The Trinity River water flows are back to summer flows of 450cfs. This will last to about mid to late October when BOR will drop the water flows back to winter flows of 300cfs. There is the possibility of BOR maintaining the summer flows a little longer into the winter summer flows but not guaranteed.  As the river has been...
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The Bureau of Reclamation is reducing water releases to the Trinity River to summer flows of 450cfs by 4:00am Wednesday September 23, 2026. This will be the end of higher water flows to the Klamath/Trinity River Basin. This flushing has also helped to reduce the contamination of Ich (Ichthyophthirius). Ich is the parasite that attacks the skin and gills of...
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It was a Saturday that Eureka tuna anglers won’t soon forget. After several less-than-stellar days, the stars finally aligned for the small fleet that made the 30- to 35-mile run south. It wasn’t the number of fish that stood out — it was the size. The majority of the albacore caught were 25 pounds or better, with some fish pushing...
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On August 28 the Bureau of Reclamation started to increase water flows to 1,200cfs. This increase of water flow did several things, it helped decrease the problem of ICH helping the fish to recover, cooling the water and moving the fish into the Klamath as well as moving up river. The Lower Klamath below 101 Bridge has met their quota...
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Over the Labor Day holiday weekend, we were patiently waiting for the fall run of king salmon to begin their migration upriver. Well, the wait is over. Water temperatures cooled significantly thanks to dam releases and rain, and schools of ocean-fresh kings finally made their way into the lower river in big numbers beginning with Monday’s outgoing tide. This week, the...
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With the fires, heat and smoke plus the heavy moss in the river the salmon have been slow in moving up river. Low water in both the Upper Klamath and Trinity Rivers has really made for slow Salmon fishing also. Now that Salmon fishing is open again, I am not receiving the fishing reports that I am used to getting....
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