American River Steelhead Report 1/24/12

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  Fished the upper section of the American today with Jiff and we landed this nice 3.5 lb hatchery hen on a spoon. There are fish in the river we just have to go get them so give me a call and let’s go fishin.   707-477-5174 Russ

American River Steelhead Report 12/27/11

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On 12/24 we drifted the power lines to Grist Mill and was rewarded with this nice hatchery fish in the 2lb range.  Right now the fish in the system are running 1/2lb to 6lbs with some larger fish in the 10lb range mixed in. We are using crawlers, roe, spoons,and other hardware. We are getting from 2 t0 [...]

American river Steelhead Report 12/20/11

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Merry Christmas All ! ! Steelhead are starting to show in the American river now. I have been seeing fish 1/2 lb to 6 lbs  taken in the lower and mid sections of the river. There are also a few hear say reports of some beaders getting a few in the high teens but I have [...]

American River Salmon,Steelhead Report 8/20/11

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  Fished with my buddy Paul today and we drifted the middle section of the American river, we were not disappointed.  First run we hooked up on a steelhead about 3 lbs and lost it at the net. Next pass through we hooked and lost a 1/2 lber in the 18 inch range. Both fish were hooked [...]

SALMON & STEELHEAD 8/16/11

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8/16/11 AMERICAN RIVER EARLY SEASON SPECIAL :                                                                              Ends September 1, 2011.                                                                                                                              Morning trips are day break until around 11AM. Evenings trips are 4PM until dark $100 a seat or $175 for two. We will be back trolling plugs for summer run Steelhead and King Salmon. So if you want to go chase some steelhead and possibly a salmon, give me a [...]

American River Steelhead 1/27/11

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Fished by myself today and went 4 for 9 and they were all 1/2lb fish. 1 on a plug and 3 on bait. The flows have some what stabilized and the fishing should pick up. Book your trip soon and let’s go catch some Steelhead. 707-477-5174 Russ

American River Steelhead 1/15/11

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Fished with my buddy’s Paul and Dustin today, we drifted from Sailors Bar to Rosmore Bar. Paul landed this nice wild hen about 4lbs (released) and one other 1/2 lber, he also had two other grabs. Dustin had two good grabs but no solid hookups. The water flow has settled down to around 3300 cfs and the [...]

AmericanRiver Steelhead 1/31/10

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Drifted the middle section of the river today with my buddy George. We started of with a bang we thought. The first to drifts we had two grab’s and landed one 1/2 pounder about 15″. All tole we had over a dozen hook ups and only landed the one. There are fish in the system [...]

American River Steelhead 1/9/10

Fished Sailors Bar to Sunrise this AM by myself. I had no takers today but I did see a Fly fisherman hooked up with a salmon and almost spooled, so I went over and picked him up. We moved down around 150 yards only to have the fish wrap around a rock and break his shooting head [...]

American River Steelhead 2010 Opener!

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Fished the upper section on the American River today with a couple buddies. Because of all the fisherman out today we headed down river about a mile before we started fishing. Dropped out some plugs and within about five minuets we hooked a real nice fish. The fish cartwheeled a few times taking us down [...]