temps about 67° in Rio Vista area of the Sacramento River today. With the continued temps falling and full moon approaching, we should be seeing more of these big fish move into the system.