2005 Fishing Report
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Hello fisherman, Happy holidays! The Smith river level at Jed Smith is 14.9 ft. and rising. We have been recieving heavy amounts of rain here which has kept the river level high. We have been out the last couple of weeks fishing for steelhead and doing real well. Our biggest steelhead so far weighed in at 18 lbs. at the Hiouchi Hamlet. This steelhead season has started out with a bang, and will only get better! To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up, Kim Date: Monday, December 12, 2005 at 18:58:29 Current Report: Hello fisherman, The Smith river level at Jed Smith is 8.8 ft. We were on the river over the weekend and had a great time. Saturday we landed three nice adult steelhead with the biggest one weighing in at 15 lbs. Yesterday we landed six beautiful adults with the biggest weighing 17 lbs. There have been very few salmon being caught. What a great start to steelhead season. We have an opening for this coming weekend. We also have open Jan.3,18,19,& 20. To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up, Kim Date: Friday, December 9, 2005 at 17:04:49 Current Report: Hello fisherman, The Smith river level at Jed Smith is 9.9 ft. The fishing has been on the fair side with a mixture of both salmon and steelhead being caught. The salmon are getting fewer and the steelhead action has been in smaller numbers with alot of half pounders being caught. It looks to be a great steelhead season, we are off to a good start. The river is in prime shape and the forcast looks good ! To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or re-mail. Keep your rod up, Kim Date: Friday, December 2, 2005 at 16:03:06 Current Report: Hello fisherman, The Smith river level at Jed Smith is 14.7 ft. Locally here in Gasquet we received just over 7 inches of rain from this latest storm, which obviously blew out the river. We have not been able to fish today or yeasterday, but the river should be back in shape in a day or two depending on mother nature. Prior to this storm we have been catching both salmon and steelhead. There were chrome bright salmon caught the day before the river went out. We should continue to see a mixed bag of salmon and steelhead through mid month or so. To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up, Kim Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 at 09:54:24 Current Report: Hello fisherman, The Smith river level at Jed Smith is 7.0 ft. The salmon fishing has slowed down due to the low and clear water conditions. There are a few fish being caught, both chromers and dark fish, with some steelhead in the mix. We need rain and we are not forcast for any until the end of the week. We are heading over to the Klamath river at seiad valley to fish. Hopefully the Smith will be back in shape next week. We have been cathcing some real nice steelhead here on the Smith up to 16 lbs. There was a beautiful 13 lb. wild female caught a few days ago. It looks to be a great steelhead season here. This is a local report, I live on the Smith river year round. To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up, Kim Date: Friday, November 11, 2005 at 16:00:26 Current Report: Hello fisherman, The Smith river level at Jed Smith is 8 ft. The river is in prime shape and has been fishing well. We have been catchting our limits of fish, with the largest salmon being in the 30 lb. class and chrome bright. This has been the best salmon season we have seen here in many years. November is the time to come for these kings! Don't miss out! To book your trip call toll free 966-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up, Kim Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2005 at 08:29:45 Current Report: Hello fisherman, The Smith river level at Jed Smith park is 10.6 ft. The river rose to 21 ft. two days ago which cleaned the up the banks. The river is in prime shape right now. There have been lots of chrome bright salmon caught as well as some nice steelhead. Living here on the Smith river gives us the opportunity to observe the river first hand and know the conditions daily. This the best season the Smith has seen in years as far as rainfall and having a driftable river for the king salmon fishing. We are forcast for several days of clear weather and the fishing should only get better. Now is the time to come! To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up, Kim Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2005 at 16:16:28 Current Report: Hello fisherman, The Smith river is now fishing king salmon. The river level is now sitting at 6.4 feet at Jed Smith. There have been some big fish caught, with it being a mixed bag of fresh fish, spent fish and some nice steelhead here and there up to ten pounds. The season is starting out fantastic an should only get better! We have been taking of bookings already for the salmon run and the steelhead run, so don't wait too late! To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up,Kim Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at 10:01:17 Current Report: Hello fisherman, We have been fishing the upper Klamath river at Hornbrook for the fall run of chinook salmon. We have been catching our limits of fish daily, with some days being better than others. The numbers have been ranging from 3-26 fish per day. If you would like to book a trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. We are also taking bookings for the Smith river. Keep your rod up,Kim Date: Monday, October 3, 2005 at 17:23:05 Current Report: Hello fisherman, The fishing on the lower Klamath river has been pretty much the same all season, fair to great! Everyone seemed to hook fish on each trip, with some days being more productive than others. We had a fantastic time fishing the lower Klamath river this season and thank you to everyone who fished with me! We are taking off for the upper Klamath river to fish the fall run of king salmon. We will be fishing at the Irongate recreational area, which is 14 miles north of Yreka. This is a fantastic fishery and a whole lot of fun for the whole family! We are also taking bookings for the salmon and steelhead season here on the Smith river. The action is still going on at the mouth of the river and the river has seen a rise since the rains have started. To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail.<>Keep your rod up, Kim Date: Monday, September 19, 2005 at 15:24:33 Current Report: Hello fisherman, The Klamath river has been fishing real well, with low boat pressure. The salmon bite has picked up and should keep getting better. The Smith river is producing some nice chrome bright salmon at the mouth of the river. A beautiful 38 lb. salmon was caught yesterday, and you can keep these fish. This is a great time to go out on the drift boat to fish these salmon, the weather can't be beat and there is also low boat pressure at this time. We are also booking the fall run of salmon for the upper Klamath river at Hornbrook. This is also a great time for fishing from the drift boat, it is full of action and a beautiful drift with the leaves changing at that time. This is a fantastic place for the whole family! To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up,Kim Date: Thursday, September 8, 2005 at 15:53:45 Current Report: Hello fisherman, The Klamath river fishing is picking up. Everyone is catching there limits of fish and then some. The river level is up and the water temperature has dropped, this is bringing in the salmon from the ocean. We have some open days available for this run, with some fantastic fishing ahead. We are also taking bookings for the fall run of salmon on the upper Klamath river at Hornbrook. This is an awesome experience for the whole family, you can't help but catch fish and have fun! To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up, Kim Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 at 17:16:52 Current Report: Hello fisherman, We have been catching our limits of fish on each trip on the Klamath river. The fishing will only get better with the latest release of water. The river is rising and the water temerature is dropping, this will bring more salmon into the system, it should bust wide open any day! We have some open days left for the lower Klamath and the boat pressure should be minimal. We are also taking bookings for the fall run of salmon on the upper Klamath river at Hornbrook. This fishery is a blast! It is a great experience for the whole family! You can't help but catch fish! We are fishing from the drift boat at that time and it is a beautiful drift along with catching lots of salmon. Don't miss out, we have some open days for the fall run which is the month of October. To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up, Kim Date: Thursday, August 4, 2005 at 19:49:04 Current Report: Hello fisherman, The Klamath river has been catching some nice salmon at the estuary. There have been good numbers caught as well as some nice size chromers! The action has not yet started up river, but will very soon. The steelhead run has been good so far, with good numbers being caught. The Klamath river has been fishing strong this season despite what may have been predicted. The weather has been spectacular and the river is in fine shape! If you have any questions or would like to book a trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up, Kim Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 at 18:43:35 Current Report: Hello fisherman, The Klamath river level near Klamath is 13.1 and dropping. We have been catching our limits of springers on most trips. We were not out today, but we did get an excellent report for the day! This is the best season I have seen here in a long time. There is not alot of boat pressure and lots of fish! We are looking forward to the summer run of steelhead on the Klamath river which runs July & August. This is a fantastic run with lots of action! Don't miss out! There is still time to fish the spring run of salmon which is strong right now, we have some open dates left for this run and we are also taking bookings for the upcoming steelhead run. To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up, Kim Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 16:06:58 Current Report: Hello fisherman, We just got out on the Klamath river today. The river has been very high and muddy due to all the rain, dam releases and snow run off that has made it unfishable all month, until now. The bite is on. We limited out today by 10:30 a.m. We bagged three beautiful spring salmon. There were several other boats out today and they all hooked fish. The river is still high but the color is good. We will be out on the river again tomorrow. The spring run of chinook salmon are the best eating salmon you can get! Don't miss your chance to catch your springer! We have some great open days left for this run. To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up, Kim Date: Sunday, May 8, 2005 at 16:01:50 Current Report: Hello fisherman, Thank you to everyone who fished with me on the Smith river, it was a great season which went into the month of April. There were mostly downrunners caught, but there were also some fresh steelhead caught for April. Now we are fishing the lower Klamath river for sping salmon. The Klamath river is very high right now due to dam releases. There have been a few salmon caught so far this month, but it should really get going in about two weeks. We will be going out this week and wets some lines. We have some great open days left for May and June. We had a cancelation for Memorial weekend. We have a few weekends for June including fathers day weekend, as well as some weekdays. Book early for the best dates! Our package deal includes: one day of fishing on the Klamath river in the jet boat for four people, hot cooked breakfast on the boat, and your fish filleted, all for $400.00. To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up, Kim Date: Friday, April 1, 2005 at 13:34:26 Current Report: Hello fisherman, The Smith river level at Jed Smith is 10.6 ft. We have been receiving rain off and on the last week and this has kept the river level at a very fishable height. The fishing has been fantastic, catching fish every day, with a mix of fresh fish and down runners. There are very few boats on the river which is also an advantage. We still have some open dates for the month of April, don't miss out on this great action! We are also taking bookings for the upcoming salmon season on the Klamath river. Don't wait to late to book for the best dates. To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up, Kim Date: Saturday, March 19, 2005 at 16:45:22 Current Report: Hello fisherman, The Smith river level at Jed Smith is 7.3 and rising. The river flow is shooting straight up. It is currently raining and we have already received 1.7 inches of rain here in Gasquet. This is what we have been waiting for. This will make the steelhead move. You will see alot of down runners being caught, but you will also see the fresh fish being caught. With this rain and the spring rains to come, you are going to see some great fishing here on the Smith for the remainder of this month and the month of April. Don't forget that the season has been extended this year and there is very little boat pressure at this time of year. You have to come and experience it for yourself! April was always a great month of fishing here on the Smith until Fish & Game decided to shut that month off. Well, we have it back, so let's go fishing! I have some open dates for next week which should be just right and put the river in perfect shape after this rain, as well as some prime dates for April. Don't miss out on the action! To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up,Kim Date: Saturday, March 12, 2005 at 16:17:42 Current Report: Hello fisherman, Sorry for the lack of reports, we have been experiencing technical difficulties here with our internet service, but we are back on line now. The Smith river level at Jed Smith is 7.3. The river is low and clear and the weather has been spring like. We are in much need of rain which has been the story for some time. In spite of the conditions there are still fish being caught every day. They are a mix of fresh fish and down runners. We have been catching 1-3 fish per trip. Don't forget that the steelhead season has been extended through the end of April. In the past, before there was a season on the Smith river, the month of April was always a real good month to fish steelhead. You get the spring rains during that month and you have fresh fish coming into the system as well as the down runners heading back to the ocean. We have some prime open dates left for steelhead season. We are also taking bookings for the spring run of salmon on the Klamath river in the jet boat. That package deal includes one day of salmon fishing for four people, with a hot cooked breakfast on the boat for $400.00. Book early for the best dates! To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up,Kim Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at 16:12:38 Current Report: Hello fisherman, The Smith river level at Jed Smith is 7.6 ft. The Perc derby was a success as far as raising money for the Rowdy Creek Fish Hatchery. There were fish caught on both rivers each day, we landed one fish on each river. Everyone had a good time. We are obviously in much need of more rain. It looks like we may get a shot at some this weekend, we'll see. We still have some prime open dates for March and we are also taking bookings for the spring run of salmon on the Klamath river.I made a mistake in my last report for the price of the springer run. My rate is $400.00 for four people, not two, for one day of fishing in the jet boat with a hot cooked breakfast on the boat. To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up, Kim Date: Friday, February 18, 2005 at 17:19:22 Current Report: Hello fisherman, The smith river level at jed smith is 7.4ft. We did pretty good down on the eel river, catching plenty of fish. Then back to the smith river where the conditions have been tough. We have been landing one to three fish per day. The river is so low and clear that the fish are very spooked, when you can see them, then you know they can see you! We are in the Perc derby today and tomorrow. Today we were on the chetco river and we landed one steelhead. We will be on the smith tomorrow. Rain is forcast for tonight into tomorrow, we'll have to wait and see what it amounts to and if it will help our river conditions. We have some prime open dates for March with some top guides. Don't forget that the steelhead season has been extended until the end of April, another full month of fishing. You have alot of down runners at that time, which are alot of fun to catch, but you also have fresh fish still coming into the system. We are also taking bookings for the upcoming spring salmon run on the klamath river in the jet boat, our rate for that run is $400.00 for two people for one day of fishing, including a hot breakfast cooked on the boat. To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up, Kim Date: Friday, February 11, 2005 at 15:22:20 Current Report: Hello fisherman, The Smith river level at Jed Smith is 7.7 feet. The fishing has been tough with the low clear conditions. We have been getting 1-4 fish per trip and working hard to get them. We are forcast for rain this weekend, but it looks like it may not amount to enough, we'll have to wait and see. I'll be fishing the Eel river for a couple of days, then back to the Smith. To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up, Kim Date: Saturday, January 29, 2005 at 15:28:15 Current Report: Hello fisherman, The smith river level at jed smith is 11 ft. and dropping. We have been catching two fish per day for the last few days. We received 3.5 inches of rain here in Gasquet in the last two days, which brought the river up and added some needed color. There should be some fresh fish in the system and the fishing should only get better. We have some prime open days left for this steelhead season, don't delay! To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up,Kim Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at 13:40:44 Current Report: Hello fisherman, The smith river level at jed smith is 9.6 ft. and holding. Yesterday we went two for two, as well as Sunday. Saturday we hooked six fish and landed four. The water conditions are low and clear, we need some rain. We are forcast for some throughout the week, but have yet to see anything. We still have some prime dates open for steelhead season, which don't forget has been extended through the end of April. To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up, Kim Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 at 09:15:55 Current Report: Hello fisherman, The Smith river level at Jed Smith is 10.6 and rising. Yesterday we had two boats out. Our boat had one rod out, we hooked three fish and landed one, which was a beautiful 17 pound steelhead. Our other boat hooked 7 fish and landed 7, with two rods fishng. We have not seen any weather here recently and we are not forcast to see any rain for the next five days. The temperatures have warmed a bit and is causing the snow to melt, which is raising the river and giving it some color. We still have some open days for steelhead season. To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail.<>Keep your rod up, Kim Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 at 15:09:37 Current Report: Hello fisherman, The Smith river is in prime shape. We have been catching fish every day. The numbers have been ranging from 1-7 fish per day. Most boats are catching fish. We have clear skies and are not forcast for any weather for at least a few days, so the steelhead fishing will continue to be good. I have open Jan. 24,25, & 26, this is prime time fishing! To book your trip call toll free 866-875-9500 or e-mail. Keep your rod up, Kim
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