Smith River Fish Report 01-28-2008

Smith River - Smith River, CA (Del Norte County)


by Albert Kutzkeys
1-28-2008
(530) 475-3138
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Hello fishermen; Well the weather has been giving us it all. The past few days we have had rain, sleet, snow and sun shine, and that was all in one day. This morning we started with a inch of snow ever where. It was cold. The great thing about all the weather we have been having the rivers are still in great shape and are actually low. The Smith river is at 16 feet and the Chetco river at 2700 cfs. They are low but they do have some color. The fishing has been pretty good. I have been averaging 2 to 4 fish a day and a few with only hooking a few but not landing them. I had one really good day that we landed 7 fish. That was even with the river clear and on the rise. You just don't know when you are going to get that day of a life time. The fish have all been averaging 7 to 8 pounds with a few over 10. The biggest I have caught this year was a few days ago when we got one bite and landed a very nice 20 pounder. It was a fish of a life time. It will look great on Jerry's wall. That was a day were Quality is a lot better then Quantity. The weather is going to be about the same for awhile so I think the rivers well still be fish until it gets warm and all that snow starts to melt. Hopefully it will be slow so the rivers will not go out. Hope to see you on the river.


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