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Sutter Bypass Wildlife Area - Sutter County

fishing hunting Wildlife Viewing Hunting with Shotgun Allowed Hunting with Bow Allowed Waterfowl Hunting Allowed Pheasant Hunting Allowed Quail Hunting Allowed Turkey Hunting Allowed

Description: 3,204 acres including many levees. Deer, waterfowl, mourning dove, Valley quail, pheasant, rabbits, turkeys, and coyote may be found in the wildlife area.

Phone Number: (916) 358-2900

Information: Shotgun and Archery hunting only.

Maps: Directional Map (PDF)  Topographic Map (PDF)

Location & Access: Type C area
South of Highway 20 and west of Yuba City on either side of the Sutter Bypass in Sutter County. The 3,204 acre wildlife area consists of the Tisdale Bypass and 2 long narrow parcels on either side of the Sutter Bypass.

Tisdale Bypass: Access from Progress Road/Reclamation Road or Garmire Road/Crammore Road. 4.4 miles in length and 425 acres in size from the Sacramento River to the Sutter Bypass. The best hunting opportunity is here in brushy/weedy habitat.

Sutter Bypass East Levee and East Channel: 22 miles in length from Highway 20 south to the junction with the Feather River Levee and the Nelson Slough Management Unit of the Feather River Wildlife Area. The East Levee is generally closed to vehicles.

Public hunting areas:

  1. Highway 20 south to the Wadsworth Canal -
    1. The Sutter Bypass East Channel, East Levee, and grassy berm strip located between the East Levee and outside drainage canal.
    2. The forested strip inside the Sutter Bypass between the Sutter Bypass East Channel and the farm lands. (Please do not trespass on private farm lands). This forested strip begins 1.1 miles north of Franklin Road and extends to a point 0.8 miles south of Franklin Road.
  2. Wadsworth Canal to Highway 113 -The East Channel East Levee, and grassy berm strip located between the East Levee and outside drainage canal except for the 2.2 mile East Levee area inside the Sutter National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), which is open for fishing nd closed to hunting. (The Sutter NWR Hunter Check Station is open for waterfowl and pheasant hunting on the Sutter NWR during waterfowl season on Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays. Call the DFG, Region 2 for hunting information about the Sutter NWR).
  3. Highway 113 to the Feather River levee - The East Channel, East Levee, and grassy berm strip located between the East Levee and outside drainage canal. There is no hunting in the forested marsh area between the East Channel and the Sutter Bypass farm lands.

Sutter Bypass West Levee and West Channel: 9.5 miles in length from Highway 20 to the Tisdale Bypass and 6.1 miles in length from the Tisdale Bypass south to Highway 113. The West Levee is closed to vehicles.

Public hunting areas:

  1. Highway 20 to 3/4 mile north of Gilsizer Slough
    1. The West Channel, West Levee, and grassy berm strip located between the West Levee and outside drainage canal. The 100 foot wide outside grassy berm begins 1.5 miles north of Hughes Road and extends 3 miles south of Hughes Road to the Tisdale Bypass.
    2. The forested strip inside the Sutter Bypass between the Sutter Bypass West Channel and farm lands. (Please do not trespass on private farm lands). The forested strip extends from Highway 20 going south to a point 0.5 miles north of the Sutter National Wildlife Refuge north boundary (or 2.4 miles south of Franklin Road).
  2. 3/4 mile north of Gilsizer Slough to Highway 113 - The West Channel, West Levee, and very narrow grassy berm strip located between the West Levee and outside drainage canal. There is no hunting in the forested marsh area between the West Channel and the Sutter Bypass farm lands.

Recreational Use

  • Hunting is permitted daily during open seasons for all legal species. Shotgun and archery only. Good populations of deer (Zone D-4), waterfowl, and mourning dove. Valley quail, pheasant, rabbits, turkeys, and coyote may also be found in the wildlife area.
  • No camping, but overnight parking is allowed while fishing.
  • Fishing is also allowed. Both Sutter Bypass Channels have catfish, bullheads, largemouth bass, bluegill, sunfish, black crappie and chinook salmon. Chinook salmon are most common in October and November. Fish ladders are present at the dams to assist the salmon in their migration to Butte Creek. No fishing within 250 feet of a ladder.

PLEASE NOTE: Area regulations are subject to change. Special restrictions on recreational uses, hunt days, and methods of take are listed in the current year's issue of Hunting and Other Public Uses on State and Federal Areas, available at Fish and Game offices and places where licenses are sold.

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