Fishing Report - October 18, 2026

The East is running around 100 today. The fishing has been pretty good on the river, the dry/dropper thing seems to have slowed down but the streamer action and the nymphing action is still doing very well. There seems to be some action picking up on the "Mile" section for mostly larger fish with some anglers reporting 6 or 7 fish per day with most of them being 19+ inches. There's still larger numbers of fish on the lower section as well as the Rosachi section with most of the fish being in the 12 to 18 inch range. Some patterns to try: sculpzulla, dead drift crayfish, razor craw, ziwi, Dali lama, double bunny, perdigon, silver streak, psycho prince, zebra midge, darth baetis, flashback emerger.   

The ranch is still fishing well with good reports coming in on streamers as well as nymphs. Some fish being reported are up in the 24 to 25 inch range. Most anglers are having good days with 8 to 15 fish to the net. The calendar is getting pretty busy so if you want to book some time down there try to give us a call ahead of time.

It sounds like the pond fished just ok this week with reports coming in from anglers getting into 1 to 7 fish per half day. There are some smaller Lahontan Cutthroats in there now that are not counted in those numbers, these fish are running from about 4 to 10 inches, they should however be in pretty good shape next season! Most of the action was still on small leeches and soft hackles. The weeds are not much of a problem now for the rest of the season. 

It's time to be hitting the Reservoir again! The trolling has been very good and the shore fishing has picked up quite a bit as well. Some of the shore anglers are getting into some good fish up to 5+ pounds on pinched crawlers, inflated crawlers, mice tails and power bait and the trolling has been good with night crawlers, speedy shiners, Rapalas and Thomas Bouyants. 

We didn't get any reports back from Kirman this past week but when we hear something we'll pass it on. 

Though we haven't heard of any big browns yet up at the Twins there are still some good reports coming in on some nice rainbows up to around 5 pounds. Bait anglers are doing pretty well with pinched crawlers, mice tails and power bait and lure anglers are having some action with Thomas Bouyants, Rapalas and Kastmasters. 

The West seemed to be a little tough this week with only a few fair reports coming in. It still sounds like the best area is up in the North end of the canyon closer towards the town of Walker. Bait to try includes nightcrawlers, power eggs and salmon eggs, for lures try Panther Martins, Blur Fox lures and mini jigs. 

The Virginias are still doing pretty well with some decent reports coming in on bait as well as lures. Haven't heard much news from the fly anglers but they're likely doing well also. Bait anglers should try garlic power bait, mice tails, pinched crawlers and inflated night crawlers while lure anglers should go with mini jigs, Kastmasters and Thomas Bouyants. 

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Ken's Hours: Sunday through Thursday - 8am - 5pm, Friday and Saturday 8am - 6pm 

Location: Bridgeport Ballfields, 1002 Aurora Canyon Road, Bridgeport, CA 93517
Hours: Thursday through Monday  from 7:30am to 3:30pm (Closed Tuesday and Wednesday)
Expected to be open through October

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