Trinity River Fishing

Salmon Quotas & Limits: Finally I have news of the NEW Klamath River Basin Quotas and Limits. I will try to attempt to put this in plain English. The Klamath River Basin In-River Sportfishing total Fall Chinook salmon Quota is 7,637. A substantial increase over last year. Klamath River Spring Chinook salmon season opens July 1; limits, 2 salmon only 1 adult. Upper...
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For the next week or so it looks like we will be getting some light rains or scattered showers. It doesn’t look like enough rain to make the rivers rise much. In fact, the Klamath Trinity River Basin is on the down side. Yes, the Klamath Trinity rivers are dropping, The Trinity not as much as the Klamath. The good...
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Finally the Feds have allowed the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to euthanize the sea lions, (Protected by the Federal Marine Mammal Act) on the Columba and Willamette Rivers to stop the slaughter of the salmon and steelhead runs. The Willamette Wild Steelhead Runes have improved after Sea Lions were allowed to be euthanized at the fish ladder of...
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A dangerous condition has occurred on the Trinity River just below Hawkins Bar. Around the bend from the Hawkins Bar access the river cable that marks the river for aircraft, with the phone cable, has come down and is in the river just below the surface. It is identifiable by the two large orange balls up against the bank on...
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The PFMC (Pacific Fisheries Management Council), posted their preliminary estimate for fall run Chinook salmon for the west coast from their March 6th -12th meeting and posted three options for the Klamath River salmon quotas. The PFMC estimates that there is an estimate of 5,230 to 7,900 Klamath River Basin salmon that will return to the Klamath River and its...
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