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...

Jon Baiocchi reports on 2.17.2016

Finally our false spring is coming to an end today with a forecast of up to 3 inches of precipitation for the foothills. We’ll have to watch the Englebright and Deer Creek gauges closely to see what transpires in the next few days. Regardless of how much of a flow is coming down the river and being blown out, the clarity is still not good; Englebright Reservoir...

Hogan Brown reports on 2.17.2016 

So our northern california typical february pseudo spring has come and hopefully gone. It seems most years that at some point in February the sun comes out and we get some 70+ degree weather but then it gets cold again and winter continues for another few weeks. Problem with the last few years is that weather came in February and never left…hence the drought. This...

Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters reports on 2.10.2016

I was on the river a few days this week, and last Saturday saw unfavorable conditions for most anglers. Today was a whole different experience. The water clarity has gained up to 3.5 feet, but still off in a poor looking color. The flows have been great right around a 1,000 cubes, though today they dropped it down to 760 after 12pm, then...

Jordan Romney reports on 2.11.2015

Based on the fact that I have been wearing flip flops all week I would say early spring is in the air. The Yuba has been good to me lately as far as the fishing goes. It isn’t quite in the shape that I want it but the higher flows look great to me. The water is still colored up with about 2 ft of visibility in most spots. The water gets a little clearer everyday....