Fishing Articles

Anglers hauling in surfperch and trout
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, APRIL 1, 2017
Garrison Lake

Last week, anglers who wanted some surfperch action only needed to do three things: fish on the incoming tide, use small pieces of raw shrimp, and cast! The same should be happening this week as well. Limits of striped surfperch were filleted on several different occasions at the Port of Brookings Harbor's fish-cleaning station. Some of the iridescent 'pogies', as the...
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Sacramento coming into shape
by Gary Heffley, MARCH 31, 2017
Sacramento River - Lower

While still a bit away from prime conditions, Tiger T's Guide Service's Todd LeBoeuf found hungry trout on the Sacramento River in the Redding area on Tuesday 3-28, as evidenced by the beautiful rainbow caught by fellow guide Lou Hubert. The river offered only 18” of visibility but there were numerous doubles and even a triple hook-up as Todd joined in...
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CDFW seeks red abalone Fishery Management Plan input
by CDFW, MARCH 31, 2017

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is seeking public input to assist in the development of a red abalone fishery management plan (FMP). An online survey to collect public opinions on red abalone management can be accessed on the CDFW website. To complete the survey by mail instead of through the website, please call (707) 964-5791 to request the survey...
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South Fork closes March 31
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, MARCH 30, 2017
Eel River - South Fork

The South Fork is fishable above the East Branch, and should fish below Benbow on Friday if the rain doesn’t pan out. You’ll want to take advantage as the South Fork will close on Friday, March 31.

Main stem out of shape
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, MARCH 30, 2017
Eel River

“The main stem is still big and brown,” said Paul Grundman of Rio Dell’s Grundmans Sporting Goods. “We’ll need a couple weeks of dry weather before it drops into shape.”

Fishing to a trickle
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, MARCH 30, 2017
Smith River

“Fishing is pretty tough on the Smith right now,” said guide Mike Coopman. “For whatever reason, we haven’t seen a good push of downers in the lower river yet. They’re getting some upriver, but they seem to be just trickling down. We’ve been getting one to two hookups per trip this week.”