Lower Sacramento River Report 5/18/26
Lower Sacramento River Fly Fishing Report – May 2026 The Lower Sacramento River has been fishing pretty well this week despite some fluctuating pulse flows. Baseline flows are currently holding around 9,000 CFS, and anglers willing to work around the recent north wind have been rewarded with some excellent trout fishing throughout the system. Current […]
American River Report 5-18-26
Jeff Ching Daily Shad Report Run Total: 190 Floated with Earle today. There were 3 other boats that were all gone by the time we started fishing. Lots of bankies, some with full stringers and one bobber guy wet wading. The wind was brutal but we put almost 30 fish to the boat. Earle out […]
American River Report 5-17-26
Jeff Ching Daily Shad Report Run Total: 181 Floated with Earle Sloan today and it was busy as expected with 10 boats/rafts and tons of bankies snd waders. Earle and I are die hard swingers and caught a lot of fish swinging Cherry Bombs and olive Rain Drops The Cherry Bomb out fished the Rain […]
American River Report 5-16-26
Jeff Ching Daily Shad Report Run Total: 168 3 drift boats (Andrew Foster and Jon Hubbard in 2 of them) and a jet boat this morning (Jefe and Steve Adachi). There were a lot of bankies and waders. It was a grind for the first 4 hours, getting a dozen here and there. Doug got […]
American River Report 5-15-26
Jeff Ching Daily Shad Report Run Total: 144 it was busy today! When I got out this morning there were 3 jet boats and a drift boat already on the water. Saw a few people wading also. I guess the word is out! I had a pretty good day but it wasn’t as good as […]
American River Report 5-14-26
Jeff Ching Daily Shad Report Run Total: 129 Got out a little later than usual this morning and Capt. Andy (with clients) and Bill Quinn (and friend) were anchored in one of my favorite holes. They were swinging up shad and I couldn’t get into a good position so I ended up heading down river. […]
Lake Almanor Report 5-13-26
Lake Almanor Fly Fishing Report – Chironomids Heating Up & Hex Hatch Around the Corner Fishing on Lake Almanor has started to rebound nicely after last week’s storms temporarily scattered fish and disrupted feeding patterns. As weather conditions stabilized and water temperatures began to rise again, the lake quickly came back to life with strong […]
American River Report 5-13-26
Jeff Ching Daily Shad Report Run Total: 101 Ran into Mike McDougall at the boat ramp this morning when I was launching the mini. He gave me a Japanese ink print of a shad. I’m stoked to receive it. Thanks Mike! The flows dropped to 3500 cfs early today and it did affect the bite. […]
American River Report 5-12-26
Jeff Ching Daily Shad Report Solo float today in the mini and it was a little better than the weekend. Andy Guibord and Andrew Foster had clients and I saw them land some nymphing. I got all of mine swinging a Rain Drop Perdigon except for one which I got nymphing as I was drifting […]
Sacramento River Striped Bass Report 5/6/25
Lower Sacramento River Striper Report – Capt. Hogan Brown of 530 Outfitters Striper fishing on the Lower Sacramento River has been solid lately. The migratory fish have been moving around a bit, but in the areas we’ve been focusing on there have been good numbers of fish holding and feeding consistently. We’re also starting to […]
