Fishing Articles

Following the weekend rains, the Smith dropped back into shape on Monday. Not many boats were out, but a few nice steelhead were landed. River levels are predicted to drop and it will likely be low and clear by the weekend. Forecasted to be right around 2,200 cfs (7.5 feet) by Saturday morning. ...
Full Story 

The Rivers: Chetco/Elk/Sixes The Chetco had a decent bite for steelhead last week before it blew out over the weekend reports Andy Martin of Wild Rivers Fishing. “Plunkers caught fish at Loeb Park and Social Security,” said Martin. “After reaching 9,000 cfs on Saturday, the river remained muddy and blown out Monday evening. A slide on the South Fork has it colored...
Full Story 

Here’s hoping everyone had an outstanding Christmas and are anxious for the coming year. And with the New Year there are many annual outdoor shows throughout winter and spring in Northern California. The biggest by far is the International Sportsman’s Exposition January 16 – 19 at the California Exposition in Sacramento at which the family of sites of Myoutdoorbuddy.com and...
Full Story 

Gorgeous day today! Fish biting, no wind, warmed up to 32F & lots of open water. Low water ramp in good shape. But you don’t need a boat to catch fish. Shore fishing still going strong, fly fishing & kayak trolling good for double digits. Update: I must admit, the surface temp was 37F pretty solidly on the west side...
Full Story 

As we wrap up another busy year at FISHBIO, we wanted to share a few of our highlights – in written and video form. In 2019 we continued our long-term salmon and trout life-cycle monitoring on the Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and Calaveras rivers, with the notable addition of PIT tag antennas on our Stanislaus and Tuolumne weirs to help track fish movements. Our...
Full Story 

Chetco/Elk/Sixes “The Chetco has been slow for salmon and steelhead, as the fall-run of kings appears to be over for the season, and big numbers of steelhead have yet to arrive,” said Andy Martin of Wild Rivers Fishing. “There are a few half-pounders around, and plunkers caught a few adult steelhead in the past week. Success from drift boats has been...
Full Story