Trinity River Fishing


Trinity River Fishing Report
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

There is a new proposal for Trinity River water flows. The proposal suggests that the proposed water releases will help the survival of the outmigration of the salmonid. I can’t understand where the Trinity Management Council thinks they will get the water when the Trinity Dam is only 32% of capacity. I guess we could imagine it to be there...
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Nice Weather Now Rain
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

We have seen some nice weather for the last three weeks with no rain and no snow to the higher elevations. This is not good for the spring water flows on the Trinity or the Klamath Rivers. Predicted weather shows the possibility of some rain next week but that does not help the snow pack in the mountains for spring and...
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Winter Steelhead Finally Showing Up in Hoopa
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, JANUARY 23, 2022

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

The good news is that winter steelhead are being caught down in Hoopa. I have been trying to find out if anybody was catching anything other than ½-pounders. This is great news for our winter steelie fishers. The weather is good for fishing as is the river. The weather report says the Willow Creek area is good wreathe to Saturday....
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Electricity What Would We Do Without It?
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, JANUARY 18, 2022

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

I am sorry I have not been able to make a report for all you great readers. As you are aware the power has been out for many of us both in Trinity County and in Humboldt Counties. Willow Creek just got their power back on January12, 2022. I am now trying to catch up. As we all know the...
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What is the TMC up to?
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, DECEMBER 13, 2021

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

The Trinity Management Council (TMC) met on December 8th and 9th, on Dec. 9th the TMC Director Mike Dixon called for a Closed Session to discuss “Chanel Rehabilitation Scope of Work”. What was discussed and what was decided? The public was NOT privy to this information nor were they able to join the discussion for Channel Rehabilitation. The Record of Decision (ROD 2000) stated...
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Managing The Water Supply?
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, DECEMBER 6, 2021

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

 How do we manage the water supply? One thing that is NOT considered is the population to water need! As the population grows our water supply stays stagnate. The state has not increased water storage in over 30 years that I know of, yet the population in the state has grown by almost 20 million or just about doubled. The...
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