Fishing For

Sacramento pikeminnow

3.0

(13)

89 Catches

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Average Length

1.3 ft

Maximum Length

4.6 ft

Maximum Weight

Depth Range

Temperature Range

Top Fishing Spots To Catch Sacramento pikeminnow

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(20)

Sacramento River (Various Counties)

Sacramento County, California

Madera County, California

Tehama County, California

Solano County, California

3 Catches

No Rating (0)

Russian River (Sonoma County)

Sonoma County, California

Benton County, Oregon

Sacramento County, California

Butte County, California

2 Catches

Top Baits For Catching Sacramento pikeminnow

Natural Baits by Worms Fresh Water Night Crawlers

4.0

(1105)

8 Catches

Natural Baits by Worms Fresh Water Wax Worms

4.0

(60)

5 Catches

Natural Baits by Dead Bait Human Foods Chicken Liver

4.0

(144)

5 Catches

Natural Baits by Worms Fresh Water Earthworms

4.0

(1190)

2 Catches

Flies by Bass Pro Shops White River Fly Shop Microfibetts Fly Tying Material Dark Dun

5.0

(1)

1 Catch

Flies by Generic Flies Terrestrial Fly Dave's Hopper

4.0

(1)

1 Catch

Lures by Dirty Jigs Tackle Compact Pitchin' Jig Canterbury Craw; 1/2 oz.

4.0

(3)

1 Catch

Lures by Berkley PowerBait Ripple Shad 2'' - Fire Perch

4.0

(5)

1 Catch

Recently Caught Sacramento pikeminnow

Samuel :)

5 days ago

•

Fraser Valley, British Columbia

Species Sacramento pikeminnow

14 likes • 1 comment

Skyla Harrison

1 week ago

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El Dorado County, California

Species Sacramento pikeminnow

9 likes

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Corbin DeCoito

3 weeks ago

•

Shasta County, California

Species Sacramento pikeminnow

Weight 5 lb 2 oz

4 likes

Evan Inman

8 weeks ago

•

Sonoma County, California

My first ever sacramento pikeminnow, and a big one. Another one broke me off before this, so I had to play him a bit. I would estimate it at 20 inches, but I didn’t measure. Very cool catch.

Species Sacramento pikeminnow

Weight 3 lb 10 oz

Gear 1

23 likes • 3 comments

Titus G

2026-04-10

•

Clark County, Washington

Species Sacramento pikeminnow

5 likes

Tiddler Hooks

2025-12-12

•

Madera County, California

2 trout 13" & 8" and 3 baby Pikeminnows All release. 1 the trout looked exactly the same as I caught 2 days ago... was in same spot with same powerbait.

Species Sacramento pikeminnow

Gear 3

10 likes

Tiddler Hooks

2025-12-07

•

Fresno County, California

Native fish thriving.

Species Sacramento pikeminnow

Gear 1

9 likes

Tiddler Hooks

2025-11-18

•

Fresno County, California

Beautiful native fish @SJR

Species Sacramento pikeminnow

Gear 4

9 likes

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