Trinity River Fishing

Well this is the time for the Orleans Rod & Gun Club "Kids Fish Lake Fishing Derby", June 9th. We might have a little bit of foul weather up there so come prepared. I sure hope not as there has been a ton of school kids asking me about when is the "Fishing Derby"? I sure hope they all...
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The Klamath River releases at Iron Gate are 1,540cfs. Seiad Valley flows are 2,350cfs @ 3.5t. Happy Camp flows are est. at about 2.500cfs. Somes Bar flows are 3,825cfs; Orleans flows are 4,220cfs @ 5.6ft. Water flows at Weitchpec are about 6,830cfs with water temps of 65.8 degrees & air temps at 65 degrees. Klamath at 101 Bridge is 8,300cfs...
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Trinity Lake is32 ft. below the over flow and 80 % of capacity. Average inflow to the lake for the week is 1,106cfs. 940cfs is being released to the Sacramento River through the Clear Creek tunnel. Water releases into the Trinity River @ Lewiston flows are 1,170cfs & water temperatures are 49 degrees with air temps of 53 degrees at...
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Trinity Lake is 29 ft. below the over flow and 82 % of capacity. Average inflow to the lake for the week is 2,184cfs. 249cfs are being released to the Sacramento River through the Clear Creek tunnel. Water releases into the Trinity River @ Lewiston flows are 2,340cfs & water temperatures are 47.6 degrees with air temps of 58 degrees...
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A friend of mine, Lee Hover, that lives down river from me, about 5-miles, called me to let me know that we have so many Salmon in the river that "it is raining Salmon down at his house". I asked, "are you serious?" and he started to laugh! Lee was laughing so hard that it took a few minutes for...
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A day and a half trip aboard the new Intrepid and skipper Danny Nichols showed me and 23 other anglers aboard an awful lot of albacore. That good news was offset a bit by the lack of willing biters. We fished from dawn to dusk, and caught fish at all times of the day, but never very many at once....
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