Mad River Fish Report

The Mad is in great shape and loaded with steelhead

Mad River - Arcata, CA

by Kenny Priest
1-27-2022
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The Mad is in great shape and loaded with steelhead. Excellent conditions drew plenty of bank anglers and boats this week and the fishing was good. The river will be in great shape the rest of the week, with steelhead spread out from top to bottom. As of Thursday, it was right at 7.5 feet on the Arcata gauge and holding good color. If you’re looking to catch a steelhead, it’s probably your best option.

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for Thursday, January 20th, 2022

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for Friday, January 14th, 2022

Mad River: The Mad is still high and brown
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Chetco River: Steelhead fishing has been better than the last several years so for this season
Rogue River- Lower: The lower Rogue fished well for steelhead before last week’s blowout