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River is Loaded with Fish
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, JANUARY 7, 2016
Smith River

The Smith is in excellent shape and there’s plenty of fish around reports guide Mike Coopman. "It looks like the river will fish through the weekend. There’s some rain in the forecast, but no enough to hurt anything. Right now, the river is loaded with fish from the top to the bottom and the boats are really doing well," Coopman...
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Water is Perfect
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, JANUARY 7, 2016
Chetco River

The water color on the Chetco is beautiful reports guide Alan Borges of Alan’s Guide Service. He said, "The color is perfect, but the flows were a little high on Wednesday. The few boats on the water all landed a couple, but I thought it would fish better. It’s possible the extra water moved the fish around a bit. The...
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Smith, Chetco best weekend options
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, JANUARY 7, 2016

Public meeting on Klamath fishery coming next week And then there were two....as in the number of coastal rivers that still have a hint of green. The Smith and Chetco were the sole survivors of the storms that pounded the region earlier in the week. All stretches of the Eel, Van Duzen, Mad and Redwood Creek are currently blown out, with...
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Clear and Cold
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, DECEMBER 17, 2015
Trinity River - Upper

Steve Huber of Steve Huber’s Guide Service reports the Trinity colored up slightly following last week’s rain, but it’s back to mostly clear. He said, “The water is a little bigger, but it’s nice and clear. All the creeks are running clear and cold. It’s been real cold in the morning, which has thinned the crowds slightly. With the larger...
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Still Off-color
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, DECEMBER 17, 2015
Mad River

Receded to just about eight feet on Wednesday evening, but was still off-color. With more rain on the way, it doesn’t look like it will be green anytime soon. Projected to hit 12-feet on Friday afternoon and hang around 10-feet through Monday.

Beautiful Emerald Green
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, DECEMBER 17, 2015
Smith River

The Smith was a beautiful emerald green on Wednesday reports guide Mike Coopman of Mike Coopman’s Guide Service, but unfortunately, it doesn’t look like the color will stick around. He said, “The good news is there seems to be quite a few fish around. The bad news is we were only able to get a couple days on the water...
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