Author: Willow Creek Chamber of Commerce

From Willow Creek, CA. By E. B. Duggan “D” Fishing, 707-599-2357 at yen2fish@yahoo.com THE LAST OF THE SPRINGER’S ARE MAKING A RUN FOR IT 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…

From Willow Creek, CA. By E. B. Duggan “D” Fishing, 707-599-2357 at yen2fish@yahoo.com FALL IS UPON US FISH MOVING UP RIVER 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…

From Willow Creek, CA. By E. B. Duggan “D” Fishing, 707-599-2357 at yen2fish@yahoo.com AS THE COOLER WEATHER MOVES IN THE FISH ARE MOVING UP RIVER  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…

From Willow Creek, CA. By E. B. Duggan “D” Fishing, 707-599-2357 at yen2fish@yahoo.com WITH WARMER WEATHER FISH ARE HERE  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…

  From Willow Creek, CA. By E. B. Duggan “D” Fishing, 707-599-2357 at yen2fish@yahoo.com HEAVY SHOWERS, LIGHTNING THUNDER  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…

   From Willow Creek, CA. By E. B. Duggan “D” Fishing, 707-599-2357 at yen2fish@yahoo.com HATCHERY FISH GOOD OR BAD We had some very hot weather last week with a few thunder showers at the beginning of the week that started some fires. On Saturday we had measurable rain that came all at once then left with a…

From Willow Creek, CA. By E. B. Duggan “D” Fishing, 707-599-2357 at yen2fish@yahoo.com SOME RESULTS THOUGHTS ABOUT COLUMNARIS I am sorry about not having some results abut the fish disease on the Upper Trinity. PG&E outages messed up my internet and I was unable to do anything on the computer. It is strange as to how…

From Willow Creek, CA. By E. B. Duggan “D” Fishing, 707-599-2357 at yen2fish@yahoo.com COLUMNARIS AND WARM WATER  I know I said I would have more information about the “Gil Rot” (Columnaris) this week but I was only able gather a little bit from a fishing friend (John Haran), not a scientist but and avid fisherman that…

  From Willow Creek, CA. By E. B. Duggan “D” Fishing, 707-599-2357 at yen2fish@yahoo.com HEATED WATER FLOWS AND FISH DISEASE There havebeen reports ofSpring Salmon with gill rot (Columnaris) reported in the Upper Trinity. This is true and is under investigation by USFW, NOAA and CDFW fish biologist. I have been told that a full report will…

From Willow Creek, CA. By E. B. Duggan “D” Fishing, 707-599-2357 at yen2fish@yahoo.com SUMMER FLOWS & HEAT WAVES    I all had a safe Fourth of July and enjoyed the Holiday, as I did with family.    We are approaching the “Dog Days of Summer” with the usual July “Heat Wave”. The temperatures in the Valley along the Trinity…

TRINITY RIVER FISHING REPORT – June 25, 2023   From Willow Creek, CA. By E. B. Duggan “D” Fishing, 707-599-2357 at yen2fish@yahoo.com As the summer starts to heat up the snow melt has started to slow down and the reservoirs are starting to reach their peak, Trinity Lake is still only 58% of capacity. This is still an…

TRINITY RIVER FISHING REPORT – June 19, 2023   From Willow Creek, CA. By E. B. Duggan “D” Fishing, 707-599-2357 at yen2fish@yahoo.com A belated “Happy Father’s Day.” I hope all you fathers had a great Father’s Day.    Trinity Lake is finally getting more water! I looks like the lake has come up 29 feet since early June. That really…

Sorry to have been gone so long. I had surgery and was unable to use the computer. I appreciate that all of my readers missed the fishing report so I will try to catch up now.    First off, I am sure that all of you have been reading about the water releases and the down flow…