Jon Baiocchi Reports on 1.4.2018

Happy New Year! The Lower Yuba River has been on auto pilot for that past 3 weeks or more with bright and warm sunny weather, and the occasional hazy day. The winter solstice has come and gone, and the days grow longer from this point forward. Flows have been on auto pilot as well running right around 1060 cubes, though on Tuesday they dropped it to 977 cfs for a...

Jon Baiocchi Reports on 12.22.2017

A little cooler temperatures after a quick moving cold front push through last night, Nevada City received about a half inch of precipitation. Sunny skies again today and extremely pleasant weather. The Lower Yuba River is flowing at 1,050 cubes and the clarity remains clear. With the lower flows a walk and wade angler can now cross easily in many sections of the...

Jordan Romney Reports on 12.22.2017

The Yuba seemed to be everyone’s favorite valley trout stream. With the devastation of the flood this past spring it has been somewhat forgotten. The word on the street has really put a bad taste in the mouth for anglers. Reports have told the story that the fishery is ruined.

I have a different opinion for what the you may have heard. Rather I have a different...

Jon Baiocchi Reports on 12.14.2017

The weather has been unbelievable in the last few weeks, hard to believe its December. Today was 72 degrees down in the gold fields with not a soul to be seen. Flows have been stable at around 1,300 cubes and it looks like this flow will continue for quite some time with no major storms on the horizon. Water clarity is very clear right now, it would be nice to get...

Jon Baiocchi Reports on 12.7.2017

Dominating high pressure lately with plenty of sunshine and the air temperatures are much warmer after the north wind has gone away. The flows have leveled off on the Lower Yuba River and are currently running at 1,309 cubes at the Parks Bar Bridge gauging station. Yuba County Water Agency will keep these flows for the next few weeks, subject to change if we get...

Jon Baiocchi Reports on 11.30.17

The Lower Yuba River has been fishing well since the flows dropped from 7,078 on the 17^th to 1,250 on the 19^th. As I reported in my last post the Lower Yuba River came down incredibly fast and cleared up quite nicely. It is important to note that I’m writing this on the morning of the 28^thbecause conditions change so quickly. I want the fly fishing public to receive...

Jon Baiocchi Reports on 11.23.2017

The Lower Yuba River never ceases to amaze me, when the rains started on the 11/14. I had no idea the river would blow out and reach 7,000 cubes. Even more amazing is that in 2 days it was back down to 1.5K. I can’t recall the river dropping so quickly as that. Currently the flows are stable at 1,129 cfs, Water clarity is perfect with a slight tinge to it. Before...

Capt Hogan Brown Reports on 10.19.17

Lower Sac River Striper Fishing remains fair to good among changing conditions. The water temp and air temps are changing greatly. Water temps have dropped down into the mid to high 50s and night time air temp lows are dipping into the the low 50s high 40s with day time highs of the high 80s…So BIG swings in air temp and conditions throughout the day. Fish have...

Jon Baiocchi Reports on 10.17.2017

Frenchman’s Lake Fishing Report

Frenchman’s Lake – Much better weather in the last week with glassy conditions has allowed for some incredible sight fishing opportunities. There are much more fish in the northern part of the lake and it seems much of the population is ganged up there. Most of the trout are in the upper water column with many of them right on the...

Hogan Brown Reports on 10.12.17

Lower Sac Striper Fishing - Fishing is good. Fall fishing changes a bit as the fish go on the “Fall Feed” but it is still good fishing. The fish seem to pod up a bit more and congregate arond larger sources of food so there are some dead spots through the day as we search for fish. Water temps have dropped drasticly which changes presentatiuon and fly selection a bit...