Jon Baiocchi reports on 1.31.19

Fishing is not nearly as good on the Lower Yuba River after the last series of big storms rolled on through, but fish are still being caught though. Flows are running at 1,228 cubes as recorded at the Parks Bar-Bridge gauge. Deer creek has not fallen all the way down and I assume it’s because of the releases
from Scott’s Flat reservoir, currently the creek is at 106...

Evan Praskin reports on 1.31.19

The past few weekends down here in the Monterey Bay have been excellent! Winter perch season is in full swing with some great quality fish to be caught all over! The population of bigger slot fish are impressive this season with plenty of breeding ready females in the mix.

Perch are abundant and keeping fish will not hurt the fishery, but we do try our best to release...

Jim Stimson reports on 1.31.19

Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report

January, in like a lion, out like a lamb….. but, a new series of storms are piling up in the Pacific and will be rolling into the Eastern Sierra this weekend. The Upper Owens is really snowy, gooey, and wet. Be careful where you drive. Err on the side of caution. The main north-south road is firm even when there are standing puddles,...

Dave Neal reports on 1.31.19

Lower Sac

Took a break from steelheading today as my clients decided to fish
the Lower Sac. To be honest I was stoked about this decision as it’s
been a while since I hit the ol’ local (maybe I made a strong case for it
subconsciously?).

 Anyway, the river didn’t disappoint.
Caddis are coming off around midday and the trout were all over
them. We also saw a mix of a few bwo...

Dave Neal reports on 1.31.19

Trinity River

With several of the CA coastal rivers currently in shape and fishy the
upper Trinity has been fairly nice and quiet this week. Flows are
super fishable throughout the entire upper river so it becomes coin
toss each day on where we fish. I’ve been drifting Bucktail, Indian and
JC floats all this week with results about the same… fish are pretty
spread out and no...

Capt. Steve Santucci reports on 1.31.19

I had the opportunity to fish the Delta after our heavy storms. To my surprise, there was quite a bit of clear water to fish along with some slightly stained water. I was able to catch fish in these areas. I did not even try to catch fish in the West Delta where the water conditions are extreme. In these other areas, the water has little or no visibility and...

Capt. Hogan Brown reports 1.31.19

Winter Striper Fishing

has been OK this week so far as the water on the river has cleared every day but with rain coming Wed-Sunday it looks like the river will blow out again. It is in that phase where any rain blows it out and muddies up the river as everything is full and saturated up river. That said good spring migratory fishing should start up March/April and...

 Capt. Hogan Brown reports 1.31.19

Foothill Bass fishing 

This is prime time for all the foothill spotted bass lakes like Oroville, Bullards, Englebright, Shasta, and MANY more! Now through April is when we start to get some of the bigger fish and even on Bullards began to touch some true world records. My buddy Chuck Ragan WILL I am convinced catch a world record spotted bass on Bullards this...

Capt. Hogan Brown reports 1.31.19

Lower Yuba River 

I have been guiding the Lower Yuba recently by far more then any other place. With new private access and good conditions, it is has been a good option for me. I use to split a lot of my time in the winter between fishing the Lower Sac for trout and the Lower Yuba, but the reality is I have come to favor the diversity and options on the Lower Yuba...

Jim Stimson reports on 1.28.19

Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report

The Eastern Sierra got hit with a lot of snow and rain from a couple of storm systems last week, even Bishop got wet. The Upper Owens is really snowy, gooey, and wet. Be careful where you drive. Err on the side of caution. The main north-south road is firm even when there are standing puddles, however, the lateral roads can be...