Dave Neal reports on 5.24.18

Anglers in Northern California should not be sitting down right now unless it’s in a vehicle traveling to go fishing! Nearly every river up the I-5 corridor from Red
Bluff to Mt Shasta and over towards Fall River Mills is fishing good to excellent right
now. Get out there!!

Lower Sac

Flows are creeping up towards summer release, and the upper river is around 10k – which is...

Jon Baiocchi reports on 5.24.18

Plumas

Frenchman Lake 

Water temps are 58-60 degrees, the last two weeks the weather has been colder with thunderstorms and rain. Lake capacity is at 101%. Fishing was slow yesterday and not many bugs out, just a few Callibaetis and blood midges. The lake is loaded with Lahontan Redside Shiners, yet no fish are crashing them like last fall. Western grebes are starting...

Jim Stimson reports on 5.24.18

Sierra Wave

The spawn of the cutthroats is just about complete. There are fewer and fewer fish to be seen in the Upper Owens and nearby creeks. That said, if you do see some late spawners, please do not cast to fish that are sitting on redds. If you need to cross the river, look for those lighter colored areas in the gravel beds and avoid them. These are their spawning...

San Francisco Bay Fly Fishing Report 

Kevin DeGulis reports on 5.17.18

LCO hosted our third Fly Fish the surf clinic on Mothers Day. The group fished hard, cast after cast but nothing came up, so we took a break and watched the water. Talking about fly rigs, structure, seams, foam lines, migration, casting, and of course fish behavior. Once things seemed “fishy” the group lined up, casting...

Richard Loft reports on 5.17.18

Hey, Everyone, I want to give my Putah Creek report for the last two weeks. It’s the most beautiful time of year on the Creek; whether you catch fish or not it’s the best place in the world to be; standing in the middle of a river, casting to wild rainbow trout and listening to the sound of flowing water. I love it every minute of it!

So summer flows are definitely...

Rob Russell reports on 5.17.18

 Euro-nymphing or “High-sticking” has been the name of the game in the last couple of weeks at Putah Creek.  This technique is highly effective and easy to learn.  Indicator techniques will always be effective at Putah, but the current flow of 420 cfs creates many spots ideal for euro-nymphing. 

The crowds of the Spring have thinned! Most likely due to other trout...

Brian Clemens reports on 5.17.18

American

Flow 1750cfsClarity 10ft vizFishing Good to GreatThe striper fishing is really heating up, and we are hooking fish from 3-8lbs on a regular daily basis, with to many fish from 16-22" all day long. These fish are hitting hard and fighting even harder, so bring you’re a game and a strong 7-8wt rod and hold on. The right fly and a good presentation is what it’s...

Brian Clemens reports on 5.17.18

Feather

Jim Andras reports on 5.17.18

As the Rogue’s trout season opens next Tuesday, I took a scenic float to check out what’s happening on the upper river.  Water levels and clarity are really good and sunshine brought out the bugs. 

Caddis, mayflies, and stones all got active and salmon flies started flying mid-morning. Observed several fish take the big bugs aggressively and that speaks well to a great...

Capt. Gregg Holland reports on 5.17.18

SF Bay

The bay has been fishing well with a nice push of bass moving from the delta out to the beach. Warmer water has brought in bait so for the next few weeks, good fishing should continue. 

The boys from LCO joined me on the 15th for some great shallow water rock fishing off the Sonoma Coast. 

Sonoma Coast

We got into some suspended Blues and China Cod some...