Fishing near McKinleyville, CA

McKinleyville sits in Humboldt County on California's North Coast, with the Mad River running just a couple of miles away and a string of major coastal rivers — the Klamath, Trinity, and Eel — within easy reach. The area is known for salmon and steelhead runs in its rivers, rockfish and lingcod offshore, and surf fishing and clamming at spots like Clam Beach. Humboldt Bay, Trinidad Harbor, and the coastal lagoons round out a fishing scene that spans salt, fresh, and brackish water.

Top waters to fish near McKinleyville

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American Shad

Black Bullhead

Ameiurus melas

Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Brown Bullhead

Ameiurus nebulosus

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Bull Trout

Salvelinus confluentus

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Chinook Salmon

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Chum Salmon

Oncorhynchus keta

Coho Salmon

Oncorhynchus kisutch

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Cutthroat Trout

Oncorhynchus clarkii seleniris (Paiute), O. c. clarkii (Coastal), O. c. henshawi (Lahontan)

Green Sunfish

Lepomis cyanellus

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