Trinity River Fishing


Fal lis Here and Where Are The Fish?
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, OCTOBER 8, 2023

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

September was the beginning of Autumn. (Fall to us) We had a little rain and the last rush of Spring Chinook and Summer Steelhead. It made for some good fishing and things kind of went south as for fishing. Fishing has been fair in the lower sections of the Trinity River but fair to good in the upper sections. It kind of...
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The Last of The Springer's Are Making A Run For It
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, OCTOBER 2, 2023

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

Another burst of rain should bring in the last push of Spring Run Chinook Salmon for the Trinity River. Hopefully it will also bring in more Steelhead. The last rain brought in a nice run of Steelhead and a lot of adult Steelhead were caught and released. Right now, it looks like the Lower section of the river is only...
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Fall is Upon us Fish Moving Up River
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

Well it looks like Fall is officially here. I have been getting scratchy information from some fishermen hooking into some early Fall Run fish and the Willow Creek Weir has been counting some Fall Hatchery Coho from the fishermen I contacted they are hooking into some chrome fish both in the upper reaches of the river and in the lower...
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As The Cooler Weather Moved in The Fish Are Moving Up River
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

It looks like the weather is taking a turn towards a cool down. Normally as the weather cools down the water starts to cooling down and the fish start moving up river. This year the water is cooling some but is still up in there in the 60 degrees which means the fish will be still looking for cold water...
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With Warmer Weather Fish Are Here
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

We are experiencing some warmer weather this week but we are also seeing more salmon and steelhead in the river. Charlie B of Redding wrote me that he had fished after the Holiday Weekend and hooked three nice fresh salmon below the North Fork and then went down river and landed a nice steelhead. (Sorry no size) This is good...
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Heavy Showers, Lightning Thunder
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, AUGUST 28, 2023

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

 Last week we had a huge down pour in the valley. It lasted about one hour but dropped over an inch of rain. You couldn’t leave cover or you would be soaking wet. The rain was good for the fires but the lightening was the cause of a couple of small spot fire that locals were able to extinguish, thank...
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