Nor Cal and Southern Oregon Fish Reports


Lake Siskiyou Bows on the bite
by Scott Caldwell, NOVEMBER 11, 2025
Siskiyou Lake

Lake Siskiyou trout action has been excellent. Rainbow Trout in the 2 to 5 pound class have been on biting well on the surface down to 20 feet. Trolling plugs between 2 and 3 mph has been the hot bait. Orange Dodgers with worm trailers have also been producing but trolling speeds need to to be under 2 mph. The...
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Kokanee, Kings, and trout on Shasta Lake!
by Jeff Goodwin, MAY 23, 2025
Shasta Lake

The Shasta Lake salmon and trout fishing is really starting to turn on this week!  The best news is that the Kokanee fishing is excellent and we're getting daily limits of super clean 14"-16" Kokanee salmon.  The King salmon fishing has been excellent as well and we're seeing Kings up into the 4-5 pound range.  The Trout fishing is in...
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Boat limits of great Kokanee by 9:30
by James Netzel, AUGUST 2, 2023
Stampede Reservoir

Well that was easy!!! Boat limits of great Kokanee by 9:30 at Stampede Reservoir. Paulina Peak Tackle UV pink and green spinner and watermelon UV hoochie behind various P lite dodgers still my top presentations. Short leaders. 8-10” Derby in a couple days. That’s all I can give out right now. ...
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BLING BLING
by Mario Gomez, JANUARY 28, 2023
Smith River

We have been working hard for our bites this week on just about every creek in the region. The fish have been closed lipped, but if you put in the time and grind on em they will bit eventually. The photos below are a pretty good representation of what you can expect for the remainder of the month. The rising...
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King Salmon on the Sacramento River
Sac River Guide
by Kirk Portocarrero, DECEMBER 26, 2022

Sacramento River

This is the end of the week for King Salmon on the Sacramento River this morning 9 year old Hanna caught her first fish ever ! Congratulations Hanna  back to the river tomorrow hopefully its not blown out .