Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters

It was a beautiful out last Friday on the Lower Yuba River, air temps reached the 70’s and fishing pressure was very light. My guest for the day wanted to concentrate on being better at dry fly fishing, and swinging flies. The blue wing olive hatch was very light yet still yielded a small pod of working fish. Perfect presentations and dropping down to 5x, and...

Hogan Brown Reports on 11/26/2015

I have been spending the last week on the Lower Sac between Red Bluff and Corning running swing trips out of the jet boat. With the low flows there a lot of spots to get out and wade fish and swing flies on light spey rods or switch rods. We have been getting a few half pounders, occasional adult steelhead, and trout most days. While the cold weather has made the...

Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters reports on 11.5.2015

Since I’m unable to launch my boat at Lake Davis, trip numbers have been down. Like any creature of the wild I adjust, and I have been putting in many trips on the Lower Yuba River. Flows have been hovering around 680 cubes which are ideal for the walk and wade angler. Angling pressure is very low, in fact last Saturday my guest and I were...

Jordan Romney Reports on 10.22.2015

Yuba Report Last week I put in one really long full day on the Yuba. We tried putting our flies in every crevice we could. Fishing was slow for the most part and that is was kind of what I expected. The salmon just really were not there and the hatches were minimal. With one angler in the boat we hooked 10 fish only landing 1. I think if we had landed a higher...

Hogan Brown reports on 10.22.2015:

Lower Yuba River

River is still low and I tend to stay away from it when it is below 700cfs…it is sitting at 686 cfs now with a water temp of 55.6 so temps are good but flows are low. I have not been over there personally but everyone I have talked to said fishing has been tough. To be honest I probably won’t go over to the Yuba until the first big rain and the...

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Feather River:

Despite what you may hear the Feather is fishing pretty good right now. Over the past 2 weeks the number of steelhead in the system has increased dramatically and we are seeing a good number of steelhead from 12"-26", most are 16-22". Not only are there more steelhead, we are seeing a large number of salmon starting to spawn. Most are staging and...

Dave Barbieri Yuba Reports  8/11/15

After an incredible spring trout season, and an awesome shad run, trout fishing on the Yuba River has reverted to typical Yuba. Experienced anglers can get good numbers of fish. Beginners have more difficulty because the fish have become selective, and spooky. Perfect drifts, quick hooksets, and effective line management, all make a huge difference.

There...

Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters Reports on 7.22.2015

Lance Gray and I are running a Yuba River pontoon drift workshop, It’s about learning how to read the water, control your boat, and gain confidence with your oarsman skills. All aspects will be covered. The workshop date is 9/28.

Water levels continue to fall and it’s getting very skinny in some sections. The good news is there are...

Hogan Brown Reports on 6.24.2015:

Lower Sac Striper Fishing– There is a TON of young stripers in the river right now. Lots of shaker size fish and 17-20” fish. The big fish seem to be slowly coming out of their shad coma and getting on the feed. I have had clients land and loose a few nice 20+ pound fish and have seen some pics from friends of bigger ones caught but I still think the big ones are...

Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters

Jon The North Fork Yuba River is firing on all cylinders right now. Fishing is extremely good, and the evenings have been magical. Water temps are ranging from 57-63 degrees depending on your location within the watershed. The best area to concentrate on now is from the Downieville area to Sierra City. The lower river around Rocky Rest is heating up, though...