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Winter Trout are Hitting All Over!
by Collins Lake Staff, DECEMBER 8, 2025
Collins Lake

With 13,000 pounds of trout already planted since Mid-October and a foggy November keeping fishing pressure reduced for a few weeks the lake is well stocked and trout action has been good! Johnny, Johnny and Dave caught a triple limit of Rainbow Trout fishing the North Channel near the 5 MPH signs using Orange Salmon Flavored PowerBait! The surface temperature...
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Winter Steelhead Are Starting To Arrive!
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, DECEMBER 8, 2025

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

I hope all had a Great Thanksgiving and am wishing all Happy Holidays! I know it is a little early but we are starting to see some very early Winter Steelhead. Saturday a friend of mine and his buddy went on the South Fork to Kimtu run. They were flyfishing and hooked three adults landed two, all were of good size....
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Fishing has been stellar and catching even better!
by Valerie Aubrey, DECEMBER 6, 2025
Eagle Lake

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!
Salmon Season Fades — Now It’s Time to Chase Steelhead
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, DECEMBER 4, 2025



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 Time Between Rains is Making Steelhead Fishing Good
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, NOVEMBER 23, 2025

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

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 Storm, Another Miss: North Coast Still Waiting on a Real Rise
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, NOVEMBER 20, 2025



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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