After a rainy blitz that filled the lake to 100% full right after new years, conditions are settling down and we’re expecting trout activity to follow along. The new inflows had clouded the water considerably but even now visibility is already over 3ft- though windy days will temporarily stir up the shallow water. Today is glassy calm, sunny, cool and...
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After a very wet end to the year, the rain has finally shut off and it’s time to watch the rivers drop into fishable shape. The “last hurrah” of rain came earlier this week, and we’re now entering an extended stretch of drier weather — exactly what we’ve been waiting for. Over the next week, most coastal rivers (aside from the...
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Sun's Out! Weekly Trout Plants have been going since October and are scheduled every week till May! Daytime highs forecast in the 50's all week and touching 60 early next week. Collins Lake is 100% Full!

The Smith and Chetco have been in great shape this week, and green water was finally on the horizon for some of the other coastal rivers. Unfortunately, that’s all about to change — again. Mother Nature is again hitting the reset button, putting rivers back on the rise and erasing about a week and a half of progress toward fishable...
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I wish all HAPPY HOLADAYS and a GREAT NEW YEAR To end out the year and start the Winter Fishing we had as DISASATER at the Trinity River Hatchery. On November 7th the intake screens to the hatcher plugged up when the large debris screen broke and allowed the debris to clog the intake screens thus disallowing water flow into the hatchery....
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If you’re looking to tangle with your first coastal winter steelhead between now and the end of the year, your options will likely be limited to the Smith River. It’s currently the only river on the coast running green and fishable, and it’s expected to remain that way as the region stays locked into a wet weather pattern over the...
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