Looking for someone who has the scoop and experience of fishing for stripers off the banks of the Sac.
The area is from Colusa south, Grimes area and Tisdale. Also any places to pull a pickup in and sleep after fishing for the day. I understand that most guys boat fish this area... but sometimes I like to go light and not mess with a boat.

Thanks in advance

Schellfish

Hacksaw… that was a really funny line when I first heard it 50 years ago! But then came cell phones… fat fingers and cell phones will never be able to tell the intended story. Small potatoes as they say.

Do you know when those strippers move up the sac and into Colusa?

Walleye

My buddy and I are leaving Thursday 1/27 we will stay at a hotel in Anderson on the river, we have our own drift raft (Fly Catcher is the Company name) we also have never fished the Sac before, were gonna do four different floats down the river(4 days) to get a feel of the river. Put in at Redding and float down to a take out somewhere and work our way down to Red Bluff and down from their maybe. Trout and Steelhead are what happening now I believe on the middle Sac, the lower Sac where you are is probably fishing the same right now. Stop by and talk to a small tackle shop in your area... they will bring you up to speed.

Use nightcrawlers on a wormhook... thread them on with a worm threader. Can use them on a fly rod or spinner under a small bobber, absolutely will destroy trout.

Try Lake Powell, smallmouth, largemouth, strippers and walleye.

When you say off the shore I guess you mean surf fishing? If you fish in the bay with a small boat or kayak around the mangroves you will be rewarded with bass, grouper and lot's of halibut. And offshore (as you already know) for pelagic fish if the conditions in January are right.

Right on everybody... thanks for jumping in. Yeah, I am not much for guide fishing... but it is the way to go for some.
I know about the Redding Fly shop great place... We do have our own drift boat and a couple of kayaks.
Fishing Fool what has your set up been to fool those trout and steelhead???

Yellow for sure... Why? If your fly fishing or using a spinner you can see when to mend the line, if you are trolling you can see your spread of lines behind the boat.

I was born (1955) and grew up in Whitter, It has changed.

That's fun part about fishing! every lake, stream or river has their secrets... and they don't give them up easily. They all fish differently.

Gonna check out fishing spots from Redding south to Colusa this winter, hatchery trout and steelhead will be the target. Come spring I will try my luck in Colusa for some stripers, anybody that has fishing experience on the upper Sacramento River please jump in and share your stuff.