My Outdoor Buddy

Your Source for Outdoor Adventure

Northern California and Southern Oregon

Headline News from Northern California & Southern Oregon

Barren rocks, bitten hard by wind and water, become ideal canvasses for nature's artistic touch. Photo by Larry Arbanas

Barren rocks, bitten hard by wind and water, become ideal canvasses for nature's artistic touch. Photo by Larry Arbanas

Trinity River Flows and Conditions
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
Trinity River

Trinity River Flows and Conditions: Lewiston Dam releases are 1,040cfs, water temps are 52.3 and air is 88 degrees at 12:00p.m. today. Limekiln Gulch is 5.5ft at 1,060cfs, water temps are 52.6 and air is 78. Douglas City is 7.1ft at 1,020cfs, water temps of 52.6 and air is 82.Junction City is 2.6ft at 978cfs. Helena is 9.9ft at 953cfs...
Full Story

Trinity Lake Update
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
Trinity Lake

Trinity Lake: The Lake is 115ft (an increase of 5ft.) below the overflow and 41% of capacity (2% decrease) Inflow to Trinity Lake is 120fs and the Trinity Dam is releasing 1,488cfs to Lewiston Lake with 448cfs going to Whiskeytown Lake and on to the Keswick Power Plant with 8,545cfs being released to the Sacramento River. ...
Full Story

Mid-Klamath Update
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
Klamath River - Lower

Increased water releases from Iron Gate have improved the fishing but I did not get home early enough to make contact with some of the people who fish that area of the river. The Gap Fire is still burning in the Happy Camp to Seiad Valley area but the roads are open and fishing is fair and smoke is not...
Full Story

Salmon are Moving into Trinity as Flows Diminish
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, SEPTEMBER 18, 2016
Trinity River - Upper

Sorry but I was called out of town last weekend just when the mouth of the Klamath broke open and fresh Fall Chinook started to head up the river. The water flows will start dropping again Sept. 20th and we should see more fresh salmon and steelhead head up the Lower Klamath towards the Trinity. The Out-migrant Monitoring of...
Full Story

Great Day on the Sac
by Gary Heffley, SEPTEMBER 18, 2016
Sacramento River - Lower

There is something special about sharing fishing experiences with friends and I am lucky to have an opportunity to meet and make friends with many people in and around the fishing industry. I had the opportunity to enjoy a great afternoon this Wednesday with guide and friend Lou Hubert on the Sacramento River in Redding. This was my first, but...
Full Story

First Chetco River Chinook Arrive
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, SEPTEMBER 17, 2016
Chetco River

Incredible fishing awaits for anglers who dare deploy the old-school techniques that were used in days of yesteryear. But first things first. Anglers who trolled Rogue Bait Rigs (spinnerbait/anchovy setups) or those who just spun a naked anchovy caught the first Chetco River fall Chinook of the year last week, and that's major news because these fish are not only...
Full Story