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Today's 12 hour trip aboard the Black Pearl.— at Black Pearl Sportfishing. 30 anglers to Jurassic park. Boat limits 6 lings jackpot 18.5 lb long for Mike Bonita. Big beautiful fish, lying weatherman, we had beautiful weather conditions and a hot

We are getting on some beautiful wild and hatchery fish daily, we have been getting lots of rain with more moving in for the next week. The beauty of the trinity river is we can find green water on the

The Truckee River fished great this week during the sunny days and warmer air temps. For nymph fishing, the name of the game has been going small on your dropper fly, down to a size 18-20 in most cases. With the

We had both boats out today on a “crab only trip” We finished up with limits for everyone. Final count California Dawn 1 and 2 combined score 540 Dungeness Crab 54 limits We are taking the weekend off due to weather, but we are hoping to

The quick-clearing Smith is in perfect shape as of Thursday, sitting at 10.45 feet on the Jed Smith gauge. It’s predicted to drop through Saturday morning before it goes on the rise throughout the day. Sunday and Monday are looking

The Van Duzen was down under 900 cfs Thursday and will be dropping slowly through Saturday morning. The next round of storms will likely do it in for the rest of the year. Flows are predicted to hit 8,600 cfs

The South Fork is on the drop, flowing at 3,600 cfs at Sylvandale Thursday. The river was green and in great shape Wednesday above the East Fork, but off color below. The lower river could fish Saturday, with flows down

The main Eel is dropping, but still high and off color running just above 17,000 cfs Thursday. The next round of storms, including next week, will keep it from being fishable through the end of the year.

Mad The Mad was down to 8.8 feet on Thursday and will continue to drop through Friday. The incoming storms will keep it high and off color through next week and likely through the end of the year.

If you’re looking to tangle with a coastal winter steelhead between now and the end of the year, your options will likely be limited to the Smith River. It’s currently the only river on the coast that’s green and fishable,

The lake held at 53 percent of the it’s storage capacity, and surface water temperatures remained in the upper fifties. Fishing has been fair at Naci with bass anglers working deep for bites. Finesse baits like drop shot, Ned rigs,

The lake dropped slightly to 15 percent of its storage capacity, and bass anglers used drop shot, jigs, spoons and crankbaits for good results. The bite hasn’t been with open, but several anglers reporting catching five or more bass in