Fishing Articles

The new fishing Regulations are out! July 1, Trinity River opens to fishing for Spring Chinook salmon; 1salmon (period) per day 2 in possession above the South Fork of the Trinity to Old Lewiston Bridge. September 1, Trinity opens to fishing for Fall Chinook salmon; 2 salmon per day, 1 adult and 1 jack or 2 jacks per day, no...
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Orange Jay Fair’s hot orange toplining, small brook trout rapalas, 2” rainbow trout flicker shad 9ft deep, red/gold Thomas Buoyant, nickel Thomas Buoyant 5-7ft deep. Red dog d/j medium. Youth Camp channel fished well. South side of Pelican Pt had scattered pods. Scattered pods on the west side...moved out over deeper water but were still on top for me. Mixed...
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It definitely is a time of exasperation. We are a permittee on a United States Forest Service, thus we need to follow their direction along with Inyo County and the State. We have been informed by the Forest Service who runs the Inyo National Forest that we will not be permitted to open until the State enters into Stage 3 or...
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Following last year’s low returns and with only 186,600 adult Klamath kings said to be in the ocean this fall, anglers are facing a much lower sport quota in 2020. During last Thursday’s meeting, the California Fish and Game Commission adopted bag and possession limits for the Klamath Basin based on a quota of 1,296 fall-run adults. The Commission also...
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Readers of this newsletter will likely know more than we do by the time you receive this but here’s a snapshot of the season to date.   After being delayed for almost a month, the sport ocean salmon seasons opened May 1.  The commercial season opened then too with decent early catches in Monterey Bay out of Santa Cruz, Moss Landing, and...
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With the COVID-19 restrictions still in place where does one go to fish? That is the question? The water releases are on their way down but will still have some increases from rain and bump-ups for the Trinity releases. Right now, it is a hard answer for me as I have not heard from any of my fishing contacts for a...
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