Redwood Coast Fishing with Mike Stratman

Redwood Coast Fishing with Mike Stratman Redwood Coast Fishing is a fishing guide service targeting Salmon, Steelhead, Striped Bass and Halibut in Northern California and Southern Oregon

Redwood Coast Fishing is a fishing guide service based out of Eureka, CA. We fish the rivers of the North Coast out of a 18' Wille Drift boat and a 23' Willie sled. Our seasons presently include June-September for Humboldt Bay California Halibut, September-October on the lower Klamath/Trinity Rivers for salmon and steelhead, November/early December for trophy King Salmon on the Coastal Rivers, and

mid December-March for winter steelhead on rivers from the Chetco south to the South Fork Eel River. In addition I spend April and early May on the Sacramento system for striped bass. My rates are as follows for drift boat fishing: $250 per person for 2 or 3 people. For sled fishing: $250 per person with a three person minimum. Groups of 4 or larger will be not be mixed with other groups. Large groups for either sled or drift trips can be accommodated with the use of my network of professional fishing guides. All tackle and bait is provided.

What a wonderful steelhead head season we just wrapped up!! It was the most consistent fishing we’ve seen in a few year...
03/22/2026

What a wonderful steelhead head season we just wrapped up!! It was the most consistent fishing we’ve seen in a few years and the grade of fish was absolutely outstanding. Thank you to all that came out with me this year! I’m taking the next week to get ready for my Striped Bass season and it sounds like there are good numbers of fish around upriver already. I have April 2 and 24 open, so if you haven’t got a date yet, shoot me a line!

We had some good fishing since the last storm, but as the rivers dropped out, fishing has got tough. There’s more rain ...
11/12/2025

We had some good fishing since the last storm, but as the rivers dropped out, fishing has got tough. There’s more rain coming mid week, and there should be a new batch of salmon on the way.

I wrapped up my bay Halibut season up last month and I’d like to thank all of you that came out again this year!! Our s...
11/04/2025

I wrapped up my bay Halibut season up last month and I’d like to thank all of you that came out again this year!! Our season was a bit up and down, but we caught fish everyday.

I’m now waiting for the rain to materialize, which should kick our Smith/Chetco salmon season into gear. I operate this fishery on an on call basis, so if you’re not on the call list, shoot me a message and we’ll get you down.

Thanks so much to Tackle Box Bait and Tackle in Chico for the last minute minnow delivery!!! Total life saver!
04/22/2025

Thanks so much to Tackle Box Bait and Tackle in Chico for the last minute minnow delivery!!! Total life saver!

Fishing has been great, and I still have tomorrow available! Its my only opening for the season, let’s take advantage o...
04/14/2025

Fishing has been great, and I still have tomorrow available! Its my only opening for the season, let’s take advantage of the hot bite!!

We are off and running and fishing has so far lived up to what we thought it would be this season. In other words, it’s...
04/06/2025

We are off and running and fishing has so far lived up to what we thought it would be this season. In other words, it’s been awesome and should only get better. Unfortunately, I just had a cancellation for April 14 and 15. These should be absoloute prime days, first come first serve…

I’m starting my Sac Valley Striped Bass season next week, and it’s shaping up to be another excellent season. I just ha...
03/27/2025

I’m starting my Sac Valley Striped Bass season next week, and it’s shaping up to be another excellent season. I just had a cancellation for May 1st, it’s my only open date for the striper run at this point. First come, first serve!

Well, it was another wet winter. Which is a wonderful thing for our fisheries going forward. Next season will be the f...
03/27/2025

Well, it was another wet winter. Which is a wonderful thing for our fisheries going forward. Next season will be the first year class of fish coming off of our recent wet winters and I expect our Steelhead populations to respond in a very positive fashion. As for this season, we had some really good stretches of fishing along with some tougher periods. Overall, better than what we’ve seen the last couple years. Note that the first pic is one of a flawless chinook we caught in early February, a very lost, confused fish!

01/10/2025

Away she goes…

After a pretty a scratchy first day on a pushy river yesterday, we hit the ground running today. The ladies crushed it!...
01/09/2025

After a pretty a scratchy first day on a pushy river yesterday, we hit the ground running today. The ladies crushed it!!

12/21/2024

Went and floated down a river for fun with some good buddies yesterday. Mission accomplished, fun was had and it was great seeing some early season life in the river!!

It’s been awhile, but it’s time for a big photo dump. We fished Halibut until mid October this year, as the Klamath wa...
11/28/2024

It’s been awhile, but it’s time for a big photo dump. We fished Halibut until mid October this year, as the Klamath was too muddy to fish for steelhead, as we did during October last year. We were also to make it out for a bit of coastal salmon the last few weeks, which has been fun.

Steelhead season is set to start soon and I have a few days left to fill in the calendar. With the big rains we’ve had this season so far, I’m thinking there should be good numbers around starting in early January. Shoot me a line if you’d like a date!

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