Salmon Return to the Russian River for the First Time in Decades and Why It Matters to Fly Fishers
- The Fly Box LLC
- Dec 11, 2025
- 3 min read
For the first time in more than thirty years juvenile coho salmon have been documented far upstream in California's Russian River watershed. Biologists recently confirmed that a handful of young coho appeared in Ackerman Creek which is a tributary near Ukiah. These fish are believed to be the offspring of adults that traveled more than ninety miles from the Pacific Ocean to reach the upper basin. Their presence marks the first confirmed natural reproduction of coho in this region since at least 1991.
