Mad River Beach, Stone Lagoon, Yuba River

Looks Like It’s Finally Spring

Stone Lagoon & Mad River Beach
My wife and I made a two day camping visit to Patrick’s Point last weekend to enjoy the beautiful north coast. We were unfortunate to be there the only day of the month were it was going to rain. Due to the heavy downpour the fishing conditions were poor however I gave both Stone Lagoon and the surf a try regardless.

My efforts were fruitless and I didn’t end up catching any fish during this trip. Fishing on the north coast tends to be a hit or miss due to the wet weather however it is always nice to be surrounded by giant redwoods, wild elk, and ocean.

Yuba River
The flows are at 6k right now making it nearly impossible to fish. It’s a bit of a disappointment because the water looks amazing and the goldfield wild flowers are in full bloom. I found a few productive spots at these current flows but they were few and far between. I managed to hook and land one nice Yuba rainbow during my short outing.
At this rate it looks like it’ll be high flows until fall.

Yuba River

Waiting For Some Clear Water

The Lower Yuba was been fishing pretty well. It is currently blown out due last weekend’s storm event but I had the chance to fish it during both a sunny and overcast day before the storm rolled in. I checked out a few “new” areas and found my new favorite spot. Lots of holding water in a close proximity a ways away from the main road are the perfect goldilocks zones.

San Juan worms were producing a lot of good fish in the deeper areas and the rubber leg stone seemed to work best near structure. I mostly nymphed but swung where I felt I could cover the most amount of water with good results.

The Lower Yuba just lowered to it’s regular winter flows today but is predicted to rise again this weekend with rain predicted all week. The river will most likely not be fishable for a while but that’s how it goes.

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