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| McCloud Reservoir - July 1st, 2009 |
RECORDED: 
95 °
FISHING: Great
McCloud Reservoir is fishing very good right now. Its not hard to limit out, simply trolling a Sep's dodger and a Seps 2-inch grub will do the trick. Trolling slow .7 to 1.3 mph in an S pattern will put the offering in the right zone. The trout ( Rainbows Brookies and Browns) can caught trolling in depths of 15 to 35 feet, all over the lake. Trolling k-7 kwikfish near the bottom will give you a good shot at the Browns. First light until the sun hits the water is the best time to go or later in the evening as the sun get off the water, now that afternoon temperatures are reaching mid 90's.
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| McCloud Reservoir - June 26th, 2009 |
RECORDED:
90 °
FISHING: Good
For the last week I have been fishing the Klamath River and McCloud Reservoir. Both have been fishing good for Trout up to 18 inches. In the river sidedrifting or boucing bait on the bottom, in some of the deeper faster water has been effective. Running plugs has been difficult, due to floating grass, but when you can it has been effective as well. Crawdad plugs or Hotshot worm combos have been my choice. On the reservior, we have been backtrolling hotshots and worms down the McCloud river arm, as well as trolling Seps dodgers with 2-inch watermelon grubs. We picked up a nice Brown Trout yesterday while trolling a K-7 kwikfish (frog pattern) near the bottom at about 30 feet. Fishing is best at first light or later in day as mid day temps are reaching into the 90's.
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| Klamath River - June 15th, 2009 |
RECORDED: 
70 °
FISHING: Great
I did a combo trip with Conner and my Dad yesterday, we fished for some Bass at Trout Lake in the morning, then hit the Klamath River in the after noon for some Steely/Trout. The bass bite was not hot but we did land a couple of real nice ones on white grubs. The Bass look to be in pre-spawn mode right now, we didnt see any Bass in shallow water on their beds yet. We would have done better with some with some white spinnerbaits in deeper water. The Klamath is still kicking out some nice Steely/Trout as the Salmonflies continue to hatch. The bite continues to be sub-surface working the hotshot worm combo in faster water was the ticket to getting some nice fish. My dad had the hot stick as he stuck two Steely/Trout in the 3 to 4 pound class and a couple of half pounders just to mix things up. The fish are hanging in faster more oxygenated water right now as the river starts to warm up for the summer. The weather has been great so far. Nightly rain showers and clouds have kept the summer temps down in the low 70's great fishing weather.
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| Klamath River - June 10th, 2009 |
RECORDED: 
75 °
FISHING: Great
The Klamath River (Hatchery to the Klamathon bridge section) has been fishing pretty good the last couple of weeks as hungry Steely/Trout have been gorging themselves on Goldenstones and Salmonflies. My clients on Monday (Les and Robin) and Tuesday (Todd) had good success landing fat fish up to 19 inches. We were mostly sidedrifting salmonflies or worms. We were successful at times running plugs and or swinging the fly rod, but floating grass made fishing difficult at times. The weather has been very mild maybe reaching low 80's over the weekend. The last two days have been overcast with light showers and temperatures in the high 60's to low 70's. The Steely/Trout definitely have been biting better when the sun is not shining brightly on the water. As long as the weather remains less than 90 degrees the fishing will continue to be good.
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| Klamath River - June 8th, 2009 |
RECORDED:
80 °
FISHING: Great
Fishing on the Klamath river is very good right now. I have been on the river for tha last couple of weeks and the fish have been gorging themselves on stoneflies, particularly the Salmonfly. My clients Tim and Mark of Vacaville fished with me this past Friday and Saturday and did very well landing Steely/Trout up to 21 inches and 3 pounds. Friday's fishing was excellent the guys landing well over 20 fish, the weather was great, cool and slightly overcast, it keep those fish on the bite most of tha day. Saturday, was sunny and warm, and we had to work harder for our fish, but still did pretty well, despite grass debree floating down river. We side drifted Salmonflies most of the time and tried running plugs when we could but the greass made it difficult. I'll be on the river fishing clients on Monday and Tuesday see ya out there, Fish On!!!
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| Klamath River - May 19th, 2009 |
RECORDED: 
94 °
FISHING: Excellent
Despite the 90 plus degree temperatures the fishing remains hot on the Klamath River and at Trout Lake. Saturday, my Dad, my Son and I caught and released 17 nice 1 to 2.5 pound Eagle Lake Trout all while trolling Seps grubs very slowly along bottom. On Monday, my clients Dave and his son Ryan of Yreka, caught and released 15 Steely/Trout while fishing from the Hatchery to the Klamathon bridge. They easily had 30 fish on during the day but the Steely/Trout were able to spit barbless hook before being landed, many of them by jumping 1 to 3 feet out of the water. The Rebel crawdad plug and or a whole threaded nightcrawler behind a Luhr Jensen Jet diver were the tickets to getting hooked up. The hot weather should stimulate the Salmonflies to begin hatching along the Klamath River. I expect within the next 10 days to start seeing them.
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| Klamath River - May 14th, 2009 |
RECORDED: 
70 °
FISHING: Excellent
Fishing seems to be good everwhere right now. The Klamath River has been producing excellent opportunities to catch a lot of Steely/Trout for those that are trying. Yesterday, I took my Dad to Trout Lake in the Shasta Valley Wildlife refuge and we caught and released 8 fat Eagle Lake Trout while trolling a Seps dodger with a Seps grub trailer. Each Trout we caught was bigger and than the last (1, 1.5, 2, 2, 3, 3 , 3.5, 4.5) thats over 20 pounds of Trout. Talk about a good fight these fish are hungry and striking hard just about every one we caught jumped out of the water on then made nice drag burning runs. Doesnt get much better than that! The key to getting bit was rowing very very slow and keeping the dodger moving just above the weedline. This lake is open only 3 days a week (Wednesday Saturday and Sunday), Bass Lake, its sister lake, is open everyday and has been fishing well too.
***Click on the photo link to see Trout pics**
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| Klamath River - May 11th, 2009 |
RECORDED:
75 °
FISHING: Excellent
Fishing on the Klamath River below Irongate Dam is redhot. I have been fishing clients (Hugo and Nancy Trevino of Stockton) and family (My Dad Jerry and my son Conner) for the past week and have boated no less than 35 Steely/Trout per trip. Over a 3 day span last week (Thursday Friday and Saturday) we caught 107 Steely/Trout out of 159. These fish are hungry and ready to fight. The weather could not be any better, Sunny and 75. I expect sometime in the next 14 days we will begin to see the Salmonflies start to hatch, then watch the feeding frenzy begin. Flies plugs and bait are all working, with bait (worms) working the best.
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| Klamath River - May 6th, 2009 |
RECORDED: 
60 °
FISHING: Excellent
Friday my clients and I floated the upper Klamath River below Irongate Reservoir in the afternoon and found the Steely/Trout bite to be very good. Despite wet rainy conditions the guys hooked up many times, on the hotshot worm combo and a double fly combo under an indicator. Most of the Steely/Trout were in the 12 to 16 inch range, we did land one Steelhead that was 20 inches and 3 pounds. The best fish of the day was a fat Steely in the 4 to 5 pound class that took a nymph while drifting fishing, unfortunately when he jumped he spit the fly, but better to hook a nice Steely than not too.
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| Klamath River - April 30th, 2009 |
RECORDED:
65 °
FISHING: Excellent
Fishing on the Klamath River is excellent. My client George and I hooked over 50 Steely/Trout while drifting from the Irongate Hatchery to the Klamathon Bridge, yesterday. We put 30 fish in the net while backtrolling a Rebel Crawdad plug on one rod and a Luhr Jensen Hotshot worm combo on the other. We caught fish all day in the 12 to 20 inch range, these Steely/Trout are fat and healthy and hungry. They put up a great battle on light tackle. We were using 9 foot custom made 2-6 pound spin rods made by Rogue Rods matched up with Pflueger President size 30 spin reels spooled with clear Yo-Zuri hybrid 6 pound line. We were the only boat on the River and the weather was near perfect. It is time to go fishing if you have the chance.
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