Not sure how long it will last but it’s been perfect winter camping weather out since Thanksgiving, daytime highs in the 60’s and nighttime lows in the 40’s. The lake surface temperature has been hovering around 55°F and the water has cleared substantially after the November rain that brought the lake up 10ft. Trout fishing had moderated considerably after that...
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Fresh kings still coming into the Chetco, Smith likey done for the year With the late-fall king season all but wrapped up on the coastal rivers, it’s time to turn our attention to winter steelhead, likely the most popular fishery on the North Coast. With the last storm providing plenty of water to all of the rivers, anglers are primed and...
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 It looks like we are going to have some good weather for the next week with the possibility to have some good Steelhead fishing as the streams and rivers start dropping. The weirs have ben pulled because of the antimorphic river that just passed through. The storm dropped 7.57 10 inches of rain in the Willow Creek area. I know...
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This week’s report will be mostly about water, because there’s a lot more water at the moment than fishing opportunities. In case you haven’t heard, the North Coast is smackdab in the middle of some severe storms that are taking aim at the coast with heavy winds and copious amounts of rain. Several rivers are forecast to exceed monitor and...
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We have been having rain for the past week and I is getting soaked. Willow Creek has had over five inches of rain now with more to come. The weather people ae predicting more rain for the coming week. This is good for the firefighters here in northern California. Too bad some of this rain isn’t reaching southern California, they...
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