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Eagle Lake Update
by Valerie Aubrey, FEBRUARY 8, 2016
Eagle Lake

Pine creek was still blocked by a land bridge a couple feet higher than the creek yesterday afternoon. Cold temps keeping things iced up in the estuary. Flow is spreading out in the flats & freezing over. Looks good but once the water busts thru the land barrier it will suck right down. But it will take a lot more...
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Iron Gate Flows
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, FEBRUARY 8, 2016
Klamath River - Upper - CA

Klamath: Iron Gate Dam releases are 1,860cfs. Seiad Valley is 5.3ft at 4,430cfs. Happy Camp is estimated at 5,027cfs. Somes Bar is estimated at 9.4Kcfs. Orleans is 9.1ft. at 12.5Kcfs. Klamath at Terwer Creek is 15.6ft at 26.2Kcfs and water temperatures of 47.1 degrees. Flows at Smith River, Dr. Fine Bridge are 9ft at 4,290cfs....
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Up 6 feet
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, FEBRUARY 8, 2016
Trinity Lake

Trinity Lake: The Lake is 151ft (an increase of 6ft.) below the overflow and 29% of capacity (2% increase) Inflow to Trinity Lake is 1,650cfs and the Trinity Dam is releasing 526cfs to Lewiston Lake with 214cfs going to Whiskeytown Lake and on to the Keswick Power Plant with 2,994cfs being released to the Sacramento River. ...
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High and Muddy
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, FEBRUARY 8, 2016
Trinity River

Fishing: The Lower Trinity from the South Fork down was just too high and muddy to fish and probably won’t come into fishing conditions until next week sometime. Your best bet would be to call ahead to make sure that area is fishable. Like I said earlier, fishing from the bank is possible from Del Loma to Junction City and...
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Trinity River Fishing Report
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, FEBRUARY 8, 2016


The rains have backed off for the time being and the Trinity is clearing fast in the upper sections which should translate into great “Winter Steelhead” fishing. There is plenty of steelhead in the upper river from Del Loma all the way up to Lewiston with a good mix of native and hatchery fish in the river. From Junction City...
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Renouned Winegrower Phil Coturri To Be Honored
by Michael Coats, FEBRUARY 8, 2016


Petaluma, CA (February 8, 2016)— The Golden Gate Salmon Association (GGSA) will host its 3rd Annual Sonoma dinner with special guest winegrower and water conservation advocate Phil Coturri, Friday, March 11. The special event will be held at Ramekins Event Center, 450 W. Spain St. in Sonoma.  Doors open at 5:30pm. It will be a great night featuring hors d’oeuvres, Winery Sixteen...
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