Our River’s Most Legendary Fish (I was so close!!) | Feather River, CA

[@Linkwii64]

Just stubble on your channel randomly. Stay for the whole video because your energy and passion for fishing. I like your commentary throughout the video keep viewer engage and entertain. Keep it up.

[@FeatherFishing]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the video. Stay tuned. ❤

[@peterlo3573]

I love your passion and excitement. A Mud Sucker or Pike Minnow is still a fish and still fun, much better than getting skunk. Good luck tomorrow and get that Steelhead.

[@FeatherFishing]

Thanks Peter! I skunked the next morning haha! When the weather gets better, let’s hit up the surfs! River fishing is tough.

[@peterlo3573]

@@FeatherFishing Yes sir, waiting for good weather. Maybe San Geronimo near Half Moon Bay is a good spot.

[@vuelee5313]

I went fishing around there a few times. Lots of fish, big ones too.... But something scared the crap out of me last time I fished that river. I didn't tell my friend whom went out with me that day, and when I asked around, they tell me, that's why the locals don't go fishing on the feather. But great video. Thanks.

[@FeatherFishing]

Woah! What happened??

[@joep9810]

There's some narrower places up river you can drive to with your car.. There's a good spot about 500 yards down river but you would have to walk in to it..

[@FeatherFishing]

Thanks Joe! Yeah, I made a rookie mistake of sticking to that first spot for too long, by the time I suspected those might have not been steelheads that were jumping, it was already too dark lol

[@tylerdietz7316]

I have seen some monsters come out of here. Such a great spot when the fishing is good. Your fishing where all the snags are lol

[@FeatherFishing]

Someone told me the steelheads here are on the smaller size compared to those on the American River, but I just want to hook on one haha!

[@Chrispurdie-q5r]

Great job bro Youll catch a steelhead soon!

[@FeatherFishing]

Thanks man! I hope to cross it off my list soon!

[@robinjeffryes2575]

It's a little river pike or I call them a hardhead. Good job.

[@FeatherFishing]

Thank you! They were still fun to catch.

[@Knuckler707]

Those suckers and pikeminnow are there all year around. Sometimes you'll get lucky and jackpot a big striper over there. 🎣

[@FeatherFishing]

They felt pretty good when I hooked them, but when they didn’t put up a fight, I started getting suspicious haha

[@guywellbaum9530]

Squaw fish or Sacramento pike, minnow pike. Put up a good fight. Caught on bait , and lures. They get big. My biggest was 10 lbs , and alot of them under. Use for strippers for bait. up to a pound.

[@guywellbaum9530]

Mud sucker

[@FeatherFishing]

Thank you for all the good info! I did a little research, and they are native to the Sac River, but not sure if they’re considered invasive in the Feather River or not. Someone also said to not release them back to the water if caught, but I can’t find any bounty programs for these guys for the Sac or Feather river.

[@davidphanh]

Where is that last spot if you don’t mind. Just in case when I visit my sis in Oroville, 2.5 hrs drive from me

[@FeatherFishing]

Hey David, I always hesitate to rely to these kind of questions because I don’t want to burn the spots for the locals. If you go back and watch my video before this one, and look it up on Google Maps, you’ll see that there’s only one of those inlet around here 😉 and I know how you feel about driving so far for a spot that is uncertain to have fish, but part of fishing is also exploring. Sometimes, the Fish God will reward you for the effort. Goodluck!

[@Cali_fishin]

@@FeatherFishing thank you for protecting these spots 🙏

[@NoobGamer-mh4gj]

It looks like the oroville wildlife area. Exact location, i dont know. And feather fishing, dw about burning spots where most people know about. People be coming from as far as stockton and fresno for salmon in that area lol

[@jimycrackcorn408]

You got your drag set to loose

[@Trump-jo8vk]

100% Vietnamese know how to fish… you just turn all of us to 99.99%

[@FeatherFishing]

Not sure what you mean by the 99.99% 😅. I tried taking my dad fishing, but he never took me up on the offer. Maybe because he knew I skunk a lot.

[@Trump-jo8vk]

@ get you a kayak and fishing will change everything

[@NoobGamer-mh4gj]

You say that like fish just sit there and wait for bait lol. Even the best fishermen out there get skunked some days

[@garystevens1044]

You don’t want to fish the feather right now bro!!! And when you do go to the out let and low flows.. but then HONESTLY!!! The American river up at nimbus is gonna have way more and way bigger fish

[@FeatherFishing]

Yeah, I also heard the steelheads in the American are way bigger. I just want to catch one on the feather to check it off my list first lol

[@johnmoua6583]

Hey bro are you new to fishing? Nothing against you I'm just asking. If you need help holler. The first fish you caught in this video is a sucker, the second fish you caught in this video is a Sacramento Pike minnow(good striper bait), 3rd fish you caught Sacramento Pike minnow

[@FeatherFishing]

Thanks John! Yeah, I just dived into this hobby just about over a year ago, and most of my fishing experience has been walking the beaches in Southern California. Fishing rivers up here is very new to me. That’s why whenever I skunk for too long up here, I’d make the trip to the beach just to prove to myself that I still can fish haha!

[@johnmoua6583]

@FeatherFishing welcome to fishing in NorCal, time too come down to sac and focus on sturgeon (they are in the river now) and the stripers alrdy here in Sac on sac river

[@FeatherFishing]

@@johnmoua6583I never fished for sturgeon before since I only have trouts rods, but they are on my bucket list for fish to catch!

[@NoobGamer-mh4gj]

​@@FeatherFishing read up on sturgeon regulations before you go out. They seem to change every other year or so

[@FeatherFishing]

@ I heard it’s only catch and release now, which makes no difference to me. It looks super fun on KZbin though!

[@keithtuttle2335]

Pike Minnow

[@RichardMaldonado-df2pv]

That was a sucker fish not a pike minnow. People dont know their fish

[@Cali_fishin]

I fish all these spots hmu if you ever need tips and also Do not ever listen to johnsons Bait and tackle they got me a $230 ticket

[@FeatherFishing]

Thank you! oh man, now i'm scared again. I'll try to call Fish and Game to be 100% sure.

[@ExscapeTV]

What did you do?

[@Cali_fishin]

@ExscapeTV wrong bait, I guess

[@ExscapeTV]

@Cali_fishin what did you use? I fish on the feather a lot too

[@Cali_fishin]

@ExscapeTV bluegill for striper and catfish, which i have yet to catch a cat

[@jimycrackcorn408]

It look like a pikeminnow you gotta take those things out of the system. Don't throw them back alive. I think you can tour them into fishing game for money.!!! And bud, you'll know when you get a steelhead on them fish got shoulders from the saltwater ! The steelhead is a run rainbow trout! But still had comes down to the gene pool, not all rainbow trout go to the ocean and not all steelhead go to the ocean either but they usually get a lot bigger than the regular rainbow !! you got your drag set too loose big steelhead would peel you out so fast!!!!

[@FeatherFishing]

I can't wait to hook on a steelhead now haha! It sounds like the fight is going to be amazing! Thank you for the advise on the drag. I was afraid of bending out the hook if i set it too tight, but now i know.