The words El Niño — or even super El Niño — can mean different things depending on where you are. But for North Coast anglers, they mean one thing: tuna. We’re already seeing the first signs of warmer ocean conditions as nearshore water temperatures continue to climb. It was only a matter of time before someone found albacore, and on Monday,...
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Salmon fishing has hit full stride across the North Coast, with excellent action both offshore and in the rivers. Offshore, boats from Shelter Cove to Crescent City are enjoying some of the best fishing of the season. Limits have been coming early at most ports, with anglers finding eager schools of Chinook. Eureka was the lone exception on Wednesday, when the...
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The Eureka fleet enjoyed some of the best salmon fishing it’s seen in years over the past week, as a welcome stretch of fishable weather and manageable ocean conditions gave anglers plenty of opportunity to get offshore. Boats were able to cover some ground and check multiple areas, and the general consensus was encouraging — there are salmon spread throughout...
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The howling north winds have provided a much-needed break for both the salmon and the quota. Since last Saturday, winds that are all too common in late June and early July have kept boats tied to the docks at every North Coast port. Fortunately, the weather is finally starting to lay down, and the timing couldn’t be much better. The...
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 Hot weather and the river dropping to  400cfs for summer flows has curtailed fishing for the time being, The river has also been heating up also which has contributed to the problem. Last week we saw 105 degrees weather and the week before that the temperatures reached 111 degrees, which didn’t help either. For the Willow Creek area to get...
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It’s beginning to feel like the old days out of Eureka. Salmon and Pacific halibut are both biting, and rockfish are providing easy limits at ports all along the North Coast. Everyone wants to talk about salmon—and for good reason. After a three-year closure, the return of the king salmon fishery has anglers fired up. But the biggest story this week...
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