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Fishing Report

Napa River Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfNov 7, 2025
Napa River Fly Fishing Report

Captain Patrick Mackenzie reports on November 6th, 2025 Napa River  Clarity - Off -2ft  Temp: 64F Fishing has been good so far this season with good numbers of fish in San Pablo Bay Wildlife Re...

SF Bay Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfOct 31, 2025
SF Bay Fly Fishing Report

Lost Coast Outfitters Staff Reports on Halloween The World Series Bite is happening, even as the dastardly Dodgers are on the verge of defeat at the hands of the heroic Canadians. Air and water tem...

San Francisco Bay Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfSep 20, 2025
San Francisco Bay Fly Fishing Report

Captain Gregg Holland Reports on September 18th, 2025 The Bay is fishing well now with nice groups of bass passing through on their way to the Delta. The World Series bite is just around the corner...

SF Bay & Local Surf Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfAug 19, 2025
SF Bay & Local Surf Fly Fishing Report

LCO crew reports on August 18th, 2025 Mostly good things to report from da beach. Stripers have returned to Ocean Beach and Pacifica. It seems the water has finally warmed up after the coldest summ...

SF Bay Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfAug 16, 2025
SF Bay Fly Fishing Report

Captain Gregg Holland Reports on August 14th, 2025 SF Bay is holding good numbers of stripers, both North & South Bay. We have been focusing on North Bay islands fishing the beaches and rocks. ...

Local Striper Fly Fishing Report
DeltaJul 22, 2025
Local Striper Fly Fishing Report

Captain Patrick MacKenzie Reports on July 21st, 2025   FISHING REPORT Napa River: Clarity: Off  Temp: 70-73f River has been slow due to warmer water temps. There are still stripers out in Carquin...

Local Surf Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfMay 31, 2025
Local Surf Fly Fishing Report

Evan Praskin Reports on May 31st, 2025 Warm warming warmer! Howdy fellow line side chasers. Here is your local Monterey/Southern country fish report.  The bass are in the surf, but you will need to...

Napa & Bay Striper + Lake Sonoma Fly Fishing Report
DeltaMay 28, 2025
Napa & Bay Striper + Lake Sonoma Fly Fishing Report

 Capt. Patrick MacKenzie Reports on May 17th, 2025 Napa River Clarity: Off  Temp: 64-66F Fishing has been inconsistent with the changing water clarity, but there is a lot of bait around, especial...

Local Surf Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfDec 16, 2024
Local Surf Fly Fishing Report

Evan Praskin Reports on December 15th, 2024   Happy Holidays, Suds Club Members!   Quick local surf and area report coming your way! We hope everyone is enjoying a safe and joyful h...

San Francisco Bay Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfNov 15, 2024
San Francisco Bay Fly Fishing Report

Captain Gregg Holland reports on Nov. 15th, 2024   Short and sweet this week, from Capt. Gregg.   Fish shallow on the beaches and if you have a boat, fish the islands like Red Rocks and Angel I...

Bay Area Surf Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfNov 15, 2024
Bay Area Surf Fly Fishing Report

Evan Praskin of Stoke Ventures reports on Nov. 15th, 2024   Greetings, fellow beach chargers! Here’s your updated surf report for the fall season! Welcome to the chilly mornings where you can’t f...

August 18th Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfAug 18, 2024
August 18th Fly Fishing Report

In the last 2 months I have managed to catch my 2 best striper on Ocean Beach!  The LCO team has been fishing like maniacs. Infact, on Sunday the entire team was fishing. I was on the Trinity, Jose...

Local SurfJun 14, 2024
Captain Patrick MacKenzie 6/14 Fishing Report: Bay Area, Napa, and Sonoma

MacKenzie on the Fly San Francisco Bay & San Pablo San Pablo Bay has been fishing great — when the wind has been down, there have been plenty of stripers to be caught. There are ...

Central CoastMay 29, 2024
Evan Praskin Reports 05/29/24: Central California Surf

Evan Praskin Reports 05/29/24: Central California Surf   Central California Coast: The surf is HOT! ... I repeat the surf is HOT! Hello all you fellow surf chargers and suds club members. If you ...

American RiverMay 29, 2024
Bryce Tedford Reports 05/29/24: California Delta

Bryce Tedford Reports 05/29/24: California Delta California Delta: Been a great Spring Striper season on CA Delta with mild weather & plenty of solid fish over the last past few months. Some ...

American RiverMay 29, 2024
Hogan Brown Reports 05/29/24: Lower Sacramento River Striper

Hogan Brown Reports 05/29/24: Lower Sacramento River Striper Lower Sacramento River Striper Fishing – Fishing has been fair to good. Flows dropped this Sunday with the latest “pulse flow” and th...

Central Coast Surf Madness!
Central CoastMay 19, 2023
Central Coast Surf Madness!

Central Coast Surf Fishing This season has been a record one for the number of fish we have been seeing/ hearing about on the Central California Coast Line. Striper are being caught throughout Sea...

American RiverApr 18, 2023
Lost Coast Outfitters Fishing Report April 2023

Lost Coast Outfitters Fishing Report 4/15/23 Spring Fishing has begun! We are stoked to have the report back up and running. We are now working with additional independent guides throughout Norther...

DeltaDec 14, 2022
Lost Coast Outfitters Fishing Report 12/14/22

Lost Coast Outfitters Fishing Report 12/14/22 Upper Sacramento: It’s winter, who knew?! Access is tough on upper river just due to snow. If you’re sniffing around the Upper Sac, stay below Conant ...

Monterey and Bay Area Surf Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfOct 9, 2020
Monterey and Bay Area Surf Fly Fishing Report

Evan Praskin Reports on 10.6.20 Hey my salty surf charging fanatics! Fresh report from the Monterey Bay Area. The mass of salty bass have definitely made their way north from MB to SF Bay, though ...

Local SurfOct 2, 2020
Monterey Bay Fly Fishing Report

Evan Praskin Reports on 10.1.20 Can you feel it in the air? Actually can you smell it in the air? Seems like smoky air for our area is the new normal. Anyways the fishing down in Monterey Bay ha...

Local Surf Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfSep 17, 2020
Local Surf Fly Fishing Report

Ben Engle Reports 9.18.2020 STRIPERS ARE BACK IN THE BAY!!!  Join Us for a Surf Clinic Fishing has been picking up the last month in the bay.  From as far north as San Pablo bay to the south bay mo...

Local Surf, and Trinity Update
Local SurfSep 4, 2020
Local Surf, and Trinity Update

Evan Praskin of stoke ventures reports on 9.4.2020 Well, here we are, folks. Summer is over, schools back in session, and that means two things. Fewer crowds on the beach and striper migration!  I...

Local Surf Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfJun 25, 2020
Local Surf Fly Fishing Report

Fish have definitely started showing up on our coastal beaches.  Been noticing a lot more birds hanging around Ocean Beach and Stinson which means they're chasing the same thing the Stripers are, a...

Monterey Surf Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfJun 18, 2020
Monterey Surf Fly Fishing Report

Evan Praskin Reports on 6.20.20 Hey everyone, here is a fresh update for the Monterey Bay surf. Stripers are still being caught throughout the bay from Santa Cruz to Monterey. The fish have spread...

Monterey Surf Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfJun 11, 2020
Monterey Surf Fly Fishing Report

Evan Praskin Reports On 6.8.20 Schooools out, for, Summa! Well here we are folks, we made it to summer break. Not sure how we got here so fast, but I think we all were ready for some hot and sunny...

Local SurfMay 28, 2020
California Surf Fly Fishing Report

Evan Praskin Reports on 5.28.20 What’s up all my surf fishing people! Hope you all are hanging in there through these crazy times. Wanted to get out a quick surf update and let you all know some of...

San Francisco Bay Area Striper Report
Local SurfMay 28, 2020
San Francisco Bay Area Striper Report

Capt. Greg Holland Reports on 5.28.20 Bass are moving through the bay on there way out to the Ocean. These images are from the last 3 weeks. Please join us to experienced the most beautiful salt f...

Surf Round Table Discussion
Local SurfMay 22, 2020
Surf Round Table Discussion

Local Surf Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfMay 6, 2020
Local Surf Fly Fishing Report

Ben Engle Reports on 5.6.20The bay has looked absolutely awesome recently.  With the shelter in place I've been trying my best to stay away from beaches but with the conditions being so great I've ...

Northern California Surf Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfMar 12, 2020
Northern California Surf Fly Fishing Report

Ben Engle Reports on 3.11.2020 Finally made it back out to the beach after a little steelhead hiatus and was rewarded with yet another great day of perch fishing on our northern California Beaches....

Local Surf Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfFeb 7, 2020
Local Surf Fly Fishing Report

Ben Engle Reports on 2.7.2020 It's a great time of year to be perch fishing.  Big fish have pushed up on the beach and are starting to spawn so the large females and males are extremely aggressive....

Local SurfJan 30, 2020
Local Surf Fly Fishing Repor

Ben Engle Reports on 1.30.2020This weekend is looking like it's going to be a good one on our local beaches with the best of it being this Saturday and Sunday am. Forcast for most of the coast i...

Local Surf Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfJan 23, 2020
Local Surf Fly Fishing Report

Ben Engle Reports on 1.22.20 This time of year fishing on the coast can be tough.  The constant storms that are pushing in make the wave activity significantly larger which makes for rather dangero...

California Surf Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfDec 11, 2019
California Surf Fly Fishing Report

Ben Engle Reports on 12.11.2019 So I had the day off and decided to hit as many beaches as possible.  We started at Baker beach at sunrise and one person in our cohort of 3 ended up catching perch ...

Local Surf Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfOct 17, 2019
Local Surf Fly Fishing Report

Ben Engle Reports on 10.17.19 North Coast Beaches Been seeing decent stripers off a lot of the beaches I've been fishing recently.  The north coast beaches at first light have been extremely produc...

Local Surf and Bay Report
Local SurfSep 12, 2019
Local Surf and Bay Report

George Revel reports on 9.12.19 Local fishing has been awesome. Fish are moving around quite a bit and we have been seeing a lot of bait around.  The LCO crew has been out fishing and we have been ...

Surf Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfAug 23, 2019
Surf Fly Fishing Report

Evan Praskin reports on 8.23.2019 Salty stripers, blue bird skies, lots of bent rods, and quality fish. That pretty much sums up the 2019 bass season, and we still have roughly a month left in the ...

Crissy Field Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfJul 11, 2019
Crissy Field Fly Fishing Report

Halibut California Hailbut The latest LCO Surf Clinic was a tremendous sucess if not the best clinic we have ever hosted. Eight California Halibut and Two stripers landed in a matter of a couple of...

San Francisco Bay Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfJul 8, 2019
San Francisco Bay Fly Fishing Report

Morning tides will be good starting on the 6th till about the 11th. These dates will go fast so please call to book your trip. We have had a great early start with a few fish in the teens and many ...

Monterey Surf Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfJul 8, 2019
Monterey Surf Fly Fishing Report

Evan Praskin reports on 07.08.19 Summa time and the fishing’s easy!” Well, not all the time. But we have had one heck of a good striper run this season. Fish are spread out and being caught on mul...

Local Bay and Surf Report
Local SurfJun 27, 2019
Local Bay and Surf Report

We have had a few killer mornings on the beaches and in the bay. The Tides are killer for the next week or so. 

San Francisco Surf Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfJun 21, 2019
San Francisco Surf Fly Fishing Report

Open Ocean striper fishing has been on fire this past week. Especially, Thursday - Sunday many fly anglers were landing adult size fish all over San Francisco's Beaches. The tide is essential, last...

Monterey Surf Report
Local SurfJun 6, 2019
Monterey Surf Report

Fly Fish The Surf Evan Praskin reports on 6.06.19 Stripers, Stripers, Stripers!!! They are here people and ready to play in beautiful Monterey. “West coast stripers? You guys get a bass run over th...

San Francisco Bay Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfMay 30, 2019
San Francisco Bay Fly Fishing Report

Capt. Kevin DeGulis reports on 5.30.19 The surf and Crissy field has been fishing exceptionally well, especially for California Halibut. It's funny; I initially believed that Halibut hottest month ...

Surf Report
Local SurfMay 23, 2019
Surf Report

Ladies Surf Clinic:   Last Saturday 9 fly fisherwomen came out to Crissy Field to join the LCO crew for the first ever Ladies “Fly Fishing the Surf 101 Clinic”. The range of experience and age ma...

Local SurfMay 14, 2019
San Francisco Bay Fly Fishing Report

Captain Greg Holland reports on 5.14.19The Bay is fishing well right now with gentle tides and fin bait moving in. Clarity has been great with no wind most mornings making conditions perfect for ch...

Local SurfMay 9, 2019
San Francisco Surf Fly Fishing Report

Captain Kevin DeGulis reports on 5.9.19Open Ocean TimeWell, it’s starting to be that time! Fish have finally made it to San Francisco’s famous Ocean Beach. In the past, three or four days the swell...