Fishing Articles

Smith River Fish Report
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, JANUARY 20, 2016
Smith River

The Smith remains just about the only game in town reports guide Mike Coopman of Mike Coopman’s Guide Service. He said, “When the rivers been at a fishable height, the plunkers have been doing well. There’s seems to be quite a few fish in the river, even with all the high water we’ve had. Looking at the forecast for the...
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Plunkers Rule the Chetco
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, JANUARY 15, 2016
Chetco River

Last week Mother Nature provided steelhead anglers the opportunity to deploy several fishing techniques. From Saturday through Monday, the Chetco hovered between 2,800 and 3,000 cfs, which are perfect water flows for drift boaters to side-drift or pull plugs. It was also choice water for shore anglers to drift-fish Corkies, yarn balls or Puff Balls, all being used...
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It's Snowing
by Valerie Aubrey, JANUARY 14, 2016
Eagle Lake

We have been having weather in the Susanville area including a good amount of snow. We do not have a fish report this week.

Also Blown Out
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, JANUARY 13, 2016
Trinity River

The entire Trinity blew out on Wednesday reports Steve Huber of Steve Huber’s Guide Service. “Almost all of the creeks I looked at on Wednesday were dirty; the only exception was the North Fork. If we don’t get a bunch more rain, the top of the river could fish in a couple days. It just depends on how quickly the...
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Too much water
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, JANUARY 13, 2016
Van Duzen River

the Van Duzen jumped from just under 2,500 to over 10,000 cfs overnight on Tuesday. With more storms on the way, it won’t fish for the foreseeable future.

Way too high!
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, JANUARY 13, 2016
Eel River

As of Wednesday, the main stem was running at nearly 26,000 cfs and still going up. It will take a couple weeks of dry weather, which isn’t in the forecast, to drop back into shape. The upper end of the South Fork was just starting to turn green when the latest rounds of storms hit. It jumped from 3,000 cfs...
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