Trinity River Fishing

The Fall weather has set in and it is looking more like the first part of Winter than Fall. There have been good spurts of fish coming up the valley but not like the usual Fall/Winter runs I’m used to. I know as I been getting lots of calls and emails asking “where are the fish” or “what happened to the...
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Fall weather patterns are in the valley. Nights are chilly and the water in the river is really cooling down. The trees are taking in their autumn colors and leaves are falling. The big question is where are the fish? The Trinity River Hatchery has been taking in good numbers of Spring Run Chinook salmon and the Junction City weir...
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As I am writing this report it is raining! In the last several days it has been overcast, showers and cloudy in Willow Creek. This type of weather pattern usually brings in fish, both at the mouth of the Klamath and into the Trinity. This is great news for the fishermen that have been waiting for some fresh salmon and more...
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The Trinity River valley has fallen into the old weather patterns of years ago. We are experiencing weather patterns like in the 1950s and 1960s, rain in September now if that continues into October like back then we should see a lot more fish. (Both salmon and steelhead) I remember when everybody used to have to be out of the...
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 The Trinity River Fall Run Chinook salmon are now starting to trickle in, but very slowly! The Lower Klamath has only harvested 2,241 Fall Chinook salmon as of September 9th. We should have seen about twice that number move through the system by now as we are looking at the third week of September already. Part of the problem was...
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TRINITY WEIRS: The Trinity River Willow Creek Weir is supposed to be starting installation Monday Sep.8. The rive is in summer flow now so we will see what happens. I plan to check both the Willow Creek installation on Monday. I also plan to see of the Hoopa Weir is going to be installed. With the ceremonies over and the water...
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