I recently took my two-and-a-half year old on a six-day river trip. Two trips, actually. Since I was also in full-time guide mode, I had to bring help. The first trip was a total trial, but worked out far better than I could have imagined. My amazing friend, Lexi, came along with her almost-four-year-old, who […]
Salmon River temperature increased in the last few days, after the O weather the previous week, and the river is clearing of slush ice. The Deadwater ice jam extends several miles upstream from North Fork, but there is open water in the Salmon area, and a few steelhead fishermen are out. We are getting snow, […]
Today we flew over the lower Middle Fork of the Salmon, and back up the Salmon River to Salmon. There were numerous ice jams on the Middle Fork. The Deadwater jam on the Salmon below North Fork had backed up nearly to North Fork. It is winter in Salmon River country. It will be around […]
Ice is flowing down the Salmon River near Salmon this morning, as expected. It’s 0 degrees this morning. There likely will be some steelhead fishing opportunity after this cold snap passes, but it will be difficult to schedule.
The current cold snap is chilling steelhead fishing in the Salmon area. This morning the river was 34 degrees. Overnight air temperature is predicted to reach O, so I expect to see ice in the river soon. This cold snap is supposed to last several days. After things warm up, we should get some more […]
Steelhead fishing in the Salmon area continues, with water temperatures still in the mid-40s–warm for this time of year. Clarity is good. Success varies from day to day–hot one day, not so hot the next. Today, my boat landed four, lost another. The water temperature favors more fish moving into the area. Leaves are mostly […]
Today was a better steelhead fishing day in the Salmon area. River temperature was mid-40s, clear, mostly sunny day, leaves still yellow along the river. My boat had eight steelhead on, though we had trouble holding them–only landed two. Not many people on the river, as is common in mid-week. Weekends are pretty busy this […]
Steelhead fishing in the Salmon area was much better today than recent days. Several guides reported good catches this evening, including at least one boat limiting out. ‘Bout time.
Steelhead fishing in the Salmon area was slow in the last half of last week, probably because of wet weather coming in. The river was a little off-color, but not enough to restrict fishing. River temperature was 52 degrees the end of Friday afternoon, 50 on Saturday. Level is slightly above average. We are in […]
Today (Sunday 26th) was a good day to catch up on desk work–rainy, windy, generally unpleasant, new snow on the ridgetops. We have had unsettled weather the last few days, and fishing has been slower than expected for this time. The river was 50 degrees yesterday at end of afternoon, 52 the day before. It […]
We are proud to have Todd Lansing with us this fall. Todd is a Spey-only steelhead fishing guide. If you are looking for that coveted chance to swing for steelhead with the best in the field, come spend a day on the Salmon River with Todd. Todd spent the summer working with us on the […]
In the second week of September we had a five-day trip on the Lower Salmon with smallmouth bass fishing the focus. Most fishermen come to this area for trout or steelhead, but these Ohioans were serious smallmouth fishermen. They caught fish up into the 16 inch range, reporting 25-40 fish per day per two-person boat. […]
Aggipah Mountain is the second highest peak in Idaho’s Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness at just under 10,000 feet. It’s a mass of boulders and its summit rests above treeline. The mountain is one of two parts that figured into the naming of Aggipah River Trips in 1977. The name literally translates into […]
It’s late spring/early summer, and the river is muddy and rising. We’ve taken several jaunts down the river road toward Corn Creek and are getting EXCITED to get on the river soon! We took our 2 1/2 year old son down to watch some boats and kayaks navigate the Pine Creek Section of the Salmon […]
Over the weekend, the water conditions were good, and the river was busy. Good fishermen who knew the water did pretty well–others, not so much. There was rain and wind overnight and today, not a pleasant day to be out. The river is a little off below the Lemhi at mid-day, temperature 41 degrees.
Today a friend was out for most of the day with a fly rod, hooked four steelhead and landed two of them. Water clarity isn’t perfect, but improving. Visibility was about 20 inches at the end of the day, when the valley melt had peaked. A ways upstream from Salmon, clarity is better. River temperature […]
The Salmon River near Salmon is beginning to clear. At mid-day today visibility above Salmon , above the Lemhi River, was 18 or 20 inches. Downstream below the Lemhi it was about a foot. Temperature was 39 degrees. Morning air temperature was low 20s, so melt slowed. One of my steelhead guides was out this […]
River conditions in the Salmon area are improving a little. Downstream of Salmon, below the Lemhi River, it still isn’t good. I could just barely, sort of, make out a rock at 10 inches at mid-day today. Upstream of Salmon, visibility was 15 inches, looked like it was pretty close to fishable. Temperature was 42 […]
This morning the Salmon River near Salmon was 40 degrees. A bright pop can disappeared at 9 inches of depth.
The Salmon River near Salmon had about 6 inches visibility at mid-morning, river temperature about 37 degrees. Sky is clear, so by late afternoon river temperature will probably exceed 40 degrees. Air temperature this morning was mid-20s, so overnight runoff was stopped, but as the day warms, snowmelt will resume. The river would take a […]
