does anyone have some info on how this is fishing right now. starting at nimbus damn and workin down stream. i have heard that it is the best fishing in yrs, for half pounders and steelies from 2-5 lbs, is this true. ill probably be going on friday if anyone wants to join. it is my back yard so not to far from my house.
have heard that elk hair caddis and ec caddis is workin well, fox pupahs, dont know about ehe egg bit, black and brown leeches, caddis larva and prince nymphs,
any info, and if you wanna join let me know brian
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I didn't hit up the AR this week, but I have in the past couple of weeks. Really slow and the slowest for Salmon in years. I bet it will pick up, but after Nov. 1st.
Try above the watt ave. bridge. good little section with 1/2 pounders in it. Apparently this is a very good year on the A for 1/2 pounders. I've only been out for a 1/2 a day a few weeks ago and only got 2 hits. Not enough action for me to go back. But others who put in their time are doing farely well.
The reports on keines website says the 1/2 pounders are in pretty thick, Thats why i was thinking of hitting it very soon, but i'll wait for your report . Watt ave is were I have heard is a good spot. After that yuba steelie you had on I know your itchin to hook another ! I'd go with ya but cant get it off. I'd take some egg patterns and i always here that caddis poopah are good, I'd go but i cant get it off, anyways i need to work so i can buy new fishing toys ! Good luck let me know how it goes.
you and me both bro. gotta have goodies to fish and gotta have the skrilla to do it. hoping that now that i am at the main store ill do better only time will tell. well if i go ill let ya know. more than likely just hit nimbus damn, and if nothing in that section then ill do above watt. i see people out at the watt ave area every day when i go to work and you are right, since i hook that fatty at yuba and i see atleast one fishin the watt bridge i am itchin for a stickin steelies again.
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LilWhippersnapper, The American River, at least the part they're talking about, isn't that much further. I live in Dixon (pretty much on the way to both). It takes about 20 minutes to get to Putah and around 30 minutes to get to the American (depending on traffic).
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caddis pupa green chartuse is workin very well. dont know about the egg bite due to no salmon. but we shall see. as far as the drive. its what an hour 30 minute drive for you right. well its about 30 more minutes like jt said. well il be hittin it up late morning. sometime after 10:30, i have a morning meeting at 10 am at my work. ill have all my stuff ready to go. but have to go to the meeting first. so eric if you wanna go let me know. i wont be fishing it all day. probably for a few hours, say till about 530 or so. just let me know.
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12" hahaha, the half pounders are pretty plentiful right now. from what i hear the best in yrs. sa far as the bigger steelies. ya who knows. there are some but not a lot. no salmon no steelies. its gonna be a late and weak run this yr for the salmon. but where you find salmon you will find steelies
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I do not know if this is true but i have heard something about why the salmon may show late this year. And its all politics. Last year the hatchery's killed off 10's of thousands of early arrival salmon, Why you ask ? So that the next years run will contain more late arrival salmon, This way the salmon arrive when water demands are lower. Basically they consider having to allow higher flows for the salmon a waste of water. They hope we get rain and they will not have to discharge more water from the resavoirs. The more i research californis water managment policies the more disgusted i get, This stuff will blow your mind. What mother nature has been doing for millions of years is gonna be completey ruined in less then 100 years.
F--K POLITICS, THATS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. I LOVED THE MILITARY BUT HATED IT. I LOVE CALIFORNIA BUT HATE IT ALL THE SAME.
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well went fishing from 7-about 9 the flow was moving pretty good, and didnt have any luck. went back out at 11 with first cast bam, 12 inch rainbow, fought pretty well too. oh ya caught it on a elk hair caddis, fished with that for about 1hr or so, nothing else. then switch to a dark lord and a caddis pupae dropper, missed about 3-5 hits, meaning it was on then off within a second but on long enough to know it was a fish, i actually had 3 on, long enought to see them, all 3 where in the 16-18 inch range. saw a lot more, some big ones, just wadding and all of them i spooked. this river seems to ne very fishable in the late after noon you can wade around a lot more due to them lowering the flow a lil bit. ill be doing it again. but this time ill will try different spots. as far as watt ave goes. a lot of like flat rock with big runs washed out of them. almost like lava rock that came up then cooled by the water, but the water still pushin runs through it. well thats it nothing to exciting, but what a great day for fishing yesterday cant complain to much at all.
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Were you upstream of the Watt Ave bridge Brian? That area has a lot of clay banks, which may be the flat rock you saw. That area is notorious for eating flies, as they get caught in the clay. Below the bridge the river bottom is the usual rock and gravel.
Dosen't sound like a bad day Brian, We'll have to hit it up sometime soon. I think it closes below Hazel ave bridge at the end of oct. Dosen't it reopen Jan. 1st. How would you compare it to the lower yuba ? Bigger water or smaller ? Did you need to use any shot ? Is it pretty wadable ?
well the only part that closes is from hazel bridge down to the guide wire that goes across the river, and thats it, below that is good fishing, it does eat up a few flies, you really have to be on your length from indicator to bottom fly, thank god i was in a few spots where i could wade out and get them. ya those clay banks suck. hard as a rock with some really really deep runs in them. but quite a few fish. as far as wadable, there is a good amount that is. but also a lot that isnt. the few spots that i know were to fish are wadeable. and its about the same size as the yuba, maybe just a lil bit wider. but same flow, but as far as under water structure completely different. but ya when ever you wanna go let me know. ill try to get out there again. and try a few different spots and see what happens
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Last winter, I think it was december, I went up there to fish, Got all my gear on and walked down to the river. I was like YES I got the whole river to myself, Then I noticed all the closed to fishing sighns. That was at sunrise. The regs. are a little confusing.
there is only one part that is closed to my knowledge here is the regs
(5) American River (Sacramento Co.) from mouth to Nimbus Dam. (A) From Nimbus Dam to the Hazel Avenue bridge piers. All year. 1 hatchery trout or 1 hatchery steelhead** 3 king salmon
(B) From Hazel Avenue bridge piers to the U.S. Geological Survey gauging station cable crossing about 300 yards downstream from the Nimbus Hatchery fish rack site. Jan. 1 through Sept. 14. Only barbless hooks may be used. 1 hatchery trout or 1 hatchery steelhead** 3 king salmon
(C) From the U.S. Geological Survey gauging station cable crossing about 300 yards downstream from the Nimbus Hatchery fish rack site to the SMUD power line crossing at the southwest boundary of Ancil Hoffman Park. Jan. 1 through Oct. 31. Only barbless hooks may be used. 1 hatchery trout or 1 hatchery steelhead** 3 king salmo
D) From the SMUD power line crossing at the southwest boundary of Ancil Hoffman Park downstream to the Jibboom Street Bridge. All year. 1 hatchery trout or 1 hatchery steelhead** 3 king salmon.
(E) American River (Sacramento County) From the Jibboom Street Bridge to the mouth. July 16 through Dec. 31. 1 hatchery trout or 1 hatchery steelhead** 2 king salmon Jan 1 through Jul 15. 1 hatchery trout or 1 hatchery steelhead** 0 salmon
so from what i know is from hazel down to the guide wire is closed but check out dfg.ca.gov regs should tell ya more
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hey sounds like you did okay there brian! I tried it out about a month ago around the Watt area and didn't even get a bite. In fact I was almost swept away wading too deep like an idiot!!! We should go out there some time and try for some steelies. That river is DEFINITELY big enough for a couple people! One thing that might interest you is that Al from American Fly told me an egg pattern is always a good bet no matter if the salmon are there or not because the trout and steelhead instinctively eat it. Go ask him and he's got pics to prove it, fat "1/2 pounders" in the middle of august all caught on egg beads. Anyways I want to catch a steelhead and we need to do another trip so lets go.... chuck
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ya i talk to allen all the time, he said caddis anything dry or nymphs. i could my one steelie on a eh caddis dry it was hella cool. first fish caught on a dry. ya the flows are bad in the am. towards the mid to even day it slows down. i would be down to do it in about a month or so. need to get some cash and get some flies. we will have to get on it. and fish it hard. watt ave is good. so is sailors bar, dont know about the dam area yet. but ya try to get some more info and we can go from there
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. Watt ave is were I have heard is a good spot. After that yuba steelie you had on I know your itchin to hook another ! I'd go with ya but cant get it off. I'd take some egg patterns and i always here that caddis poopah are good, I'd go but i cant get it off, anyways i need to work so i can buy new fishing toys ! Good luck let me know how it goes.
