Salmon River Fishing Report
Steelhead fishing in the Salmon area is winding down. I have put away my rods until fall. The river is off-color, several inches higher than average per date. Spring has come early this year. A clump of cottonwoods than I have watched for many years usually will show first leaves very close to the […]
Today was the first day of good steelhead fishing in the Salmon area in two or three weeks. This winter we had the best steelhead fishing that I am aware of, with such a mild winter, but we began to get dirty water early in March, and fishing fell apart. The river has been gradually […]
April has arrived in March in the Salmon area. Today the river was 46 degrees at mid-day, with about 8-10 inches of visibility, rising. Not good for steelhead fishing. We have had several mornings in the 40s recently. Grass is beginning to green. Buttercups are blooming. Usually we are in the beginning of our spring […]
Weather in the Salmon area has been unseasonably warm, and the Salmon River is warmer than most years on this date. The last few days the river has been about 40 degrees, or slightly warmer, at mid-day, then several degrees warmer by evening. The spring steelhead migration seems to have started earlier. Fish are traveling […]
This has been such a crazy spring, none of us had any idea how to predict the fishing. We kept waiting for winter to slam down on us, freeze our river, cut the fishing off, but the river has been open most of the “winter.” Now, with water temperatures warming up, the steelhead are on […]
The Salmon River near Salmon is clear, about 38 degrees at mid-day. The forecasted night temperature suggested that there might be ice flowing this morning, but there was none. I’m sure that issue is over now for the season. Steelhead fishermen are scattered along the river now, with catch rate pretty good. There is some […]
The spring steelhead fishing season in the Salmon area is off to an early start. This was a very unusual winter, with little ice in the river, and good steelhead fishing throughout the winter. In most years there is little fishing in the winter, and about this time, fishermen begin to get on the river […]
The days have gotten long enough to get back on the Salmon River and fish for steelhead. Water conditions are much like the traditional spring season. We provide all tackle, lunch, in-boat heater(great this time of year!) transportation and guides. Give us a call to get on the river: 877-705-7370.
The Salmon River near Salmon is clearing, after the heavy run-off last weekend. Visibility is about 10 inches–not what I would care to fish, but a favorable trend. River temperature at mid day was 44 degrees.
The Deadwater ice jam just below North Fork has broken out. This annual event is a landmark, signals the beginning of the spring steelhead fishing season in the Salmon area. This year, though, not so much. Winter fishing was very good in the Salmon area, with little ice. The warm weather of the last […]
The Salmon River near Salmon was ice-free again today. The upper end of the Deadwater ice jam this year was several miles below the usual location–between Tower Creek and Red Bluff instead of between Carmen and Tower Creek. The Tower Creek launch ramp is open, as well as Carmen and the new, temporary, ramp […]
This has been an exceptional winter steelhead season in the Salmon area. The river has been ice-free most of the winter, outside of a couple of cold snaps. Most winters fishing is restricted by floating slush as well as long sections of the river completely frozen over. The river was open and fishable today […]
The Salmon River near Salmon remains free of floating slush ice this week. The sub-zero temperatures of Christmas week produced a lot of ice, but warmer temperatures cleared the river. The 7-day forecast suggests that the river will remain clear. However there have been several days of overcast and fog recently, so steelhead fishing hasn’t […]
The Salmon River near Salmon remains ice-free, and steelhead fishermen are still on the river. Today the river temperature is in the upper 30s. Yesterday it was 40 degrees at mid-day. Clarity is off a bit. Right now I would consider it fishable, but if the river got much darker I probably wouldn’t bother to […]
With recent moderate weather, the Salmon River has not been carrying slush ice in the Salmon area in recent days. In general, if the overnight low is above 20 degrees, there won’t be ice flowing. Based on that and the forecast, this week should be ice-free. Steelhead fishermen are picking up some fish. There aren’t […]
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 […]
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 […]
