Fishing Articles

Well, that cleared up quickly… It’s still chilly out but the wind has calmed down and folks back are fishing the shoreline. Here's Kevin Zemla, March 1st 2023 with a "Hog of a rainbow trout" caught on Powerbait near the dam! ...
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If you're covering news today of the federal Bureau of Reclamation announcing they'll deliver 100% water allocations to many of its big ag water contractors, consider this statement from GSSA president John McManus:   "Recently the state announced 100% water deliveries to some of its big ag water contractors and today the federal government announced many of their big ag water contractors will get...
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The Trinity River is Steelhead Green! But where are they? I have been searching the Lower Trinity for fishermen and have only found a few and they have only been getting a few bites and landing even less. The word is that the Upper Trinity has a fair amount up at hatchery but they are waiting their turn to get...
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According to the computer it is predicting clear weather all next week with a cold of 32 degrees. This looks and sound like steelhead fishing weather if the prediction is correct. The rivers and streams are on the decline and clearing some. My experience has been that this is the time for winter steelhead fishing after some good storms and...
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6F this morning; 37F@2:22pm. We did have some ice form on the south basin this morning. We had 9F yesterday. Here's some comparison photos from the ramp so y'all can see our gains from the local storms. The corner of the cement was out of the water Nov 1. Next pic was today with the yard stick ON the end...
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The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that releases from Friant Dam into the San Joaquin River are increasing to control the fill rate of Millerton Lake and make room for forecasted inflow.  Beginning today, water releases from Friant Dam into the San Joaquin River will increase from about 600 cubic-feet-per-second to 1,600 cfs. Releases to the Madera Canal are expected to...
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