Chetco River - OR

Redding residents Paul Rother, right, along with his son Cody landed a nice pair of Smith River kings on Tuesday. The Smith will likely be the only river in fishable shape this weekend following a series of wet storms forecasted to hit the North Coast sta

David Warren from Oakland, California was fishing the Chetco River with guide Travis Sallander of Wild Rivers Fishing last week when he tied into this hefty Chinook.

Del Kelly of Arcata landed this monster Smith River salmon while fishing the lower river on Wednesday. The Smith should be in great shape on Thursday and Friday, however conditions over the weekend will be marginal due to the incoming storms.

Shana Delacampa from Orange, California nailed this Chetco River king while drifting from Loeb State Park down to Social Security Bar last Thursday while fishing with guide Sean Clemens from Brookings. Photo by Larry Ellis.

A group of four anglers from Orange County, California nailed some hefty Chinook while pulling plugs on the Chetco River on Thursday while fishing with guide Sean Clemens of Brookings

Robert and Ronnie Lockett traveled from Eureka, California to catch several adult Chetco River kings last week which were caught on bobbers-and-bait in between Loeb State Park and Social Security Bar.

Laurie and Bob Manley from Brookings were fishing with guide Joe Whaley of Joe Whaley's Guide Service on Friday on the Chetco River when they caught their Chinook while pulling sardine-wrapped Kwikfish underneath a bobber, the only technique that is use

The Roberts family of Gold Beach ran out of bait while trolling for coho and Chinook on the Rogue Bay on Wednesday. After picking up two more packages of anchovies at Lex's Landing, they posed with this 30-plus-pound king and one of their many coho.

Tom Tipton from the town of Umpqua was quite successful in the ocean on Sunday where he trolled a large cut-plug sardine to hook this monster Chinook outside the Port of Brookings Harbor in the Chetco River Terminal Area Fishery.

Last week, Dan Birdwell from Brookings, Oregon knew right where to go when he had a hankering for crab cocktail - the Port of Brookings Harbor\\\'s crab pier, where he caught at least 7 Dungeness crab casting a folding crab trap.

Duane Stainbrook (left), formerly of Brookings and another fisherman fished with Joe Whaley (right) of Joe Whaley's Guide Service on Thursday. The party trolled the Chetco Bay and caught these two mid-30-pound Chinook.