Thursday
February 28 2008
Current Report: Winter steelhead season rundown
This season has been by far and away the
toughest steelhead fishing that I've ever seen.
Particularly the Smith River has been brutal. Last year I
had a day where I hooked 15 chrome bright Smith fish in one day.
This year it took me a couple weeks to find my first 15 hookups.
The Chetco overall fished better than the Smith but it has been
poor considering what is caught there most years. The
highlight of my winter steelhead season this year was the week I
spent on the Eel River before and during President's day
weekend. My best day we hooked 13 fish. However the
fishing pressure quickly got out of hand and our scores
plummeted to 1-4 fish per day. Right now I'm packing up
and heading back down to the Eel. I predict that the
fishing should be really good at least for a week or so because
it is just barely coming into shape. I still have Monday
and Tuesday(3rd and 4th) open if anyone is interested.
Finally I would like to apologize for not keeping up on my
reports. This has been such a tough season for me taking
on Tim King's business because the fishing hasn't been even
close to what I'm accustomed to. I thought it would be
easy coming home to write about the great fishing that I've had
every day, but the numbers never materialized. I kept
trying to put off my report until I had some banner days
thinking that was best but fishing never got good and I just
kept procrastinating. Believe me it feels good to finally
write a report and get the ball rolling again. Now I
realize that I'm better off consistently writing a report no
matter what the fishing is like. At least people will
recognize that I'm still fishing and will be able to get an
honest report whether it be good, bad, or ugly. So from
now on I'll be doing my best to let you know on a consistent
basis how many fish I'm catching- so be sure to stay tuned.
Call now to set up your trip 707 954 1004. Once again I
still have March 3rd and 4th open which should be prime time on
the Eel.
Thanks,
Gary Hix
Date: Friday October 5 2007
Current Report: Klamath
Today I fished again with Steve and Gina and it
was awesome. We didn't find a bunch of fish right off the
bat but we got into a run upriver that was loaded. We had
a bunch of doubles and even a triple. We ended up hooking
around 20 fish, many of them still had sea lice and they are
spunky. It's great to be in the fish. Call now to
set up your trip (707)954-1004. Thanks, Gary Hix-
King's Guide Service
Date: Thursday October 4 2007
Current Report: Klamath
Yesterday morning the mouth of the Klamath
blew out and within a few hours thousands of fish poured into
the lower river. I went fishing with a buddy in the
evening and we had fish rolling around us everywhere nonstop.
We ended up hooking around 30 fish in just a few hours.
Today I fished with Steve Lira and his wife Gina from Gilroy and
we killed 'em. It seemed like they both had fish on every
drift for hours this morning. I honestly lost track of how
many we hooked but it had to have been close to 30. This
is by far the best fishing we've seen this year. I still
have some open dates coming up and the fishing is hot.
Call now to set up your trip (707)954-1004.
Thanks, Gary Hix- King's Guide Service
Date: Monday October 1 2007
Current Report: Klamath, Trinity
Once again I apologize for not posting reports
and I appreciate everyone's concern but I am doing fine.
Here's the rundown on the fishing. Fishing finally got
pretty good on the 26th and has stayed consistent since then.
On the days that I've fished we've been hooking between 8 to 15
fish. Most of the fish have been cookie cutters in the
10lb. range but we have have gotten a few over 20 lbs.
Last night I heard that the fish are spread out through the
Trinity and that fishing has been good. Call now to set up
your trip (707)954-1004. Thanks, Gary Hix-
King's Guide Service
Date: Thursday Setember 13 2007
Current Report: Klamath.
I apologize for not posting reports but the
fishing was so poor for a long stretch that I had nothing good
to say. Finally the fish are coming full force. The
last two days there have been salmon coming into the lower river
in big numbers. It went from working hard all day to hook
a few fish to getting limits overnight. The fishing should
be really good from here on out. Call now to set up your
trip (707)954-1004. Thanks, Gary Hix -King's Guide Service
Date: Thursday August 30 2007
Current Report: Klamath
I fished on Tuesday with a group of two from
Santa Barbara and the fishing was downright poor. All that
we were able to find was about 10 half pounders. It was
very discouraging to not be able to produce some nice adult fish
for my customers. However, the guides have all been
struggling this week. The good news is that our water
finally made it down here yesterday. I'm expecting to see
some good fishing when this water settles down this weekend.
I also got cancelled on for the 1st and 2nd if anyone is
interested in fishing. Call now to set up your Klamath
trip (707)945-1004. Thanks, Gary Hix - King's Guide
Service
Date: Saturday August 25 2007
Current Report: Klamath
I've been fishing the last two days with a group
of four from Tuolumne. I thought that we did well for the
conditions on Friday. We ended up hooking around 15 adult
steelhead and a bunch of half pounders. Today ended being
a whole lot tougher. We fished a half day and hooked four
nice steelhead. The river was really crowded today and it
seemed like there was someone in every spot that I wanted to
fish. I'm not sure if they just weren't biting good today
but I really think that the pressure on the fish had a lot to do
with it. Once our water gets here there will be plenty of
fish to handle the pressure. Call now to set up your
Klamath trip (707) 954-1004. Thanks, Gary Hix - Kings
Guide Service
Date: Thursday August 23 2007
Current Report: Klamath
Today I was on the water with Clay and his son
Elliot from the bay area. The morning bite was on and we
hooked 4 adult steelhead and a bunch of half pounders at our
first stop. The rest of the day got tough as we ran way
upriver and were only able to pick away at four more adult
steelhead. I just heard the water release on the Trinity
is going to happen Saturday and the water should reach the
Lower Klamath by Monday. Be prepared for some amazing
fishing once we get the water. Call now to set up your
Klamath trip. Thanks Kings Guide Service
Date: Saturday August 18 2007
Current Report: Klamath
Well it proved to be tough fishing for us on
Thursday. We didn't put until after the other guides and
it felt like all the good water was kind of pounded.
Anyways we fished hard for four nice adult steelhead.
Friday was a complete turnaround. I fished a group of
three from Southern Cal and our first 12 drifts of the day we
hooked up every time. We ended up hooking over 15 adult
steelhead 1 adult salmon and a bunch of half pounders.
Next week the fishing should only improve. Call now to set up
your Klamath trip. Thanks Kings Guide Service.
Date: Wednesday August 15 2007
Current Report: Klamath
Fishing on the Klamath has been a little tougher
the past couple days. There has been considerably more
fishing pressure and the fish have just seemed a little bit more
wise to the game. On Tuesday I had two anglers and we
hooked seven adult steelhead and maybe 10 half pounders.
Today I just fished the evening with my brother and his wife for
a few hours in the evening and we hooked five nice adult
steelhead. We'll be back at it in the morning the morning
and I'm expecting to have better fishing. Call now to set
up your Klamath trip. Thanks Kings guide service.
Date: Monday August 13 2007
Current Report: Klamath
Fishing was good on the Klamath at the end of
last week. On Thursday I had a group of three and we
hooked over 20 adult steelhead and one nice salmon about 25
pounds. I heard that fishing over the weekend was
excellent as well. This week looks like it could be a good
one. Call now to set up your Klamath trip. Thanks
Kings Guide Service.
Date: Tuesday August 7 2007
Current Report: Klamath
Fishing on the Klamath has been pretty slow
the past week with the warm water temperatures staying above
seventy degrees. What we need is for the weather to cool
off inland to get our water to get back down in the sixties.
When this happens the steelhead fishing will take off.
Usually the second week of August is really good steelhead
fishing. I'll be fishing the river later this week and I'm
hoping to have some good fish stories to tell. Call now to
set up your Klamath trip. Thanks Kings Guide Service.
