Riley Renick reports on March 28th, 2025 This weekend we will turn our focus from winter steelhead to the upcoming trout season. This winter season was pretty typical of what we’ve come to expect ...
Riley Rennick of Wild Waters Fly Fishing Reports on December 13th, 2024 Winter Steelhead Tips and Klamath Update Wild Water’s founder and guide John Rickard always says, you want to be the one wr...
Brian Clemens Reports 05/29/24: Northern California Fishing Northern California Fishing: We are finally seeing a huge drop down in flows as well as a flattened curve in flows across the board. T...
Aaron Grabiel Reports on 2.17.20 Trinity The trinity is low and clear but the warm weather has got the fish eating, lots of 17-22” half-pounders around as well as some very respectable adults in...
Rick Cox Reports on 2.13.2020 We have chasing steelhead frantically since January and finding some very nice steelies. We’ve been on all over northern California and southern Oregon where cond...
George Revel Reports on 1.30.2020 Coastal steelhead season is well under way, and the returns have certainly been underwhelming. There have been some fish caught, but not may to speak of. On my...
Rick Cox Reports on 1.15.2020 This is our favorite time of the year to be chasing chrome. January and February are THE months to be getting with it. We’re already cranking it up and getting out the...
Anthony Carruesco Reports on 1.7.2019 We're smack dab in the middle of our Winter Fishing season. It's been cold in Northern CA and fairly wet - all great things for the coming Spring seas...
This is the time of the year I like to hop in my car and head north to go Steelheading. Planning the trip from afar can be daunting. I am going to share a few tools I use to plan my trip. Informati...
Wildwaters reports on 3.29.19Still out there chasing steelhead in Nor Cal and Southern Oregon. It’s been a good late season. Spring conditions are making things interesting as usual. After this...
Wildwaters reports on 3.14.19Winter Steelhead.We have been all over the Northern California and Southern Oregon and finding some fabulous steelhead. Many of the rivers are in prime shape after some...
Chuck Volckhausen reports on 3.7.19Steelhead fishing hasn’t been easy to find with the storms pushing rain and snow across Nor Cal and S Oregon. I’ve had to cancel most trips but I was able to fit ...
Rob Russell reports on 2.28.19Greetings from the North Bay! Fortunate for such a great water year, the year of the pig has started out well. Although steelheading has been confined to a few short w...
Anthony Carruesco reports on 2.28.19Well, that wet theme has stayed pretty persistent this winter. Most of the snowpack in the north state is up over 150% now and there is still some more precipita...
Anthony Carruesco reports on 2.15.19We’ve had some small windows recently to get on the Winter Steelhead that are entering the rivers of Northern California and Southern Oregon. These windows haven...
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lost Coast Outfitters (@lcoflyfishing) on Feb 7, 2019 at 2:23pm PST Scenes from steelheading. A great weekend explori...
John Rickard reports on 1.24.19THE COASTThe Smith River and those around it are clearing and dropping into fly fishable shape. Its time to get out there and swing one up. The coast will be busy the...
Chuck Volckhausen reports on 1.17.19The coastal fishing has been tough all in all. A good day is one fish and a great day is anything more than that. I’m gonna pass on a quote from a friend. “I ha...
Anthony Carruesco reports on 1.16.18We’re in the heart of Winter Steelhead season in Northern California. The past few weeks have dealt us a couple of good windows to get after these fish. As many ...
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lost Coast Outfitters (@lcoflyfishing) on Jan 14, 2019 at 6:23am PST Delivering some steelhead stoke on this Monday m...
This is the time of the year I like to hop in my car and head north to go Steelheading. Planning the trip from afar can be daunting. I am going to share a few tools I use to plan my trip. Weather ...
John Rickard reports on 4.19.18The CoastWhether you just can’t give up swinging the Spey rod, chasing steelhead or just love fishing on the coast, the Smith River is your bet. The river closes at t...
Rick Cox reports on 4.12.18Smith, Rogue, and The UmpquaCoastal Steelhead fishing is coming to an end, but it’s not over yet. It’s Spring, we’ve been fishing in T-shirts and been fishing in Snow. ...
Rick Cox reports on 3.29.18Klamath and Rogue RiverStill finding steelhead as we charge up and down the coast and throughout Southern Oregon. Surprisingly some of the biggest fish make their charge ...
Fishing the North Coast reports on 3.1.18Storms breathe new life into steelhead riversfishingthenorthcoastFollowing a dry and unseasonably warm first half of February, there is finally some good ne...
Kenny Priest at Fishing the North Coast Reports on 2.15.2018While the lack of rain has most steelhead anglers singing the blues, there are however, a few bright spots. Especially if you like to thr...
Kenny Priest at Fishing the North Coast Reports on 2.8.2018This past weekend saw all of our coastal steelhead rivers turn some shade of green – some emerald and some olive. Condition-wise, it was p...
LCO Reports on 1.26.2018It looks like North Coast Rivers Could start pulling into shape by next weekend with the more southern rivers coming into shape as this early as Sat or Sunday. The rain mode...
LCO Reports on 1.18.18Smith River Flow PredictionsOn the far north coast, the rivers have already received the bulk of their rain while the more southern river are about get hit with a larger dose ...
Rob Russell Reports on 1.18.2017As of this post, rain is falling in the watershed and the river is forecast to begin rising overnight. Flows had dropped and stabilized with a nice green color and 4...
Russian River Fishing Report 1/8/2018 The Russian River steelhead season has begun! One could rate the steelhead fishing as pretty good before today’s storm, which will muddy it for probably a w...
Have you noticed more people catching salmon in the Russian River this winter? This doesn’t necessarily mean there are more adult fish returning. It’s more likely because they are confined to the m...
Hey All, This is the time of the year I like to hop in my car and head north. I am going to share a few tools I use to plan my trip. Weather Forecast Discussion Low Flow Closure River Forecast C...
George Reports on 12/23/2017Not a lot of precip forecasted for California in the next 7 days. This can mean great fishing, but you have to mindful of low flow closures:http://www.eregulations.com/c...
A post shared by Lost Coast Outfitters (@lcoflyfishing) on Dec 14, 2017 at 4:26pm PST We have a number or reports of fish being caught up and down the California coast. Not many but folks are ...
Rob Russell Reports on 12.14.2017Fishing is just starting/slow. Flows are low and the water is clear. Rain is desperately needed to keep the mouth open and fish coming in. Fish have been trickling ...
Rob Russell Reports on 11.20.2017December usually marks the arrival of the first steelhead in the Russian. However, there have been a few half-pounders and adults already caught this year. Flows ...
Surf Fishing Report 8.4.2017Surf fishing has been good for perch, Stripers, and Halibut. The key is to go and go often. Conditions play a big roll so look for low winds and surf. Surf fishing is al...
Lost Coast Outfitters reports on 5.11.17Someone dropped a striper bomb on the bay this week. We received multiple good reports from Marin and a few from north Alameda Co. Lots of schoolies around a...
Lost Coast Outfitters reports on 5.4.17The capturing continues to improve out in the salt. We’re hearing positive coastal reports from Monterey to Bolinas. Still mostly schoolie shakers but with a ...
Lost Coast Outfitters reports on 3.30.17For those needed one last buzz before the end of an all too short steelfish season, the upper South Fork Eel and the Gualala will be in shape tomorrow. You m...
Lost Coast Outfitters reports on 3.23.17The coast dropped in nicely this weekend and the LCO crew got after it before (and during) the monsoons came. After a disappointing steelhead season, this wa...
Lost Coast Outfitters reports on 3.16.17The coastal rivers are green right now and the season is over at the end of the month.GO GET SOME!The dry conditions are resulting in the only week-long wind...
The North Coast has been getting a lot of rain the past week. The rivers have peaked and are on the drop. The Smith will be fishable by Monday the rest will fall into shape later in the week provid...
Lost Coast Outfitters reports on 3.2.17A few surf reports are trickling in. Surf perch are out there for the taking and the swell for the next few days will not exceed 2.7ft, which means manageable...
Lost Coast Outfitters reports on 3.2.17Like we’ve seen all winter, when it finally looks like steelhead game-on, we’re due for another storm. Above is a graph of the South Fork of the Eel at Legget...
Brandon Worthington reports on 3.2.17With the amount of rain we have received these last few weeks my small Southern Oregon Coastal rivers are holding level and color well. It’s like the saturated ...
