Rob Russell reports on 5.24.18

Russian River

A shady riverbank is a great place to be this time of year. Just an hour North of San Francisco, the Russian River provides ample opportunity for river recreation of all kinds. The warm, tranquil waters are extremely popular with fishermen, campers, canoers, kayakers, and swimmers. Fishing has always been extremely popular. In recent years, the use of...

Rick Cox reports on 5.24.18

Upper Sac

The Upper Sacramento River is and has been a terrific option for fishing this Spring. The fishing is starting to sound like a broken record …. good to excellent. Flows remain at a healthy 400-500 cfs with many choices for you to play. The top end from Dunsmuir up river is still seeing a good number of Salmonflies and from mid river (Sims) upstream the Goldens...

Rick Cox reports 5.24.18

McCloud

The McCloud River continues to give up some great fishing. The river is in fantastic shape with showery weather mixing in with sunny days. 

The wild Azaleas are in full bloom and their fragrance makes you wonder if you are in a perfume shop. Bring your raincoat for those unexpected thunderstorms and bring your game face, the McCloud River has been giving up some...

Capt. Bryce Tedford reports on 5.24.18

Delta

Spring Striper fishing is winding down but we’re still catching a decent # of fish. Generally we are catching 10-15 Stripers a day with a few quality fish mixed in but some days have been tough. As water temperatures approach 70 degrees the Largemouth are getting aggressive & are a fun surprise to offset Stripers. Soon I will turn my focus to Smallmouth &...

Matt Koles reports on 5.24.18

Truckee

Good fishing here on the ole Truckee River.

Rain, sun, thunderstorms, wind, kinda the whole mix. People been asking about the fishing with these t-storms. Well, a hell of a lot better than sun and 100 degrees. Seriously though, trouts like low light. Rain is good. Get yourself a good rain jacket.

Flows have dropped down to around 900 cfs here in the Hirsch and...

Capt. Hogan Brown reports on 5.24.18

Lower Yuba River 

Trout Fishing flows are stable around 2700. This is a GREAT flow to float the river but can be a tough flow to wade fish the river. I have heard from a few of my friends that have been guiding it that fishing for trout has been OK to good depending on the weather. The hatches this time of year are very weather dependent so the up and down spring...

Capt. Hogan Brown reports on 5.24.18

Lower Sacramento Shad 

Fishing has been fair to good at times. Schools are small but every once in a while we have been hitting a large school and getting into some good numbers. Most evenings it has been good but not great. Average fish is a good size fish and best bite has been 4-7pm.

Lower Sacramento Backwater

Fishing is heating up as the sloughs have warmed...

Dave Neal reports on 5.24.18

McCloud River

 I’ve only been able to spend a couple days on the Mac so far and this river has haunted me lately like no other. I cannot wait to get back ASAP. I shouldn’t have to say anything. For those who know it, you don’t need any convincing right now. And, that’s all I’m going to say about that!

Dave Neal reports on 5.24.18

Hat Creek 

The crick is fishing well and is pretty consistent this time of year. Cloudy and rainy afternoons can lead to epic conditions! I like fishing Hat and Pit 3 in the same day for a contrast of experiences (nymphing Pit early and then hunting w/ dry flies on Hat for the evening). Or fish Fall River and then Hat for another change of pace. Look for lots of small...

Dave Neal reports on 5.24.18

Pit River

The Pit River was en fuego the last few weeks despite the flows being
a little higher and water a little more off color. If you explored a bit and know this
river system you would have no problem finding the fishy spots and finding the
grabby trout. 

For flies it’s hard to go wrong with the “usual suspects”… Bird’s Nest, Gordon
Prince, Fox’s Poopah, Silveys caddis,...