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In spite of historically low water levels, the fishing was very good all season long.  Finding the fish wasn't difficult as they are all pretty much concentrated in the south basin.  Size was not bad at all.  Early in the season we had a lot of solid 2 to 2 1/2 pound trout and by fall we were looking at...
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The new year has welcomed North State anglers not only with welcome rainfall but with some outstanding fishing opportunities between storms for the meek fair weather enthusiast and even during the storms for the hardy hardcore. Granted even the fair weather angler will be met with cold mornings for sure and probably a little bit of a cold breeze that...
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The Trinity is in great shape from top to bottom reports Steve Huber of Steve Huber’s Guide Service. He said, "The majority of the boats are still working the Junction City area and landing quite a few fish in the four to six pound range. We’re still seeing the last of the late fall run fish, and a few winter...
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Jens Hansen of Arcata’s Mad River Tackle & FeelFree Kayaks reports prior to the Mad blowing out on Monday, the river was full of steelhead. "I was on the river over the weekend and saw lots of hatchery fish landed. There were quite a few boats out as well, and I heard they did really well pulling plugs. With rain...
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Flows were good, but it was still a little off color before it blew out on Monday reports Grundman. "Yager Creek was dirty, which kept the lower river murky. I think it was fishable above, but I didn’t hear of any reports," Grundman said. As of Wednesday, flows were nearly 4,500 cfs on the Grizzly Creek gauge.

Eel River (main stem) "The main stem was just starting to come into real good shape, but with the rain we’ve had to our south, we’re back to square one," said Paul Grundman of Rio Dell’s Grundmans Sporting Goods. As of Wednesday, flows were above 28,000 cfs on the Scotia gauge. Eel River (South Fork) The South Fork blew out on Monday and...
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