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Coastal Steelhead Season on the Brink
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, FEBRUARY 16, 2023



With the majority of our coastal rivers in prime fishing shape, it’s starting to feel like it’s now or never for the 2023 winter steelhead season. In what has been one of the most dismal seasons anyone can remember, if the next couple of weeks don’t produce some quality fishing, it’s likely the season will go down as big, giant...
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Why Are We Not Trying to Store More Water
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

With the storms we have had why is the California Department of Water Resources going to release 60,000Af of water from Trinity Dam into the Trinity River? Because it is that time when TRRP has decided, ( May I note; without public input or a TAMWG group) to do the winter releases for the return of Salmon and steelhead to...
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Winter Steelhead Remain Elusive
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, FEBRUARY 10, 2023



Another week gone by and another week of very poor steelhead catching. As we approach mid-February, I’m no longer certain the fish are just running late. I’m starting to think they aren’t coming. At least in big numbers. We’ve had some excellent water conditions on our coastal rivers this season and that still didn’t do the trick. But green rivers...
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Winter Steelhead Are Being Caught
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

Winter steelhead were being caught before the rains came in the Lower Trinity. The rains came and the rivers raised which made fishing harder. Before the rains the lower river was a bit high but coming into good fishing condition. The road into the South fork of the Trinity River at Sandy Bar is the ONLY public access to the river...
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Coastal Rivers Lacking Steelhead
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, FEBRUARY 2, 2023



After the January storms provided the flushing and scouring our coastal rivers desperately needed, anglers were thinking and hoping the winter steelhead would be there waiting once the rivers turned fishable. So far, that hasn’t necessarily been the case. Up and down the coast, well known steelhead rivers are not seeing the numbers we’re accustomed to. This same scenario happened...
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San Francisco, CA (January 30, 2023) – Crab lovers will want to be at one of the two seatings at the Golden State Salmon Association’s (GSSA) crab feed Saturday, February 11.  The lunch, 11:30am, and early dinner, 4:30pm, seatings will occur on the waterfront in San Rafael at the Marin Rod and Gun Club.  The feast will feature all the fresh...
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