Weekly Report

For the week of January 5, 2026

Bay Area

No reports for this week!

Central California

No reports for this week!

Central Sierra

Boca Reservoir: The boat ramp is closed, but fishing remains decent at Boca: The boat...
Mountain Hardware & Sports (530) 587–4844 (Updated 2026-01-09)

Donner Lake: Shore anglers are connecting with rainbows near the boat ramp and the west-end ramps: At Donner...
Mountain Hardware & Sports (530) 587–4844 (Updated 2026-01-09)

Jackson Meadows Reservoir: Access to Jackson Meadows Reservoir is difficult with the snow levels: Access to...
Mountain Hardware & Sports (530) 587–4844 (Updated 2026-01-08)

Lake Kaweah: The lake rose to 21 percent of its storage capacity, and fishing was fair: The lake...
Chad Burton and Chris Borden (661) 679-6351 (Updated 2026-01-09)

Lake Tahoe: On Lake Tahoe, most boat ramps are closed : On Lake...
Mountain Hardware & Sports (530) 587–4844 (Updated 2026-01-09)

Little Truckee River: The Little Truckee is averaging about 50 CFS between Stampede and Boca: On Lake...
Mountain Hardware & Sports (530) 587–4844 (Updated 2026-01-09)

Stampede Reservoir: Access is limited to Stampede with the current snow levels: Access is...
Mountain Hardware & Sports (530) 587–4844 (Updated 2026-01-09)

Central Valley Rivers

Sacramento River - Lower: Current release from Keswick is 15,000 CFS:
The Fly Shop (530) 222-3555 (Updated 2026-01-07)

Lower Sacramento River Report: Fishing conditions: Fair to Good Report: Happy New Year! Releases...
The Fly Shop (530) 222-3555 (Updated 2026-01-05)

Delta

No reports for this week!

Eastern Sierra

Prosser Reservoir: With the boat ramp closed, shore anglers are seeing the only action: At Prosser...
Mountain Hardware & Sports (530) 587–4844 (Updated 2026-01-09)

Truckee River: The Truckee has dropped back into stable flows with cold and clear conditions this week: At Prosser...
Trout Creek Outfitters (530) 563-5119 (Updated 2026-01-09)

Flows on the Truckee River right now are slightly higher than normal for the winter season: Current Water Conditions With the recent precipitation, flows on...
Mountain Hardware & Sports (530) 587–4844 (Updated 2026-01-09)

Mid January Truckee River Report: The Truckee River has seen dramatic shifts in...
Reno Fly Shop (775) 323-3474 (Updated 2026-01-09)

Lassen-Plumas

Feather River: Flows are still average for this time of year:
Mountain Hardware & Sports (530) 587–4844 (Updated 2026-01-09)

Frenchman Lake: No recent updates : No recent...
Mountain Hardware & Sports (530) 587–4844 (Updated 2026-01-09)

Hat Creek: This is the slow season for Hat Creek : No recent...
The Fly Shop (530) 222-3555 (Updated 2026-01-07)

Lake Davis: As weather patterns stay cold, ice fishing may be on the horizon for anglers: Not much...
Mountain Hardware & Sports (530) 587–4844 (Updated 2026-01-09)

Pit River: All reaches of the Pit below Lake Britton are high: Not much...
The Fly Shop (530) 222-3555 (Updated 2026-01-07)

North Coast

Applegate River: The Applegate River is open for hatchery trout and winter steelhead: The Applegate...
OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff (503) 947-6000 (Updated 2026-01-07)

Eel River: The Eel is still big and brown: The Eel...
Kenny Priest (707) 496-8671 (Updated 2026-01-08)

Eel River - South Fork: The South Fork is on the drop and should be in fishable shape by mid-next week: The South...
Kenny Priest (707) 496-8671 (Updated 2026-01-08)

Mad River: The Mad is sitting right around 11 feet as of Thursday and is now on the drop: The Mad...
Kenny Priest (707) 496-8671 (Updated 2026-01-08)

Smith River: The river dropped into shape Tuesday and boats plunking as well as drifting did very well: The river...
Kenny Priest (707) 496-8671 (Updated 2026-01-08)

Van Duzen River: The Duzen is still on the big side: The Duzen...
Kenny Priest (707) 496-8671 (Updated 2026-01-08)

Saltwater

Monterey Bay: Anglers enjoy final days of rockfish season: Anglers around...
Allen Bushnell (Updated 2026-01-09)

Fish Emeryville: Scores for 1/11/2026: Good Afternoon...
Fish Emeryville (Updated 2026-01-11)

Fish Emeryville's Scores for 1/10/2026 :: Good afternoon anglers, We had 1 boat out today...
Fish Emeryville (Updated 2026-01-10)

Fish Emeryville's Scores for 1/9/2025 :: Good afternoon anglers! We had 1 boat out today...
Fish Emeryville (Updated 2026-01-09)

Tuesday Am Update: Good morning anglers, We have 2 spots left Friday for Crab/Sanddab combo so book soon! We also have...
Fish Emeryville (Updated 2026-01-06)

Tuesday Update: Good afternoon anglers, We are sold out for Crab/Dabs this Friday but we have more on Saturday...
Fish Emeryville (Updated 2026-01-06)

Soleman Sport Fishing: Winter time Fishing: Happy New...
Don Franklin (Updated 2026-01-08)

Shasta-Trinity

Baum Lake: Good reports from Baum continue:
The Fly Shop (530) 222-3555 (Updated 2026-01-07)

Lewiston Lake: Lewiston Lake Fishing Report:
The Fly Shop (530) 222-3555 (Updated 2026-01-07)

McCloud River: The gage at Ah-Di-Na is showing the flow is still over 800 CFS:
The Fly Shop (530) 222-3555 (Updated 2026-01-07)

Sacramento River - Upper: Current flows into the lake are topping 4,500 CFS:
The Fly Shop (530) 222-3555 (Updated 2026-01-07)

Shasta Lake: Continues to produce big numbers of bass and a fair amount of trout:
The Fly Shop (530) 222-3555 (Updated 2026-01-07)

Siskiyou Lake: New Year same old Lake Siskiyou: Mother Nature...
Scott Caldwell (530) 905-0758 (Updated 2026-01-11)

Trinity River: Trinity River steelhead fishing 🎣 Report 1/10/2026: Click link...
Justin Thompson 530-917-5619 (Updated 2026-01-10)

They bumped the release from Lewiston to 1,500 CFS this morning: Fishing conditions: Fair to Good Report: They bumped the release...
The Fly Shop (530) 222-3555 (Updated 2026-01-07)

Releases will go back up to 1,500 CFS on Wednesday, January 7th: Fishing conditions: Poor Report: The storms have brought in quite...
The Fly Shop (530) 222-3555 (Updated 2026-01-05)

Sierra Foothills

Collins Lake: Weekly Trout Plants Continue as Conditions Clear: After a...
Collins Lake Staff (800) 286-0576 (Updated 2026-01-09)

Sun's Out! : Sun's Out! Weekly Trout Plants have been going...
Collins Lake Staff (800) 286-0576 (Updated 2026-01-06)

Don Pedro Reservoir: Fishing days don’t get much better than this!: Cast a...
Don Pedro Recreation Agency (209) 852-2396 (Updated 2026-01-09)

Lake Amador: MONSTER Amagold weighing in at 15.78 POUNDS! : TROPHY GOLD...
Lake Amador Staff (209) 274-4739 (Updated 2026-01-10)

Full 5 fish limit of Golds and Blues : Carlos Alas used Powerbait near the spillway fishing...
Lake Amador Staff (209) 274-4739 (Updated 2026-01-09)

Nice board full of trout : Andrew , Edwin , Tony, and Pablo caught...
Lake Amador Staff (209) 274-4739 (Updated 2026-01-05)

Wine Country North

No reports for this week!

Weekly Reports
Bay Area
Central California
Central Sierra
Central Valley Rivers
Delta
Eastern Sierra
Lassen-Plumas
North Coast
Saltwater
Shasta-Trinity
Sierra Foothills
Wine Country North