Fishing Articles

Lake conditions; Temp low 40F's (42-44F). Dirt roads in muddy now that we have had a couple days of warmer ambient temperatures. The shore fishing has been great. Winds can hamper some locations but always check out the wind direction before committing to a spot. In general, we always have a good early bite, but we...
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According to Justin Kelly of Eureka's RMI Outdoors, the Mad was fishable on Sunday, but has since blown out. He said, "There were a few steelhead caught last weekend, both wild and hatchery. I didn’t see or hear of any big ones caught, most were in the four to five pound range. Once the river drops and is fishable again,...
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It doesn’t look like the Smith will be fishable at least through the weekend reports guide Mike Coopman of Mike Coopman’s Guide Service. “If the rain falls as predicted, it will be sometime next week before we’re back on the water. There were quite a few salmon around before this big rise, and there may be a few around after,...
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As of Wednesday afternoon, the Chetco was flowing at 20,000 cfs and still rising. It’s predicted to peak early Thursday morning at roughly 26,000 cfs, and likely won’t fish until sometime next week. Once the river drops to a fishable level, we should start to see plenty of steelhead around.

Predicted to rise beginning Thursday night and may open on Friday morning. Forecasted to peak at roughly 1,600 cfs early Saturday morning. Minimum flows needed to open are 340 cfs at the gauging station at Miranda.