Labor Day weekend starts this upcoming weekend. Saturday September 1st is FREE FISHING in the state of California. Remember all Fish and Wildlife laws are still intact.
Make your camping plans ahead of time as it will be a busy weekend and the weather should be perfect.
As everyone in the state of California knows we are experiencing a lot of wildfires. Spicer Reservoir is closed to boat traffic as The Donnell's Fire has approached Spicer. You can still fish at Spicer from the bank and the campground has remained open. NOTICE: You can now enter the Highland Lakes area to Tryon Meadow only. You can camp now at Bloomfield campground. Highland Lakes is still closed. Most of the Carson Iceberg Wilderness is still closed. There is  some concern that the fire may spread and impact the Pacific Crest Trail if winds continue to increase fire activity above Disaster and Boulder Creek drainages in Upper Clarks Fork. You can come by our store and look at the latest fire map to see what areas are affected.
 You must have a fire permit to burn your campfire. They are available at any of the USFS stations. The Hathaway Pines Station is open Monday thru Friday 8 to 5, and Saturday 8 to 2. You can contact them at 209-795-1381. Lake Alpine Ranger Station is open Thursday thru Monday. The phone number for Lake Alpine Ranger Station is 209-753-2811. Please be extra careful with your fires as we are coming into our FIRE SEASON. WARNING EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS.
Our North Fork Of The Stanislaus will be planted this week by our Calaveras County Fish And Game Comission. We are very excited to see our county come through for us. Thanks to all the people that made this plant possible.
 The East Fork Of The Carson has been excellent fishing due to recent trout plants, with quite a few fish in the  three to four pound range. You can check the flows of our rivers by going to dreamflows.com.
 Lake Alpine has been kicking out some big rainbows lately due to the plants by The Alpine Fish and Game Commission.
Plan to purchase your fishing license ahead of time. We are the only retailer on the Highway 4 corridor that sell them and never know when our machine could go down.

Stop by Ebbetts Pass Sporting Goods for all of your outdoor and fishing needs. Let Ebbetts Pass Sporting Goods be your one stop shop for everything from camping, freshwater fishing, and fly fishing.   We carry a broad line of fly fishing products including rods, reels, and waders from Redington, St. Croix rods, extensive fly assortment,  and everything you need for your trout fishing experience. We now carry Fishpond, Umpqua, Outcast Boats, and Buff UV multifunctional headwear for protection against damage from extended sun exposure. We also stock a wide range of  Footwear, along with our new footwear, Cobian Footwear and Northside. We also stock Suncloud Polarized Sunglasses, along with a wide array of various brand sunglasses. Check out our huge selection of Berkley Power Bait and a wide selection of trout and bass lures for example Panther Martin spinners, Kastmasters, Yamamoto Senko, Daiwa Baits, River2Sea Whopper Ploppers and S Waver, Zoom, Lunkerhunt, and Zoom Baits. We carry Daiwa rods and reels, and Dobyns Rods along with other major brands.
 
For more local information go to our front page and click on the Fishing Resources. Then click on the Take Me Fishing tab. Then click on the map and in the address tab type in 925 Hwy 4 Arnold CA 95223. The map will show White Pines Lake. From here you can move the map up the Highway to all fishing locations. For rigging information and knots click on the fishing tab and under the learn tab go to to the learn to fish and click on that tab. This will show various ways to tie knots and how to set up rigs for any kind of fishing. Click on the tab, How To Fly Fish section. There is great deal of information on this page with instruction included with video.  Feel free to contact us any time.