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The Time is Flying
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

The time is passing by so fast I am having trouble trying to keep up with everything! First it was the New Year, then Storms and Power Outages, then the Snow Measures, Presidents Week, Valentines Day and now the Salmon Hearings. I just don’t know where the time goes, seems as though the time just flies by any more.   The storms...
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Klamath King Numbers Plummet in 2024
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, FEBRUARY 20, 2025



he Pacific Fishery Management Council released its “Review of 2024 Ocean Salmon Fisheries” report Wednesday, and the news was not good for the Klamath Basin. Based on an ocean abundance of 178,200 Klamath River fall Chinook thought to be swimming in the ocean last fall, forecasters predicted roughly 65,138 adults would return to the river. Unfortunately, the run fell well short...
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The Kilchis River is in prime shape
by ODFW, FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Kilchis River

The Kilchis River is in prime shape as of this writing and should stay that way through Friday (and maybe Saturday morning). There should be plenty of steelhead coming in and available throughout the system. There are no hatchery releases on the Kilchis, so it's mostly a catch-and-release fishery for wild steelhead.
Coastal Rivers Done in by Rain Once Again
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, FEBRUARY 13, 2025



Another Atmospheric River has turned our coastal rivers high and muddy, again. Prior to Thursday, we were getting oh so close to seeing some green water on the Humboldt rivers, but that door is now firmly slammed shut for at least a week, or more. The upper South Fork Eel near Leggett had already turned green, along with sections of...
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Smith and Chetco Only Green Water on the Coast
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, FEBRUARY 6, 2025



While the rest of the North Coast rivers were nearing monitor or even flood stage this week, the Smith and Chetco remained green and fishable. And were actually on the drop. You can chalk that up to the frigid temperatures up north that turned rain to snow. These two rivers should remain in good shape, though they will start to...
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Rivers Are High With Rains
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

The rain are making the Klamath and Trinity Rivers high for fishing. The South For is blown out and making the river below South Fork high and not very fishable. It could possibly be fishable by Sunday or Monday depending on how much the Trinity and Lewiston Dams have to release into the Trinity River. At the present time the...
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