Putah Creek Trout
Working to protect and improve the wild trout fishery in Putah Creek
A Wild Trout Water
The Heritage and Wild Trout Program (HWTP) of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife designated the Putah Creek Interdam Reach (IDR) as a Wild Trout water in 2014, and added Lake Solano in 2015. During the evaluation of the Putah Creek IDR and…
Fishing Putah Creek
Regulations Current Regulations on Putah Creek from Lake Solano diversion dam to Monticello Dam: All year: Only artificial flies and lures with barbless hooks may be used. Daily bag and possession limit: Zero (catch and release only). If you see anyone poaching or polluting…
Help Putah Creek Trout
These are some things you can do to help Putah Creek’s wild trout: Avoid wading near spawning beds (redds) and fishing over actively spawning fish from November through April. These fish are the future of the fishery and catching them or harassing them reduces…
PCT Volunteer: Dave Jepma
Thanks Dave for your energy and dedication to the cause! Let’s learn a little bit more about Dave FROM Dave….
Thank You Volunteers!
A big THANK YOU to the volunteers who attended both tree planting events this winter. Thanks to you, nearly three hundred native trees were added to the burned riparian corridor along Putah Creek. As always, Putah Creek Trout is humbled by the amazing stewardship…
Putah Creek Tree Planting Event, Round 2
Friends: Following an initial round of tree planting in December, we are now organizing a second event to finish our tree planting for the winter. On Sunday, March 4th at 9am, we will be planting and caging cottonwoods, sycamores, willows, and alders on the island at Fishing…
