Fishing Articles

Expect Lots of Trout Action in Garrison Lake Next Week
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, MARCH 11, 2016
Garrison Lake

Whenever the southern Oregon and northern California coast gets hammered by relentless storms and buckets of rain day after day, a person starts to wonder if it will ever end. But as I sit here writing this column, I am looking at a trout schedule for Garrison Lake and remembering the fun I had on this particular waterbody last year,...
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Blown Out
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, MARCH 10, 2016
Mad River

Like the rest of the smaller coastal rivers, it’s been blown out since last week. Flowing at nearly 6,000 cfs on Wednesday, it’s predicted to climb daily and reach monitor stage by Saturday evening.

Lots of Mud
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, MARCH 10, 2016
Eel River - South Fork

South Fork Eel River remains high and muddy from last week’s storms, with no real end in sight. The storms hitting the area now will keep all of these rivers high and muddy for the foreseeable future.

No End in Sight
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, MARCH 10, 2016
Eel River

Eel River remains high and muddy from last week’s storms, with no real end in sight. The storms hitting the area now will keep all of these rivers high and muddy for the foreseeable future.

High and Muddy
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, MARCH 10, 2016
Van Duzen River

Van Duzen remains high and muddy from last week’s storms, with no real end in sight. The storms hitting the area now will keep all of these rivers high and muddy for the foreseeable future.

Back Down
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, MARCH 10, 2016
Smith River

The Smith dropped back down to a fishable level on Wednesday, but very few, if any took advantage reports Crescent City guide Mike Coopman. “I didn’t see any boats, and only a few plunkers were out. The reports I heard were that quite a few fresh fish still coming, and good number of downers were in the river as well....
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