
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
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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

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 [...]

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 [...]

Fished with Jeff today and we did a middle river drift. We started out pulling plugs for salmon in the first run. No salmon there so we went back up tried for a steelhead and again BAM fish on right away. This time we landed a nice hatchery fish about 18″ to 20″ long.We did [...]

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

10/30/10 Started off the 2010 season going 1 for 3, Saturday started off with two big take downs in the first 30 minuets and then nothing. Sunday I boated a nice buck around 9 or 10 lbs (already marinating for the smoker). There are fish in the system you just have to work for them. If you [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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