Website:http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=461 (State Park Website)https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/461/files/ColusaSacRiverFinalWebLayout071917.pdf (Park Brochure)
Description:This area offers visitors campsites, picnic sites, and a launch ramp for small boats. Riverbank cottonwoods and willows shelter one of the finest fishing stretches in California, with king salmon, steelhead, rainbow trout and striped bass some of the catches. The river is on a major migratory route for birds of the Pacific flyway and provides home to an amazing number of species. Fishing for king salmon, steelhead, rainbow trout and striped bass is excellent in this stretch of the Sacramento River, California's largest river. Anglers also take consistent catches of catfish, shad, carp and sturgeon. The fall run of salmon comes in September and October. You can also catch them from November through January, though the fishing during high water isn't as satisfying. The spring run is April through June. The steelhead run is from late August to end of October; striped bass from April through June; and shad from mid-May to mid-June. Bank fishing is easiest from the river's northwest bank, outside the park, or you can take the trail to the parks gravel bar-beach area. You'll be most successful if you fish by boat, searching out the deep holes in the river bed.
Site Condition:Locations - Directions The park is near downtown Colusa, nine miles east of I-5 on Highway 20, north of Sacramento. Colusa Latitude/Longitude: 39.2144 / -122.0083 Fishing
General Notes:updated: 3.15.2022 bd / updated by: [Wright, Aaron] 6/2/2025 11:51:26 AM / 8.12.25 bd
Usage Restriction:The Colusa Sacramento River State Recreation Area is currently being operated by the City of Colusa. The production will still need a permit from the California Film Commission per the City of Colusa.
Jurisdictions::CALIFORNIA FILM COMMISSION - CFC, Colusa
Within 30-Mile Zone: N
State Property: Yes
Closed/Vacant: No
GPS Source:Google Maps (interactive), x coordinate: 39.2183598, y coordinate: -122.0165685
Contacts: Wright, Aaron *Public Safety Chief, Northern Buttes District, Lake Oroville Sector530-370-8180 Phone 1530-538-2244 Fax[email protected]http://www.californiasbestcamping.com/oroville/floating.html
State Parks and Beaches, Permits Department,California Film Commission7080 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 900, Hollywood, CA 90028 USA323.860.2960 Phone 1800.858.4749 Phone 2[email protected]http://film.ca.gov/state-permits/parks-beaches/
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