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Fair Striped Bass bite
Rainbow Trout, Striped Bass, Shad

Flows are up and off-color on the upper reach due to snowmelt, so good water is getting tougher to find... but trout are there. Barbless artificial lures only right now until May. Lower river is transitioning into striper season but it's still early... mostly small fish. Steelhead window is wrapping up. Shad not yet, but should pick up late April...

Flows are up and off-color on the upper reach due to snowmelt, so good water is getting tougher to find... but trout are there. Barbless artificial lures only right now until May.

Lower river is transitioning into striper season but it's still early... mostly small fish. Steelhead window is wrapping up. Shad not yet, but should pick up late April then peak in mid-late May. Probably another couple of weeks before the striper bite gets worth chasing... but it's close.

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