Fishing Reports by Capt. David Mierkey

Upper Klamath - Salmon fishing is spectacular on the upper Klamath right now!! My boat with two guys up front hooked 29 fish with 21 to the boat today. This is mostly a catch and release fishery but these fish are still pretty in pink inside. I believe this will las more...
Capt. David Mierkey - Klamath River

Klamath Improving - We a catching a mixture of jacks, steelhead and adult salmon up to 12 currently. The water temp is still a good average and the moss so far in not bad a all. The tribal nets have been hammering the fish the last two days and I believe now have over a more...
Capt. David Mierkey - Klamath River

Klamath River Improving - We are catching fish every trip out with combinations of Salmon going to 20 lbs and Steelhead to around 8 to 10. They all are fresh healthy fish straight from the ocean with sea lice still attached. This river will only improve with Sept and Oct the more...
Capt. David Mierkey - Klamath River

Early August on the Klamath - Fishing on the Klamath the last few days has been slow to spotty. Most of the fish are being taken in the estuary and up river to the glen. There is a rumor of some rain coming and I hope that it shows up soon to help cool down the river. August, Sep more...
Capt. David Mierkey - Klamath River

Spring Salmon moving into Fall season - The spring salmon season is just about over and we will be moving into the summer steelhead and fall salmon season at the end of July. The summer steelhead run is usually plentiful with several fish being taken on each trip. From about mid-August we more...
Capt. David Mierkey - Klamath River

Klamath River Salmon - The spring run continues to be good one day and then hit and miss the next. This run will continue thru mid-July and then we will start with the summer run of steelhead. The fall run of salmon, which is expected to be huge again this year, will began more...
Capt. David Mierkey - Klamath River

Shad in the evenings. - Shad fishing has been slow this week because of the cooler weather and the wind. There are still plenty of fish around but until it heats up a bit, the shad catching will remain slower than normal. Make sure you are thinking about making your rese more...
Capt. David Mierkey - American River

Salmon on the Klamath - The Council's adopted ocean salmon season allow for an allocation of 30,800 to the Klamath River Recreational fishery and 30,900 to the Klamath Tribal fisheries. The California Fish and Game commission actually sets the river recreational quotas and more...
Capt. David Mierkey - Klamath River

Steelhead in lower river - The steelhead are starting to show in the lower river with the rain we have been having over the past week. Yesterday we hooked and landed several 1/2 lber's and three nice adults up to about 6 pounds. This next week we are going to see more rain whi more...
Capt. David Mierkey - American River