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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Bridgeport has been pretty hit and miss lately with a few good reports coming in as well as some not so good reports. There's been some fish being caught from the shore down near the dam with bait like garlic power bait, inflated crawlers and mice tails and there's been some fish also being caught trolling with crawlers, Thomas Bouyants...
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If you haven’t gotten in on the late fall king action yet, this should be your weekend. River conditions are lining up nicely for both the Smith and Chetco — and with the run possibly winding down, now’s the time to go. Earlier rain put plenty of water back into both systems. Boats were back on the Smith by Wednesday, while...
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With 5000lbs of trout already planted this October and an additional truck for each week scheduled until May, Fall fishing at Collins Lake is really taking off. The lake is 34ft below spill with a surface temperature of 65.8°F. We’ve had a good mix of cool and warm days punctuated by a few of wind an rain. Most days however...
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The predictions are for heavy rains to come into the Trinity Valley by the middle of the week. If this is correct the river is going to raise substantially with possibly some flooding. This could put a damper on fishing for several days. It could also start more Steelhead to enter the river increasing fishing. The best time for fishing...
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