Trinity River Fishing

The good news is that the Upper Trinity is cooling down, the water is at summer flows and what Springer’s that are left in the upper river are starting to bite. With the cooler water the salmon that are still hanging out in the upper parts of the river are started to take drifted bait. Down at the mouth of...
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The results are in and the Chinook Spring Run counts are down! The counts on the Salmon River were down to 389, one of the lowest counts in the past 20 years. On the Trinity side the counts are not much better. With the Fall Run Chinook return estimated to be low this year, we are looking at a very...
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The Lake is 99ft (an increase of 2ft.) below the overflow and 47% of capacity (1% decrease) Inflow to Trinity Lake is 288cfs and the Trinity Dam is releasing 1,423cfs to Lewiston Lake with 874cfs going to Whiskeytown Lake and on to the Keswick Power Plant with 10,189cfs being released to the Sacramento River.

Mid-Klamath: Iron Gate Dam releases are 936cfs. Seiad Valley is 2.1ft at 1,110cfs. Happy Camp is estimated at 1,163cfs. Somes Bar is estimated at 1,591cfs. Orleans is 3.1ft. at 1,790cfs. Klamath River at Terwer Creek is 8.3ft at 2,780cfs and water temperatures of 75.1 degrees. Flows at Smith River, Dr. Fine Bridge are 4.9ft at 312cfs. Temperatures in the Valley...
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Trinity River Flows and Conditions: Lewiston Dam releases are 551cfs, water temps are 55 and air is 79 degrees at 12:00p.m. today. Limekiln Gulch is 5ft at 526cfs, water temps are 55 and air is 87. Douglas City is 6.4ft at 567cfs, water temps of 57 and air is 95.Junction City is 1.8t at 567cfs. Helena is 9ft at 606cfs...
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Fishing on the Trinity River this past couple of weeks has really been hard because of the high temperatures. The rivers are heating up fast and the salmon are getting up into their spawning areas with no cold water to be had. I have seen salmon swimming through Willow Creek and going up river, but with the heat the salmon...
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