It’s a good time to be a saltwater angler right now, especially if Eureka is your home port. Options on the table right now are Pacific halibut, rockfish, and tuna. And they’re all biting! It’s been a pretty sluggish season for halibut, but the bite really started to pick up steam in August. Recently, the best action has been straight...
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I did a water column temp test Thursday. There's 8F difference from surface temp to 50ft. At most I had 0.9F difference between 10-15ft. Started out at 69.2F at the surface (noon) and ended at 61.2F at 50ft. The 3-4F thermocline we barely kept this summer, is washed out. What does that mean? It means we are beginning to mix...
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Steelhead have been pouring into the Klamath for the last couple weeks, and the fishing is excellent right now. Even with the water being a little on the dirty side from the rain, it hasn’t slowed down the bite. Cooler water temps have also helped. There’s a good mix of half-pounders and adults from the Glen all the way up...
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The Trinity Valley- Hoopa is in a Heat Warning (108) but should start to cool down in the coming week. Hopefully! Hooray! I’m back. Sorry about being gone so long but with computer problems, medical and fire issues/fire camp I have been indisposed. I hope this report finds everybody getting ready for some Fall Fish’in. The Summer Steelhead Run was...
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It’s been an epic 10-day run on the North Coast for albacore anglers. Since last Tuesday, boats leaving ports from Eureka to Brookings have loaded up on longfins. It’s fairly rare to string to together that many calm ocean days with the warm water sitting just off the beach. Some days you didn’t need to travel more than 15 miles...
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Just a few days ago the Donovan Family of Brownsville caught this chunky 11lb catfish using raw porkchop down by the dam. While the strong summer heat has waned the water surface temperature is still fairly high at 78.5°F and the thermocline is still at about 20ft deep. Weekdays have been very quiet since about August 12th- if you don’t like...
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