Salmon fishing on the Sacramento river from Anderson Balls Ferry downstream near Chico has been spotty at best with some days better salmon scores than others. Hard working anglers can expect 2 or more salmon a day with some days higher scores of 4 or more. The further you fish upstream towards the Barge Hole angler's can expect higher groups of salmon with more boating pressure and much older and darker fish. Angler's can also expect more foul hooked than fair hooked fish in the Barge Hole area. Moving farther downstream you will find less fishing pressure and fewer salmon but the salmon angler's do find are fresher higher quality salmon. Fishing pressure has been light from Bend Bridge downstream towards Chico. Back bouncing sardine wrapped kwikfish lures in the morning and switching over to roe and a quickie puff ball in the mid morning and afternoon have been the best bets . Salmon have been averaging 18 to 26lbs with larger fish weighing in at 30 to 40lbs. Current releases to the Sacramento River have dropped to 6,500 cfs with no scheduled changes. Fall salmon fishing will continue through October and will change over to the late fall run in November and early December.