Best fishing on the river is in the Ball's Ferry area but it's not red hot. There are fresh fish in the 15 to 20 pound range, says guide Arnold Santelli, but there are a lot of jacks, too. A typical day is hooking sixc to eight and landing four or five.

Fishing has slowed greatly below Red Bluff although fresh fish are moving quickly upstream. They aren't holding and fishing pressure is dropping off. Scott Feist (530) 923-2634, [email protected] (707) 540-2381 898-9761. Arnold Santelli (530) 515-8714.