| Day 1: |
Arrive San Diego - Baja California
Waters
You start your trip out in "America's Finest
City", San Diego. Take a few hours to cool
your heels after the flight, and get ready for 3
weeks of casting, trolling, reeling and hookups.
The fun begins with a 3 day long range trip into
the Mexican waters off Baja, California, in pursuit
of a variety of big game fish. The boat sails in
the evening. You'll sleep away the bulk of the night
time voyage in your stateroom. |
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| Day 2: |
Baja California Waters
It's time to get fishing for yellowtail, dorado
(mahi-mahi), barracuda, tuna, wahoo, roosterfish
and other game fish in the warm waters off Baja. |
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| Day 3: |
Baja California Waters
Another day on the high seas, chasing big fish.
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| Day 4: |
San Diego - San Francisco
The boat returns to port in the late afternoon /
early evening, and your flight leaves for San Francisco
later in the evening. After flying to San Francisco,
you settle in for the night, in preparation for
a couple of days on the Bay and Sacramento River
Delta ahead. |
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| Day 5: |
San Francisco Bay / Sacramento
River Delta
The scene today is a big change from the open expanses
of ocean off the coast of Mexico. Working the cooler
inland waters of the San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento
River Delta in a smaller vessel, you hunt for man-sized
sturgeon. |
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| Day 6: |
San Francisco Bay
Back on the waters of the Bay today, with different
quarry in your sights: stripers! |
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| Day 7: |
San Francisco - Monterey Bay -
San Francisco - Crescent City
Testing out a new sport that is gaining devoted
followers, you fish the waters of the beautiful
Monterey Bay from a specially outfitted single-seat
kayak. It's a new spin on an old hobby, seating
you closer to the water, and closer to the action.
After fishing, you catch a flight to the northwestern
corner of the state to fish redwood-lined rivers
and coastline. |
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| Day 8: |
Crescent City - Klamath River -
Brookings, Oregon
Today's quarry: salmon. You hunt them while floating
down the cool waters of the Klamath River, as it
winds its way through forests of coastal redwood,
madrone and ponderosa pine. After fishing, you take
a short drive up the coast, and across the border,
into the state of Oregon. |
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| Day 9: |
Brookings Coastal Waters
Salmon again, but this time you're back on the Pacific,
off the rocky Oregon Coast. |
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| Day 10: |
Brookings Coastal Waters - Merlin,
Oregon
Rock cod, ling cod and halibut thrive in the cold
northern waters, and are commonly caught in shallow
water. Your last day on the ocean finds you in pursuit
of these species, with spinning tackle. A scenic
drive over the coastal mountains brings you to the
starting point for your next adventure: the wild
Rogue. |
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| Day 11: |
Merlin - Rogue River Wilderness
Today, you start another extended journey. This
time, it's through the Rogue River wilderness. Salmon
are once again on the menu, but this time the weapon
of choice is a fly rod, and some hand-tieds. The
evening will find you resting in the peace and quiet
of a remote wilderness lodge. |
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| Day 12: |
Rogue River Wilderness
More wilderness, and hopefully more fish, as you
course your way down the Rogue River Valley. |
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| Day 13: |
Rogue River Wilderness - Merlin
- Ashland, Oregon
A final day on the Rogue, before returning to Merlin,
and driving to Ashland for a relaxing evening in
a town featuring some fine local brews. |
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| Day 14: |
Ashland - Trinity Alps
(California)
Your drive takes you back into California, and into
the little-visited "God's Country" of
the Trinity Alps, where you'll spend the next few
days. You might cast a few leisurely plugs or plastic
worms at smallmouth and largemouth bass in the evening
before hitting the sack, but there's no hurry. |
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| Day 15: |
Trinity Alps
Early morning on Trinity Lake, and you try your
hand enticing bass from cover as the sun considers
its daily ascent. Once the temperature warms up,
and bass lose their appetite, you set out toward
one of the many alpine lakes dotting the Trinity
Alps for an evening tossing flies at pan-sized trout,
and sleeping under the stars. |
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| Day 16: |
Trinity Alps - McCloud
Take the hike back down at a leisurely pace, and
try your hand at enticing some of the rainbows inhabiting
the streams. Once you've reached "civilization"
again, you have plenty of time to make the drive
to McCloud, at the base of Mount Shasta. |
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| Day 17: |
McCloud - Sacramento River - McCloud
Back on the water today, in search of wild rainbows
on the Upper Sacramento. |
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| Day 18: |
McCloud - Mt. Lassen - Lake Tahoe
A break from fishing for today's beautiful drive
to Lake Tahoe. En route, you pass through Mount
Lassen National Park, home of an active volcano.
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| Day 19: |
Lake Tahoe
Your final mission is to chase after the lunker
Mackinaw trout (also known as lake trout) that inhabit
Lake Tahoe. Tahoe is truly one of the gems of the
Sierra Nevada, and you'll enjoy the beautiful setting
as much as the fishing. Casino entertainment entices
you on Tahoe's south shore after returning from
the lake. |
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| Day 20: |
Lake Tahoe - Sacramento
A final day of fishing on Tahoe before heading home.
You'll drive to Sacramento at the end of the day,
to catch your flight home in the morning. |
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| Day 21: |
Depart Sacramento |
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