Trinity River Fishing

Tribal Ceremonies, Hot Weather and Regulations
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, AUGUST 18, 2016
Klamath River - Lower

Iron Gate releases are 879cfs. August 15th the Lower Klamath River salmon season opens to the take of two Chinook salmon per day with 1 adult and 1 jack per day, with no more than 6 salmon in possession. The Mid-Klamath was seeing some good fish movement, but with the expected HOT weather coming, I don’t foresee a lot of...
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Trinity River Pulse
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, AUGUST 15, 2016
Trinity River

The Klamath River at Terwer Creek reached the heat temperatures and low water flow requirements for emergency water releases from Trinity Lake, to lower the water temperatures and increase water flows in the Lower Klamath River in order to prevent salmon from dying. On August 22, the Bureau of Reclamation is going to start water releases from Trinity Lake. The...
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Springers biting, Klamath fall run starting
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, AUGUST 8, 2016
Trinity River

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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Chinook Spring Run Disappointing
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, AUGUST 1, 2016
Trinity River

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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Trinity Lake Update
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, AUGUST 1, 2016
Trinity Lake

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 Update
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, AUGUST 1, 2016
Klamath River - Upper - CA

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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