Can't get much more comfortable conditions for December .... fishing has been stellar & catching even better! Surface temps 45/46F! No need for OdarkThirty for trollers. Frosty down the A1 grade from 36, frosty spots from the S turns at the old airstrip thru the circus grounds from spalding but definitely worth it!

With the late-fall king salmon season all but wrapped up on the North Coast, anglers are already shifting their attention to winter steelhead. Unfortunately, flows are running low across all the coastal rivers, and significant rain doesn’t appear likely until at least late next weekend — and even that remains uncertain. Despite the dry spell, a smattering of early steelhead...
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The timing between storms is just enough to make the rivers clear up and provide some good Steelhead fishing. Yesterday I drove up river to check out how the river was looking and was surprised at how many fishermen were out on the river fishing. The Trinity River looked really great for fishing and the number of guides riggs in...
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Another week, another dismal atmospheric river has come and gone. The storm door cracked open back in early October, but it hasn’t been kicked open much farther since. Instead, we’ve seen a parade of modest systems — just enough rain to bump flows, but not nearly enough to produce the kind of full-blown rises anglers hope for this time of...
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The predictions is for some clearing with scattered clouds for the coming week with some rain by the following week. The rains hopefully will start some movement of fish and we can start seeing some good action. The upper river has been having some fair to good fishing in between the rains. The heavy rains of last week kind of...
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As another weakening storm approaches the North Coast, it’s safe to say we’re now on the backside of the late-fall coastal king salmon run. This fall still hasn’t delivered the kind of big storm needed to give the rivers a full blowout, and most have been teetering between open and closed. On the bright side, salmon returns to the coastal...
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