Trinity River Fishing

If one can believe the weather forecasts, the Trinity River Valley can expect more rain in the next two weeks. As I perused the weather forecasts for the Trinity River area, it says that rain and scattered showers are expected starting this coming Sunday through the following week. If this is to happen all but the upper most part of...
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 As the storms keep piling up, the Reservoirs start to recover from the drought and the rivers and streams flow into the main stems of the rivers. With flows returning to winter dimensions, more fish are able to reach their spawing grounds in the upper reaches of the streams. We are close to coming back to a normal type of...
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This storm, (4.6in), plus what has already dropped from the skies, another 10 inches, has brought in lots of water to the reservoirs and provided the rivers of the north coast the much needed water to raise the rivers and allowed a great influx of fish. The Willow Creek weir was removed to prevent it from washing away so there...
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This last storm brought in a little less rain than the last storm, but it brought a lot more fresh fish into the rivers. The Smith and Chetco Rivers saw a huge influx of fresh salmon while the Klamath only saw the last of any fresh salmon, but it has started the winter run of steelhead. One fisherman’s distaste and...
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Quotas for the Lower and Upper Trinity of adult Chinook salmon will be met by October 21st according to Sara Borok, environmental scientist for the Klamath / Trinity River Basin at CDFW. The Upper and Lower Trinity River shall reach the adult Chinook salmon quotas of 183 adults each side. Without a real time creel count on the river, the calculated...
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Quotas for the Lower and Upper Klamath River for Chinook salmon has been met according to CDFW. The Lower Klamath from Weitchpec down to the mouth met their adult Chinook salmon quota of 555 adult Chinook salmon several weeks ago and are only allowed to keep Chinook salmon under 22 inches. The upper Klamath from Weitchpec Bridge (Hiwy 96) to...
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