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Success rose significantly to 46 percent of its storage capacity, which disrupted the bite. Some anglers reported success while fishing newly submerged vegetation and structure, while others searched for a pattern without results. Small swimbaits and jerkbaits produced bass near

The lake rose to 28 percent of its storage capacity, and fishing was fair overall. Still, there were signs of improvement as some anglers found bass as shallow as five feet. Spotted bass responded to green pumpkin Senkos on a

The trout action in the Upper Kern has been steady all winter long with plants going in almost weekly. The stretch from Riverside Park to Powerhouse #3 remains one of the better sections of the Upper Kern. Moving up the

Captain Andrew Zazeski on the New Horizon from J&M Sportfishing in Monterey took a crew trip out to the deep canyon waters off of Point Pinos last Sunday working on a chance to catch a big bluefin tuna. J&M offers

The Smith saw a slight bump in flows from Wednesday’s rain but is now under 9 feet at the Jed Smith gauge. It’s predicted to drop through the weekend, making for some low, clear conditions. Fishing pressure has been very

The Van Duzen is down to 480 cfs as of Thursday and is in fishable shape. Conditions should be excellent through the weekend especially for bank fishermen. It’s predicted to be a skinny 290 cfs by Monday morning. Looking at

After blowing out last week, the South Fork has since dropped back into shape and is in good condition. As of Thursday, it was right around 2,400 cfs at Miranda. It’s forecast to drop all next week and should have

The main Eel is still high and dirty, running at 9,900 cfs at Scotia Thursday. It’s predicted to drop down to a fishable height by next Friday. Unfortunately, this coincides with the next rise, which may or may not muddy

As of Thursday, the Mad is still high and off-color, sitting at 8.8 feet. It will need at least another week of dry weather before it’s green. It’s forecast to drop through the weekend and into next week. It could

If you’re looking to do some late-season steelhead fishing this weekend, you’ll have a few pretty good options. To the north, both the Smith and Chetco rivers are in good shape and should provide some solid action, especially the Chetco. Closer

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Fishing conditions:  Fair to Good Report: Fishing is ok, not super good. In a couple of weeks the longer days and warming weather will get the fish up into the shallower coves looking to spawn and it will be totally game on -