Kevin Kay

Kevin is a long-time resident of Redding. He specializes in drift boat trips on the Lower Sacramento River for rainbow trout year-round and raft trips on the Trinity River for steelhead during the Fall and Winter seasons. He welcomes anglers of all skill levels, from total beginner to expert, and has fished with clients from age 9 to 90.

Kevin's Guide Season

Lower Sac Year Round. The Lower Sac in Redding is Kevin's #1 guide destination. Kevin has a lot of experience on the Lower Sac throughout every month of the year.

Trinity River Steelhead. Kevin has had his Trinity River guide permit since 2016. Kevin guides the Trinity from October through April, using his raft which is set up with a drift-boat style fishing frame.

Recent Fishing Reports by Kevin Kay

Did a lower drift on the Sac and considering the time of year fishing was really pretty good. It was warmer than usual and we had huge caddis hatches most of the day that really drove the bite. Various caddis patterns all worked well. This bodes well for our spring fishing as that is when the caddis hatches usually get going in ernest and the fishing really turns on. The bite shut down hard around 3pm which has been pretty typical lately. Still a great day on the big river!

Floated the canyon section today with Geoff and his dad Tom. The river was dropping after a big storm a few days ago and that seems to have brought some new fish upriver. Tom hooked up with a good fish on his first cast and throughout the day we landed a nice mixture of adults, tweeners, and half-pounders, all of them wild. Fishing right after a big storm seems to be key.

Fellow Confluence guide Mike Wright and his buddy John brought their sons JT and Gavin up for a taste of winter steelheading on the Trinity. I took the lads in my raft and John was in Mike’s boat. John caught a nice fish immediately which was encouraging but we had to work hard for another one. Later in the day Gavin did a great job of fighting a big fish and we landed it despite my best efforts to botch the job of netting it. All in all it was a typical day of winter steelheading; good company, a few fish, some rain, and we had the river to ourselves!

Kevin's Upcoming Open Dates

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