The entire river is fishable, and there’s definitely some steelhead around reports guide Steve Huber. “Most of the boats are working the Junction City area, but the entire river is fishable. In talking to some of the fish counters, it sounds like there’s a pretty good push of steelhead working their way through the lower river. The fish we’re catching now are averaging between 4 and 6 pounds, with the occasional bigger fish. We’re catching most of the fish in the deeper holes on plugs, but side-drifting roe is also producing some fish,” Huber added

Kenny Priest operates Fishing the North Coast, a fishing guide service out of Humboldt specializing in salmon and steelhead. Find it on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and www.fishingthenorthcoast.com. For up-to-date fishing reports and North Coast river information, email kenny@fishingthenorthcoast.com.