Similar to the Chetco, the Smith is low and starting to clear according to guide Mike Coopman. “We could definitely use a little shot of rain to add some color, but I have no complaints on the fishing. There’s plenty of fish around and we’re catching them from the top to the bottom,” Coopman said.

Pacific herring finally made their way into Crescent City Harbor in large numbers today (Wednesday). Some anglers, like this fishermen, were taking home herring by the bucketful.

Tony Sepulveda, owner-guide of Green Water Fishing Adventures and several other boats fishing alongside with him had quite a lot of success on the Chetco River last week. Here, Tony is holding a steelhead in the upper teens that a client caught while side-drifting a Puff Ball-and-roe setup.

Bad News for Winter Run Very few adult winter run will likely return to spawn in 2017 and 2018 which could easily lead to further restriction on ocean salmon fishing. Federal fishery experts reported only three percent of the winter run eggs spawned in the Sacramento River in 2015 hatched and survived as far downstream as Red Bluff. The rest...
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