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Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation Area
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COLUSA-SACRAMENTO RIVER STATE RECREATION AREA
COLUSA-SACRAMENTO RIVER STATE RECREATION AREA
Colusa, California   95932

Phone: 530-458-4927
Reservations: 530-458-4740
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.

The River Patwin Indian tribe once lived nearby the area and in 1872 John Muir camped near what is now the park.

FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES OVERVIEW
Day-UseFishingyes
 Hiking Trailyes
BoatingLaunch Rampsyes
CampingPrimitiveyes
Fishing
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.


Location
Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation Area is located near Gridley, Live Oak and Yuba City


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Almond Grove Mobile Home Park
880 12th Street
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530-473-5620
Area Accommodations (over 20 miles away)
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Backyard Garden Oasis BB - Middletown, CA
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Close to Calistoga, Napa Valley and Lake County Vineyards, and Harbin Hot Springs in the Mayacama Mountains, and 2 hrs away from San Francisco or Sacramento. Backyard Garden Oasis is an exquisite respite for those wanting a nature-filled retreat surrounded by some of Californias most beautiful country.
45.8 miles from park*
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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

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