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keith bigelow


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I fished the Feather River for the first time on Monday 4/26.  Floated the river with Ryan Johnson.  I was into fish the entire day, I hooked up 21 fish and sadly only landed 9.  These steelhead are really aggressive and strong.  All of the fish landed were wild fish except for 2 that were Hatchery fish.  Biggest fish of the day was 22".

Thanks for a successful day on the river Ryan!!

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-- Edited by keith bigelow on Tuesday 27th of April 2010 12:30:36 PM

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nice fish ! do you think they could be had wading and where on the feather

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Yes, you can access several spots to wade fish the Feather.  Ryan showed my a couple of access points inside the Oroville Wildlife Refuge.  Seems to be a long road inside the Refuge that follows the river and allows access to a couple of riffles.  I wish I better better directions for you.  Just watch the signs off Oro Dam Road for the Oroville Wildlife Refuge.

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THe oro wildlife area is good, just make sure to not leave valuables in your car. There are also a number of good riffles right near the town of oroville, with a number of access points. The high-flow section of the feather can also be good, although easier access points are in the low flow/oriville wildlife area.

Wading is cake right now on the feather.  They aren't releasing anything out of oroville which is only at 50% capacity or so.


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Drifters right about the wildlife area. The access areas in town aren't much better either. Those little skate punks like to smash car windows for fun!

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rgloft wrote:

nice fish ! do you think they could be had wading and where on the feather


same place i took you....

 



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Thanks everyone . Maybe that would be a good place to take brandon and kyle are you guys listening ? . if so drop me a line  
AND DOE,S ANYONE KNOW WHY THESE TROUT  LOOK SO DIFFERENT FROM ONE ANOTHER  ONE IS SELVER AND THE OTHER ONE IS MORE GREEN THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF WOULD BE THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE RIVER DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF TIME . CORRECT ME IF IM WRONG BUT I AM GUESSING THE GREENER ONE JUST CAME UP FROM THE OCHEN ?


-- Edited by rgloft on Thursday 29th of April 2010 08:38:53 PM

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richard I am listening, Id love to go sometime, and sorry I couldnt get back to you Im in Nevada/Arizona (shoddy cell service) at the FLW tournament, and from what I think/know (which isnt muchaww) but the middle fish is a river fish that hasnt went to the ocean yet, so is technically still a Rainbow trout, and the other two are "Steelhead" and they get that silver color cause they have gone to the ocean and better camo out there than bright yellow/gold

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Nice analysis, Kyle. That was my take as well.

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