Dave Barbieri Reports on 5.18.2016

Yuba Shad fishing is on fire right now! On the warmer days we are into unbelievable numbers of fish. I’m doing drift boat trips from Daguerre Dam, down about 7 miles to our property near Marysville. Flows are on the high side at 2200 CFS with the water temps optimum. If they stay there I predict it will prolong the shad season. I have few openings left for the...

Dave Barbieri Reports on 5.4.2016

Great shad fishing on the Yuba right now! Just expected to see some shad today, and maybe pick off one or two. Did not expect to hook into a bunch. It’s pretty early for the shad bite on the Yuba. It usually doesn’t start until late May - early June, but it’s on! Got some nice females too, including this one. We even got a funny looking shad with stripes on the...

Jon Baiocchi Reports on 4.20.2016

The Truckee River is fishing pretty well right now, and the flows are dropping into shape. The Glenshire stretch is at 220 cubes, and the upper canyon is running at 625 cfs, a tad higher down by Floriston. With higher flows, fish the side water first before venturing out. All of the fish last week were in deeper slower water next to the main flow/seam. Flesh Juan...

Hogan Brown Reports on 4.13.2016

So, the weather is all over the place…imagine that it is spring in Nor-Cal. Brings me back to days when we actually had a spring. 80 degrees and gorgeous to 55 cold and rainy in the span of 48 hours. Makes for interesting fishing this really optimistic attitude for May through September to be honest. Last year about this time weather was gorgeous, and had been for a...

Hogan Brown Reports on 3.30.2016

Here is what is going on and if you are looking to book a day I still have some late spring and Summer striper/trout dates open.
June 10, 13, 17, 27, 28,

July 6, 11, 13, 14, 25, 29,

Aug 1-3, 5, 6, 9, 20, 27

Evening Shad/bass May 3, 5, 6, 16, 17, 18,

Lower Yuba River

Flows are down to about 4000-3800cfs. I imagine this is going to be the flow for a bit. Flows are more then...

Jon Baiocchi Reports on 3.15.2016

I don’t have to tell you that the entire north state got hammered with precipitation and snow. It was so great to the rivers swell up to monstrous proportions, lakes filling up at record speeds, and roads being blown out. Full carnage; just like back in the day. The Lower Yuba got up to 30,784 cubes at 3am on Monday morning at Parks Bar Bridge. I visited the river...

Hogan Brown Reports on 3.17.2016

Well most of the water I fish is some where between blown out and flood stage or shades of a mocha with heavy cream and melted milk chocolate…I have found myself having to remember what a “normal” year or weather pattern is. The last few years, say 4-5 years, March on our valley tail waters like the Lower Sac and Lower Yuba have been some of the best fishing of the...

Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters reports on 3.9.2016

Mother Nature has been kicking our ass up here in the Sierra foothills with voluminous amounts of precipitation, and it’s not over yet. On Sunday the 6^thI made my way down to the Lower Yuba River to see the high flows in the morning, at 8am it was humming at 19,633 cubes. Hammon Grove and Sycamore Ranch were both closed due to flooding, and...

Brian Clemens reports 3.8.2016

Well it likes like the weather has finally come in, mainly the rain and the snow, but some wind as well, and it has been dumping a bunch all throughout Nor Cal. The reservoirs are filling up fast, and things are really looking up for this years water/fishing season. The tough part with all of this is the ever fluctuating river flows, river clarity and over all fishing...

Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters reports on 2.23.2016

Fishing reports from fellow guides and anglers has been like a yo-yo, up and down, which describes the moods of the Lower Yuba River quite well. One guide I talked to on Saturday had two anglers in the boat and only 2 fish were hooked from the Highway 20 Bridge to Sycamore Ranch. That’s a slow day for a lot of water covered. It’s back to...