California Sportsmen Theater
Pavilion Building
Each year the California Sportsmen Theater, hosted by Sep Hendrickson, gathers the finest guides and local-water experts. This year, two special events....
BUZZ RAMSEY , lure designer and long-time tackle industry insider, will discuss proven fishing methods for salmon and steelhead: basics of back-trolling plugs in rivers, best plugs, proper rigging, and how to bait-wrap plugs. Plus, the new “two-timing” rig for steelhead.
Buzz Ram
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JAY LOPES , owner of Right Hook Sportfishing, will cover the ways that he puts hundreds of sturgeon on his clients’ lines, including currents and tides, baits, and terminal tackle.
DALE DANEMAN guides Crystal Basin and Lake Pardee, where he specializes in trout and kokanee using deadly trolling techniques with worms and grubs.
BILL DIVENS owns Salmon King Lodge in Red Bluff. Divens will show you how to consistently catch big landlocked king salmon . Learn how to apply proven ocean and river salmon fishing techniques, plus where, best equipment, bait and lure rigging.
MIKE GRAVERT owns Intimidator Sportfishing. He’ll teach you two of his favorite techniques and all of his trade secrets for chasing the delta’s premier game fish: striped bass . Included: when to target them, the tides, locations, and the equipment. Plus, electronics, taking care of your live bait and more.
KEVIN BROCK will cover all the king salmon hot spots and key times on the valley rivers. Techniques addressed include float fishing and back bouncing with roe, trolling spinners, boondoggling, and back trolling with flat fish. For the first time, Brock will share his secrets on how to cure your own roe and smoke your own salmon.
DOUG NEAL will be sharing his tried-and- true tricks for catching big browns and rainbows . He’s fished throughout Northern California his entire life, living on the Almanor Peninsula for the last decade, where he’s logged nearly 10,000 hours fishing the lake.
Rick Kennedy
J.D. Richey
Steve Carson
Mike Gravert
STEVE CARSON is one of the industry’s most knowledgeable anglers and instructors. He’ll present San Diego long-range trips, quite possibly the ultimate fishing excursion. This fun and informative seminar will include tackle, tips and information about trips from 3 to 14 days, and about catching yellowfin tuna, bluefin tuna, yellowtail, dorado, wahoo .
JD RICHEY will show you how to tame big, hard-scrapping stripers with light gear, covering everything from catching this fish on topwater plugs, to spooning, and throwing swimbaits. He’ll also give you detailed insight into what to look for in a striper spot: cover, structure and current. Learn how to use tides to your advantage.
RICK KENNEDY has two talks. His kokanee talk will cover tips gained from nearly 20 years guiding in the high country lakes, including trolling with old-school tactics plus new techniques with topics such as lure colors, depths, leader length, presentation. He’ll also cover the basics of striper fishing, including lure choices and set-ups for trolling along with the different types of baits and bait rigs used for success.
Steve Huber
Jay Lopes
Angelo Cuanang
Abe Cuanang
Doug Neal
Kevin Brock
SEP HENDRICKSON created and hosts the theater. Long-time host of the award-winning “California Sportsmen” radio show Saturday from 6-8a on KHTK AM 1140, Sep makes time to practice what he preaches, fishing for trophy-sized trout and salmon, landlocked kokanee and king salmon, and hunting pheasant, chucker, quail, turkey and wild boar. With his wife, Marilyn, Sep owns Sep’s Outdoors, which produces “Ultimate Bass” on KHTK. The couple remain a driving force with the California Inland Fisheries Foundation Inc., and helped popularize ultralight fishing in the West with the tackle company they created, Sep’s Pro Fishing. Sep was inducted into the California Outdoor Hall of Fame. Now “retired,” Sep works even harder...in the outdoors.
Rick Powers
James Smith
Bill Divens
Tony Sepulveda