RIO VISTA − The 250 participants in the 75th Rio Vista Bass Derby — the West Coast’s oldest bass derby — enjoyed sunny, mild and calm fall weather on Oct. 13, 14, and 15 in the Sacramento-San Joaquin ...

Come hear from Byron Stickler, who earlier this year caught a trophy brown trout at Shaver Lake; fishing guide Dick Nichols, King salmon anglers Brian Klassen and Jim Tartagilia; and Fresno Bee ...

Fishing for both striped bass and black bass is heating up on the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers in the California Delta as we approach the beginning of fall. Mark Wilson, striper fishing expert, ...

RIO VISTA — One of, if not the oldest, event of its kind on the West Coast, the Rio Vista Bass Derby and Festival, will be held in the historic Delta town on the Sacramento River on Friday Oct. 7 ...

Hundreds of fishermen will once again descend on the waterways of the Rio Vista area this weekend for the 75th annual Rio Vista Bass Festival and Derby. About 400-600 anglers will hit the water at 6 a ...

Fresno Bee fishing writer Roger George shows off a 42-inch, 34-pound striper caught, and released, at the San Luis Reservoir on Aug. 8, 2025. “It fought like a bullfrog,” he said. Fishing report ...

Don’t bother The flows in the northern section of the California Aqueduct have been slowing down, and fishing has been ...

Byron Stickler of Fresno displays an 18-pound, 5-ounce brown trout he caught and released back in Shaver Lake in January. Courtesy Byron Stickler Come hear from Byron Stickler, who earlier this year ...

David Hammond of Delta Pro Fishing, his son Lucas, and I were trolling the Sacramento River off Decker Island when Hammond suddenly got excited by what he saw on his electronic graph. A school of ...