Salmon Fishing California's World Famous Barge Hole

Known as one of the most famous salmon holes in the world, California's Barge Hole receives a tremendous amount of fishing pressure - and salmon. Join us in this special opening day episode of Pautzke Outdoors as we hop aboard with Jeff Goodwin Guide Service and explain how to catch fish with plugs and bait in one of North America's most famous salmon rivers.
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[@uncleheffe309]

Very informative. Great video.

[@Norcal676]

Love and miss salmon season in Cal.

[@g.yfishhunter6623]

its amazing

[@BSRC-tc3pg]

I love the bait that they have

[@anmunus0000]

To many people I would never go there

[@OUTTHEMUDVISUAL]

I know a very good spot where these salmon chill and just pile up caught 3 huge salmon in 2 feet water knee size they are all just migrating !! I'm so glad I found it 😊 I hate going to where there is alot of people

[@aiteimmaheadout7326]

@@OUTTHEMUDVISUAL where at lol

[@davidortega357]

Reminds of merced river Salmon run in 1986 at hagamans park lots of guy fishing for Salmon in November thru march

[@natespics8276]

Juan X Palacios / RealFiyaaYT yes where?

[@NateKnows]

Why not catch ocean salmon? These fish made it thousands of miles in some cases and finally survived all the way back to the spawning grounds. Only yo have you yank them for their eggs. The meat sucks up river

[@bretmoua6983]

That's crazy!

[@deathbyhook]

Thank you for all the guidance hopefully I can catch my first salmon

[@david-qc2fe]

How did the salmon fishing go?

[@familyfishkiller1062]

Good job guys

[@Lovo369]

I wanna go!

[@digstravel33]

What a day!!!

[@ORLANDOMTV]

Nice fishing

[@raihtiup2835]

amazing places of fishing brother, success its

[@bruh5612]

I live right by here!

[@user-wr3vt8uq4s]

I went there to fish on a Friday. Not too crowded, about 15 boats for the whole area. People are well behaved, only had one snag with another boat the entire day. The most crowded is the circle of boats floating over the hole. We did plugging early in the a.m. and then switched to dragging roe. Our boat hooked up 8 times, landed 4 big salmon. I'd definitely go during the week and not on the opener or weekend.

[@stevenkempf4829]

Thumbs UP from Buffalo New York !!

[@nicholasdandrea565]

Great fishing. We'r use your cure in Chicago for fall king & year round steelhead fishing.

[@ericunderwood1482]

There are no STEELHEADS IN THE GREAT LAKES....THEY ARE RAINBOWS..... STEELHEADS GO TO SALT WATER..... THAT'S WHAT MAKES THEM STEELHEADS! Way tougher!

[@matthewschutt7409]

Never thought I would see combat fishing by boat!

[@paulmonaco1148]

Buoy 10 in Astoria Oregon can have 2,000 boats during the season on any weekend. a real Z O O ! ! ! However it's some of the Chinook fishing on the West Coast...

[@salmonkiller2545]

Nuts!!!! Do they have a carpool lane??? Lol

[@ButcheredFilmz]

I only live 1.5 miles from the barge hole and I’ve never heard of this or fished for salmon I recently got a boat and got into fishing a lot I think this august I will try the barge hole and see if I can catch my first ever salmon !!

[@NFiltr8Red]

I have one bait that SLAYS them all day every day and no one uses it. But it’s nice to see people still don’t think outside the box.

[@fishdog70]

Use seem to fish in a huge clusterfuck definitely not outside the box🤡

[@jf8468]

Garage modified Thee prawn hook with a lead mold works better than any bait or lure on the market. You can limit out enough for 10 people

[@Pacofishes]

Combat fishing at it's finest

[@tpmbarteri]

It ain’t always this crowded. I’ve dished there when there was one or two boats all days with incredible results. I never fish on the opener. Always to many boats.

[@ramiroabarcajr8783]

Can you make a video of the rings

[@harolddallas2959]

I go every year and we do well! One thing an old Pirate taught me was to never fish the Barge hole and i never have! The girlfriend and buddy of mine killed the kings! Tight lines guys. The Bullship

[@austinwaters114]

That is impressive, i thought Drano lakes toilet bowl was bad for springers. Looks like a lot of fun though. sign me up

[@davidthaot]

how fast are you guys trolling ? Does down rigger work?

[@vergontengo9663]

This is so awesome can’t wait to do this!!

[@PeaceNinja007]

I know NOTHING about fishing 🎣 .. but this is interesting anyway 😃

[@doubledz2132]

if you tried to fish close together like that where I live they'd shoot a hole in your boat.😂😂

[@EditsWithBlur]

So with the kwikfish are people anchoring up and dropping them or do I need to back troll with them? I normally bounce Gibbs minnows but want to try this method.

[@Miike28]

I know fish n game warden blend inn with other fisherman

[@toxicgusion2229]

So many thirsty people , I was one of those thirst too 😂😂

[@donald2100]

looks like early 80 s fishing at the Nimbus dam in june only the fish where chrome as a brand new dime and in then 30 lb range

[@wallsmartsme]

Never heard of this place. Never heard of the lures used to catch the fish either. What about using spinners or jigs n twisters?

[@mattp1455]

herring/sardine wrapped qwik-fish is one the most common presentations for salmon fishing out west? and have fun jigging there its over 50ft deep in that hole in some places with heavy current and loaded with snags

[@nandoortiz89]

Lots of high sticking

[@andershandmadecrafts9437]

What pound braid were you using?

[@kayakwesty]

That many boats looks like a shite show...thank you for sharing the video.

[@brianbean8313]

looks like the fleet, a cluster f#@*

[@painterpeter1]

Couldn’t agree more.

[@MatanuskaHIGH]

That’s nothing. Try fishing Kings in Alaska....

[@andershandmadecrafts9437]

hey im Anders

[@OUTTHEMUDVISUAL]

If you go a bit more up before getting to this spot there are a shit load of 4 feet to 6 feet salmon 2 feet 3 feet water stream they are piled up loaded with salmon just went last week and was literally scooping them back to back great day !! Didn't want to be around all the boats

[@natespics8276]

How to get that plug out from the bank? Triple swivel? What weight and litter length?

[@dasfirej4597]

Hello possibly planning on bringing my boat there where do you launch out and how long does it take to get to that spot?

[@elsancho1375]

Most people use balls ferry boat launch just upriver. The place is not worth the drive. Most fish up there are zombies. Did it once. Never again.

[@lesterhersh7184]

Your keeping wild fish calf that's legal

[@bobedwards7451]

Retired guide from there, get off boat pile and go down stream to rattlesnake creek area..Roe..

[@kjking3087]

at Balls Ferry Bridge not Deschutes bridg

[@dustinrhodes1091]

That’s not many boats compared to the Columbia where I fish...

[@user-wq4wr8oc8m]

Thanks for sharing the ultimate fishing spot to avoid.

[@reelfishingadventures950]

Hey, I didn't see any of those boat anchored, why is that? Thanks

[@MrTobhag]

Ppl will snag it and you basically let current take you then go back in

[@jtbrokenharted]

Great vid. Good info. Sitting at Woodbridge dam. Not here yet.

[@kevtlee08]

Salmon season is such a pain because of this

[@HeliosDroneWorks]

Thanks for your work on this. This looks awful. Can someone explain why the enjoy fishing this close to someone?

[@greglovedahl772]

when l was a kid in the 70's l would walk through my dad's field to fish a hole on the cowlitz river and cough kings a lot nicer than this, all l had was my Mitchell spinning reel, eagle claw rod, some 3/0 hooks and home cured salmon eggs cured in borax lol, I'm glad l got to see some of the good old days before it became like this, just to many people anymore.

[@joerogaine7984]

Wish I grew up during your time

[@360fishingadventures8]

The Cowlitz is ruined now by stupid hatchery management.

[@Xyz-tx6cy]

Old times are the best times of all

[@portalmasterry6765]

Is there bank access there for the bank fisherman?

[@davidanno2153]

PortalMAsterRy yes

[@briantalbot394]

I don't think I'd want to fish on shore there considering all the people and I'm sure they wouldn't give a fuck if they snagged your line either

[@sai_bfishing4547]

What rod and reel setup are yall using?

[@jordonpratt2604]

Sai_B Fishing watch the video it says it

[@MegaBait1616]

You didn't show all the homeless living in the abandoned boats ?

[@johnnaipo7624]

Can you fish this from shore

[@calibomber209]

In Benicia ca about an hour 20 away from here

[@dhallpro]

@@calibomber209 You must drive fast

[@thetastelesschef7463]

that is not northwest California that's northeastern, i5, gridlock city stuff. try prairie creek, mad river, redwood creed/river, the mouth of the klamath river...... get off i5 and give 101 a try!!! there is much MUCH more to catch, see, hunt and just be, in the big beauty of the redwoods of Humboldt, del-norte county's.

[@valerieneal2747]

You got THAT right😁..and absolutely beautiful it is

[@curtisgriggs4804]

Lol all go to Safeway

[@jls5984]

P.S. tear down ALL the dams!

[@bobedwards7451]

Re sharpen hooks from new to better!

[@philipmorphew6301]

They'll smoke up.

[@bolby019]

Where is that at?

[@goofyyangfishing5133]

Not at barge canal lol

[@g.yfishhunter6623]

i don't know

[@pianomoverr]

South of Redding, CA

[@DavidThomas-rm3xw]

Its really called scissor build flats named after famous Sid Scissor build.

[@michaelchapman6087]

pianomoverr north of Los Angels

[@jonnylightning6291]

That's insane! I'd rather chop off a finger than fish in that mess.

[@jeffmayfield3366]

I fished this area with my friend Dennis Freeman for25 plus years and avoided the barge hole religiously! The guides start there to try and limit out fast so they can book again. Not a fun spot to fish many more enjoyable holes down river and just as many fish to catch if you know how. RIP Dennis I miss you more than you would ever know!!!!!!

[@MrFatcat1957]

All that for river rotters ... no thanks, but I do like the video.

[@razield97]

Yea no thanks I'll just stick to the klamath river where I know the salmon there is more fresh and they're like 5 miles in from the mouth while salmon from Sacramento river is hundreds of miles away from the mouth! But nice fishing!

[@dakotashearman1313]

Klamath feeds into the sac buddy

[@ericunderwood1482]

Almost a hundred not quite... funny thing is I live and fish in Oroville...the hatchery is 143 miles from the Golden Gate...by the time the Salmon get here they use up just enough body fat to taste a helluva lot better than close to the Ocean...... TRUE! ...I've eaten Salmon in Washington state, Oregon and some of Alaskan Salmon....NOT NEAR AS GOOD TASTING AS FISH FROM THE FEATHER RIVER.....

[@brianestrada7871]

Where is this ?

[@brianestrada7871]

Barge hole

[@wallsmartsme]

World famous? I know people who live in California. Even they never heard of the barge hole. World famous?

[@tellitlikeitis4740]

That absolutely wouldn't be my idea of fishing at all....I'm out..

[@Guide504]

How depressing This represents the antithesis of every reason I go fishing.

[@mikeravenelle7073]

Nothing like a little serenity and a chance to unwind huh. Just what the doctor ordered, a day of combat fishing. Imagine the arguments/fights taking place that day. Not something to bring the kids out to see.

[@andrewmoore4720]

Well I mean you don’t own the river so oh well

[@victorsr6708]

I went to opening day once and that was the last time. Way too many people

[@calibomber209]

The under current is dangerous there. 10 ppl drown there annually.

[@bethlebaron9079]

baloney, we live here. our river is dangerous, in places. but 10 people do not drown here annually.

[@wolfman9913]

thats not enough!!🤔THIS ENTIRE SHASTA COUNTY NEEDS TO GO SWIMMING THERE!! STAT!

[@kaophan1098]

This is supposed to be fun? It's like sitting in bay area traffic. Dont know if I'll ever try this. Looks like a fight waiting to happen.

[@fluffy1376]

0:40 the moment you realize you need a new fishing spot🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chadjelliston5652]

What a absolutely mess I’d never fish that

[@360fishingadventures8]

A little too many people for my tastes but if I'm catching fish then I dont care.

[@nate5799]

Is everything fucked up in California?

[@MySpinner]

Snitching salty everywhere lmao

[@timothymorales6048]

something about seeing all those people crowding a spot just disgusts me

[@michaelhull63]

Went there one time it was the biggest clustrfuk i ever saw it was road rage on the water I say jetboats blasting other small boats with their water jet nozzles shooting each other with slingshot slinging 2 oz sinkers cussing yelling death threats you talk about wow combat fishing at its best you couldn't pay me to go there again that hole brings the worst out of all who go there

[@paulman8239]

Is the sardine wrap and scents necessary? Sounds like a snake oil salesman to me. Salmon don't feed once they've acclimated to freshwater. They are striking out of aggression.

[@TeamPautzke]

Paul, Ask the 100s of guides that do it daily, whether they are filming an episode of Pautzke Outdoors - or not. Then you can decide.

[@rickw9169]

All that traffic for slimy, beat up, turning red on the outside and white on the inside, salmon? I think I'll pass. I can venture down to the Trinity river and catch ocean fresh salmon and hardly see anyone.

[@ralphlauren9802]

antisocial!

[@bp-fishing8104]

U just burned ur spot some more 🤣 but good suggestion tho thanks!

[@johnwunder3521]

I had the same thought as soon as i saw this.too many people,too crowded,this is why i quit fishing.!

[@dustinrhodes1091]

Looked to me to be fairly bright yet

[@Norcal676]

Jiggin in the sac river = content

[@randylal7841]

Dakn worst fleet than commercial in Monterey damn

[@randmayfield5695]

I guess I am getting too old because that just does not look like fun to me. Combat fishing at its finest. Good luck to all that enjoy it though.

[@bmd1825]

No thanks.

[@jls5984]

The poor salmon have survived several perilous years in the ocean, swam hundreds of miles upstream to accomplish the one ultimate goal in their life to spawn. Only to get a few miles from their destination the coleman national fish hatchery and then swim into a cluster fuck of boats. Dams are being dismantled to help save wildlife while the state of california is trying to build more, wtf? I'd like to know what the limit is and if its being policed, doesnt seem so? The real limit needs to be put on the human population seems to me.This poor world, and its wildlife cant be pushed much more. Too many people making for too small a world. God please stop it. By the way, I'm a Conservative.

[@Blehdoom]

Looks like a bunch of inconsiderate fishermen

[@jimmyc451]

great video crowded but do it right and no one gets tangled

[@nevillekwa8772]

Fish are not even silver!. Not fun to catch the fish with too many boats around.

[@stlhd4lyfe1]

No thank you

[@ocrun6765]

Looks like the 405 fwy and I-10. If anyone still thinks America needs more people just look at this "relaxing" outdoor activity. More people than fish. Soon we won't even be allowed to fish.

[@timhunter9749]

What a mess.

[@rippenlipstv5738]

There’s a stupid amount of people there. Great vid though

[@Xyz-tx6cy]

Just wondering how is fishing enjoyable when they have to release it immediately after catch. Wouldn't it be nice to grill it for lunch or whatever

[@TeamPautzke]

What do you mean? You can keep your limit.

[@Xyz-tx6cy]

@@TeamPautzke how much is the limit?

[@johnwunder3521]

Do these fish have radiation from Fukishima?? yes

[@robertcaviness5300]

A shit show is what it is. Ive been in the mix with people hooking up and nobody in the 10 - 20 boats within 20 yards having the sense to pull up their line and sure as hell theres a rats nest

[@Camane53]

F reeking add!!!

[@edgarsantos9211]

Too much talk, not enough fishing!

[@fisheyelens876]

Ha ha, sounds like way to many good old boy rules, I would be taken away in handcuffs, I can here it now, hey slick you don't belong here do you, game on fool.

[@user-hm3nb6hh2f]

My friend told me something that's had me thinking... he said " I wouldn't want shit that's in the Sacramento river"

[@sittingbull7018]

That is as bad as 405 traffic in los Angeles it just plane sucks i give this two👎👎down.

[@ralphlauren9802]

hater

[@360fishingadventures8]

Why would you give a thumbs down. Oh... right. You are a stupid hater.