American River Salmon 7/16

Was wondering if anyone will be gettin out on their yak for the salmon opener on the american the 16th of this month? Will the fish be in? its supposed to be the 3rd biggest run since 85'. but lookin at reports from the previous years salmon dont usually start showing up till mid-late august. Any info would be awesome!

I'm new to Salmon Fishing and would also love some info! Living less than a mile from the AR now and my yak is ready for the season to start.

Also curious. What happens when you hook a salmon and it starts pullin you into other boats and stuff? Lookin to catch my first one on a yak this year. Thanks guys

Also curious. What happens when you hook a salmon and it starts pullin you into other boats and stuff? Lookin to catch my first one on a yak this year. Thanks guys

hold on and get it on video

hold on and get it on video

don't worry the camera will be rolling haha.

FYI- I was up by the Feather River this last weekend and there were big salmon rolling all over. I was visiting a buddy who's been following my fishing adventures and was AMPED to wet some lines. We found a spot on the river that was open to steelhead/trout fishing, and tied up some little 1/4-oz spinners. I had no aspirations that we'd actually catch a steelhead, but he was so amped we just had to go try. I borrowed an 8', 2-piece ugly stick casting rod with some cheapy baitcaster spooled with who-knows-how-old 6 pound test line. It was a righty, I fish lefty...

Long story short, I caught and carefully released a beautiful 7-8 pound chrome chinook, and minutes later had an epic 10+ minute battle with a 25 + pound fish that ended in snapped 6-lb test... That thing put on a hell of an airshow, coming several feet out of the water a few times, and leading me up and down the section of river a couple times. I just kept the drag loose and let him do his thing.

We stopped fishing soon after that because we clearly weren't hitting our target species.

That fight was amazing though.... Gets  my heart racing just thinking of it.

This was near Oroville. The area we fished is closed to salmon fishing, but open to steelhead/trout.

It was GREAT to see so many salmon up there this early.

did anyone get out there? or know of the numbers of fish in the river right now? hope its going to be an awesome salmon season! but need to figure out when or if they're are in right now before i take the drive from S. Lake to Sailor Bar or Sunrise...

Low numbers. Few caught at the basin, few at Sailor, slow at the mouth. Lil too early.

Itd be awesome to make a weekend fish n chill up there when the run starts closer to the mouth the better get em while theyre still chrome

Itd be awesome to make a weekend fish n chill up there when the run starts closer to the mouth the better get em while theyre still chrome

We do, its usually around the September time frame when there are large quantities of Salmon in the river. In the AR, July and first part of August are usually slower and kind of hit or miss. Keep your eyes posted for a future F-N-C  as this is going to be discussed with the SacCrew soon.

Here are a couple pictures from last years.

are ya'll gonna put something like this together again? i would like to meet everyone in the sac crew.
If so what time frame would it be possibly?

I was out yesterday tossing spinners. Talked with a few people otw everyone's reply was been fishing for a while no action. I didn't see any salmon. fished between Watt & Howe. Very slow maybe in about 2 - 3 more weeks the action should pick up.

Low numbers. Few caught at the basin, few at Sailor, slow at the mouth. Lil too early.

Can't wait for this years event. I think someone els does a potluck gtg on the AR.

Itd be awesome to make a weekend fish n chill up there when the run starts closer to the mouth the better get em while theyre still chrome

We do, its usually around the September time frame when there are large quantities of Salmon in the river. In the AR, July and first part of August are usually slower and kind of hit or miss. Keep your eyes posted for a future F-N-C  as this is going to be discussed with the SacCrew soon.

Here are a couple pictures from last years.

Don't rush things! Anything worth having is worth waiting for.

yeah you gotta get them before they look tired and downtrodden lol nothing like posing with a brown salmon to make your buddies laugh at you...