Captain Ben Thompson Reports on November 8th, 2025 Lower Yuba Report: Flows have been sitting pretty steady at a little over 1,100 CFS, on the Lower Yuba. With salmon still around, eggs have be...
Ben Thompson Reports on September 19th, 2025 Lower Yuba Report: Fall is upon us and the transitioning of the seasons is happening. Salmon are moving into the river and being seen daily. I have se...
Captain Ben Thompson Reports on August 14th, 2025 River Striper Report: Flows have dropped and settled in around 5,000cfs. Stripers have been keyed up! In the last week and a half we have been cat...
Captain Ben Thompson Reports on July 22nd, 2025 River Striper Report: The past few weeks have been a lot of fun on the river. Clarity has been great and it feels like proper summer. We have caug...
Captain Ben Thompson Reports on June 27th, 2025 Lower Yuba River trout: Flows are pretty steady around 2500 cfs. We are getting some hopper eats every trip, but the summer hopper fishing is not qu...
Capt. Ben Thompson reports on May 27th, 2025 Lower Yuba River Report: I did Lower Yuba trout trips the last two days and it is fishing well. It is sitting at 3300 cfs and is gin clear. This is a g...
Capt. Ben Thompson reports on February 13th, 2025 Lower Yuba report: Flows almost dropped enough to become fishable again yesterday, but have spiked again with the current storm. After this stor...
Capt. Ben Thompson Reports on Janaury 20th, 2025 Lower Yuba River I did multiple Yuba trips this past week and fishing was good-we have been consistently raising some fish on skwala dries. Over...
Captain Ben Thompson Reports on December 12th, 2024 Lower Yuba River:The egg bite peaked a few weeks back, but there are currently still plenty of fish eating eggs. Salmon are still on redds in ...
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...
Ben Thompson Reports on 5.9.2024 River Stripers- Fish are spread throughout the rivers with the majority around Colusa. It can get crowded until the end of May when most of the conventional boats t...
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...
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 ...
Valley Striper Fishing - With stable and hot normal summer weather the last two weeks fishing has really hit its stride. Fish are eating and up in the feeding zones most days. We are seeing trophy...
Capt. Hogan Brown Reports on 6.21.20 Valley River Striper fishing has been really turning on with the stable hot weather. We have been having a great time out on the river! Lots of fish, some swimm...
Capt. Hogan Brown Reports on 5.28.20 Lately, I have been spending the last few weeks back to guiding on the Lower Yuba River rowing the drift boat. In the next few weeks I will be transitioning ...
Jon Baiocchi Reports on 3.10.2020 Fishing still remains to be good on the Lower Yuba River, and spring has sprung with more wildflowers out, and new birds returning to the region. The cliff swallow...
Jon Baiocchi Reports on 2.6.2020 It’s been pretty good on the Lower Yuba River, but the air temperatures will greatly affect Skwala activity, and also the mayfly hatches. The last two days with th...
Jon Baiocchi Reports on 1.30.2020 Conditions on the Lower Yuba River remain the same as the previous weeks except the trout are fully engaged on the Skwala stonefly, and actively looking for them i...
Jon Baiocchi Reports on 1.11.2020 It’s been fun fishing on the Lower Yuba River the past couple of weeks. I really enjoy sharing the rhythms of the river with my guests and improving their skill se...
Jon Baiocchi Reports on 1.2.2020 It sure is nice to be guiding in temperatures that are a little more warmer than that of the Yampa River in Co. The Yampa report from flyfishingwithcattoy.blogspot....
Brian Clemens Reports on Happy New Years Everyone, I am hoping that everyone had a great and safe New Year and a very Merry Christmas. Where did the 2019 season go? Cant believe 2020 is already he...
Jon Baiocchi Reports on 12.11.2019 Finally, the whirlwind of being extremely busy since last early spring has died down and settled into the winter rhythms. The last month has been mostly touring...
Jon Baiocchi Reports on 10.22.2019 I traveled back down to the Lower Yuba River from the Northern Sierra for a few trips, and just as expected, the river is fishing really well. Saturday’s weather ...
Jon Baiocchi Reports on 9.30.2019 Lower Yuba River Report It’s been since the first week of February since I’ve guided/fished on the Lower Yuba River. Remember how it started pouring rain back then...
Hogan Brown Reports on 8.29.2019 Open Guide Dates: Nov: 9, 23, 25-27Dec: 7, 23, 27, 30, 31Jan: 2, 3, 8-11, 18, 20, Feb: 1, 10, 15, 17, 29Lower Sacramento River Striper fishing has been good. Wate...
Hogan Brown reports on 5.30.19 Lower Yuba seems to maybe...don't want to jinx it...dropping a bit. It has come down from 6700cfs to around 5700cfs. The clarity is fine and there are a few people g...
Jon Baiocchi reports on 3.20.19Spring has sprung in the Northern Sierra, and the seasons are changing. In the last week, I’ve noticed a major shift in bird migration with robins, and other songbird...
Jon Baiocchi reports on 1.17.19What a storm! The wind is howling outside here in Nevada City and those conifers are flexing back and forth way too much. There has already been periods of heavy rain...
Capt. Hogan Brown reports on 1.17.19Lower Yuba River Spent Saturday guiding the lower yuba river. Flows were around 1100cfs, Deer Creek had dropped below 100cfs and clarity as we fished down the ri...
Jon Baiocchi reports on 12.6.18Northern Sierra11/29/2018 - Conditions remain good on the Lower Yuba River and this past week gave us some wild weather from heavy rain, to extreme wind, and a few br...
Capt. Hogan Brown reports on 12.6.18Lower Yuba River – Got a few days on the Lower Yuba River over thanksgiving week and had a great time. Just plain good trout fishing. Most fish are a fat 12-14” ...
Jon Baiocchi reports on 11.16.18Poor air quality conditions exist on the Lower Yuba River but fishing still remains decent for those that put in the work. Flows are stable at 993 cubes, just a tad ...
Capt. Hogan Brown reports on 11.26.18Lower Yuba River - Spent a few days guiding the Yuba the last week in the rain and fishing was good. Most of the fish are a healthy 12-14" with a few bigger fis...
Jon Baiocchi reports on 11.1.18Warm days and mild nights have been the norm, and the fishing has been pretty good on the Lower Yuba, especially the dry fly fishing. The flows were bumped up to 1,47...
Jordan Romney reports on 8.29.18Yuba Fall ExpectationsThere has not been much buzz running around about the Yuba this past summer. I’ve been out there a handful of times lately with very positive r...
Capt. Hogan Brown reports on 5.24.18Lower Yuba River Trout Fishing flows are stable around 2700. This is a GREAT flow to float the river but can be a tough flow to wade fish the river. I have heard...
Chuck Ragan reports on 5.17.18Lower YubaChuck Ragan here. Spring fishing is in full swing and if you’re having a hard time figuring out which fishery to hit, it’s for good reason. The river are fu...
Jon Baiocchi reports on 3.21.18Lower YubaThe Lower Yuba River was fishing really well with the continued success that I have been getting my guests into for the last few months, then heavy rain sla...
Hogan Brown reports on 3.16.18Lower YubaDrifted the Lower Yuba River a few times the last week and flows were down around 850cfs. With the recent rains the river has come WAY up to about 6-7k cfs…L...
Hogan Brown Reports on 3.9.2018Been guiding the Lower Yuba River lately…river came up from 850cfs to 2500ish cfs this last weekend but has sense dropped down to 850cfs again. Fishing was fair at th...
Jon Baiocchi Reports on 3.7.2018In the last week the flows came up dramatically on the Lower Yuba River during and after our biggest storm of the winter season. The river topped out at 3,188 cubes ...
Jordan Romney Reports on 2.28.2017The dry fly fishing on the Yuba in 2018 has been the best i’ve ever seen. Sure the fish are smaller than normal but the action is incredible. The average size fi...
Jon Baiocchi Reports on 2.8.2018Winter is the new summer lately. Hard to believe it’s the first week of February, above normal temperatures with bright sunny skies. I really like it, but fear the n...
Jon Baiocchi Reports on 1.25.2018The Yuba River has been insane during the last week, big hatches, dry flies, and rising trout. It’s why I moved from Graeagle down to the foothills. The perfect win...
