Here is the latest fishing report from the Chetco and Smith Rivers. Ironhead Guide Service has been grinding away at a slow start to the winter steelhead season on the coast of northern California and southern Oregon. Pro guide Mario Gomez reports it’s been a tuff bite for everyone with most guides seeing 1 to 3 fish a day. The rivers are in prime condition right now but are forecasted to blow out this weekend. With this next storm anglers are hopeful to see the first real big push of steelhead enter the river systems. IGS has brought on another guide for the Smith River so if you haven’t booked your trip then now is the time to do so. BOOK NOW and come enjoy one of the best fishing trips you will ever experience.

The Chetco River saw a lot of pressure from bank and boat anglers over the past few days, and with the condition of the fish right now it’s hard not to be out chasing these steelhead. The fish are chrome bright and full of energy, if and when you hook one you better bring your A game. IGS reports the fish are HOT and when they realize the have a hook in their lip they go crazy.

The Smith River has been a little tuff, the water is really clear but every cast you have the opportunity to hook into the fish of a lifetime. Put in your time and don’t give up, you never know when it will happen. Some of the local guides have even reported catching a few nice hatchery fish and on the Smith River that’s a real treat. After this next rise Mario Gomez of IGS says we should see some decent action on the mighty Smith so now is the time to get your trip on the books.

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