River Closures

The Tribal Ceremonies are now being done on the Mid-Klamath which will cause some river access closures. Please respect these areas for the short time access will be restricted; Aug. 11^th to Aug. 20^th near Orleans to Camp Creek; Aug. 26^th to Sept. 4^th near Somes Bar.
   Hoopa Weir; I hope to attend the next meeting in Hoopa to the meeting about how the weir will be operate through the trapping season. Right now, it is not clear as to what fish are going to be harvested except for Chinook salmon. There was some talk about harvesting all Trinity Hatchery marked steelhead and all TRH marked Coho salmon. I would hope this is not true because the hatchery would not be able to reach their egg quota for this brood year. Not being able to reach the egg quota would make it very hard to reach the required releases from the hatchery.
   There is only 13 more days for the Fall salmon run to open, Sept 1^st. August 31^st also closes the Trinity from Cedar Flat Bridge down to the Bridge at Hawkins Bar. This is known as the Falls area of the Trinity River and includes the Burnt Ranch and Grays Falls areas of the river. This closure is from Sept. 1^st through December 31^st and allows for NO fishing for any species. The Grays Falls is a very favorite area to fish for spring salmon.
   The River Restoration project above Junction City is still on going and providing water turbidity as well as river passage for drift boats. If you plan to fish this area, I would recommend that you use the Junction City Camp Ground launch area for the time being.

Junction City Weir counts: Julian week 32 the week endingAug. 12; Chinook salmon, 19-jack, 108-adult, total 127, season total 294; Coho 0; steelhead, ½-lbs 0, adults 7, season total 69; Brown Trout 5, season total 18.

Fishing: Fishing the Upper Trinity any where above the Round house should be very good for Spring Run salmon still as the weir count is very high. With last weeks count of 108 Chinook salmon I would say there is plenty of salmon in the upper reaches of the Trinity. Fishing will be in the early mornings as the temperatures have been getting very high in the afternoon. We are getting a little relief in the valley right now with air temps in the high 80s but that is not going to last very long as it is forecasted to reach 106 by next Tuesday. (Your fish will already be cooked)
Summer releases have arrived and Lewiston is now releasing 437cfs into the river today. I hope the releases for the Hoopa Boat Dance will improve the water quality because air temps of 100 to 106 is defiantly going to heat up the river and will surely slow or possibly stop the salmon from making that left hand turn into the Trinity.

Mid-Klamath: Due to computer glitch I was unable to get the readings for the lakes and rivers so I don’t have the Weitchpec water flows. It must have been hot up at E Ne Nuck because John didn’t send out a report abut fishing the Mid-Klamath. We are in the “Dog Days of Summer” and that usually means fishing the Lower Trinity and Mid-Klamath is slow.

Today Sunday Aug. 18^th at 12:00, I have no report for; Lake Conditions, Trinity Lake, Trinity River flows and conditions nor the Mid-Klamath. Sorry about that and I hope I can do better next week.

Temperatures in the Valley last week were 100 hi with a low of 53. Rain for the week was 0.00in and total rain for the water year to date of 67.93 inches, with snow of 4.5in. in the valley to date. Forecasts for coming week are for temperatures in the valley to reach 106 by next Tuesday and lots of sunshine for the next week. It looks like we are going to have the “Hot Days of Summer” in August instead of July. I suggest that you crank up the icemaker and set up the shade screen.

River is still dirty!

The River Restoration project above Junction City is still providing lots of turbidity for that area of the river and makes for bad fishing. Will it do to or for any in-river spawning? Years ago, before the Dam the mining turned the river into a “river of mud” but the salmon had plenty of clean up-stream area to spawn in. If the river restoration is supposed to provide more spawning area for the Chinook salmon where are the reports of increased production of the salmon? I have not seen any nor is there any listed report of an increase of Chinook salmon for the upper Trinity River. The Trinity Hatchery produces 3 million Chinook, 280,000 steelhead (reduced from 500,000) and 300,000 (reduced from 500,000) Coho salmon but no reports from the TRRP of in-river spawning production. There is a report of in-river salmon Redds but no follow up of how they do. So, what does the TRRP do other than spend $15 million per year on “river restoration” that does not improve the fishing opportunities.

I will have more on the Hoopa weir next week as I am waiting for a response from the Hoopa Tribe as to how they plan to manage the weir.

Junction City Weir counts: Julian week 31 the week endingAug. 5; Chinook salmon, 5-jack, 48-adult, total 53, season total 124; Coho 0; steelhead ½-lbs 0, adults 16, season total 16; Brown Trout 3, season total 13.

Fishing: Fishing above the Round house is still very good. Both Todd LeBoeuf, Tiger T guide service, has reported great fishing above the Round House. Last week Todd took out Dana and Chris Dase of Oregon and was able to get them limits of salmon with the largest being 18lbs. They were also able to hook up and release a couple of nice adult summer run steelhead to finish off their trip.
Summer releases have arrived and Lewiston is now releasing 444cfs into the river. The extra water releases for the Hoopa Boat Dance should be released sometime around Sept. 3^rdfor the ceremonies. (This is the odd year, even years is Yurok’s)
Just 20 more days before the Fall Chinook salmon season opens! Labor Day weekend starts Aug. 31^st but Sept. 1^st is Sunday of that weekend. You salmon fishermen had better get in your reservations now if you want to hopefully get a guide and a place to stay.

Mid-Klamath: The Klamath at Weitchpec is flowing about 2,622cfs and the river is a nice green now. John Harlan from E Ne Nuck, reported that the moss has dissipated and the river is green again. The problem being that the salmon have not shown up yet at Bluff Creek. Usually they start to show up around the first week of August. He did state that he saw plenty of nice steelhead at the mouth of Hopkin’s Creek. That would be natural because Hopkin’s Creek is nothing but cold water coming down off of the mountain. The fish love to take a break there and cool off some before the head on up the Klamath or turn around and go up the Trinity.

Lake Conditions: Whiskeytown is 98% of capacity (an increase of 0%) with inflows 1,574cfs and releasing 1,628cfs on to Keswick and the Sacramento River. Shasta is 8% of capacity (a decrease of % minus 4ft) with inflows of 2,829cfs and releasing 9,799cfs into Keswick. Keswick is 93% (a decrease of 0%) with inflows of 11,668cfs and releasing 11,107cfs into the Sacramento river. Oroville Lake is 84% of capacity (a decrease of 3% minus 7ft) with inflows of 3,062cfs with releases of 11,288cfs into the Feather River. Folsom Lake is 8% of capacity (a decrease of 2% minus 2ft) with inflows of 1,917cfs with releases of 1,917cfs into the American river.

Trinity Lake: the lake is 17ft below the overflow (an increase of 2ft) and 89% of capacity (a decrease of 1%) and inflows are 5cfs and releases are 1,674cfs into Lewiston Lake with 1,372cfs being diverted to Whiskeytown Lake and on to Keswick Power Plant, which is releasing 10,903cfs into the Sacramento River.

Trinity River flows and conditions: Lewiston Dam releases are 444cfs and water temperatures of 54.8 degrees and air at N/A as of 12:00pm today Saturday August 10, 2019. Limekiln Gulch is 4.89ft at 366cfs. Douglas City is 6.54ft and flows of 464cfs. with air temps of 69 water temperatures of N/A degrees. Junction City is N/Aft at N/A cfs due to turbidity. Helena is 8.75ft at 445cfs with water temps of 59.7 degrees and water turbidity of 1.40 (Hi was 4.30 @ 10am). Cedar Flat (Burnt Ranch) is 2.97ft at 623cfs. South Fork of the Trinity near Hyampom is 2.40ft at 145cfs. Willow Creek is estimated at 768cfs and air is 67 degrees and water at 66 degrees. Hoopa is 11.71ft at 929cfs and water is 69 degrees. Water flows at the mouth of the Trinity River at the Klamath are estimated to be 2,622cfs.

Klamath: Iron Gate is releasing 1,093cfs. Seiad Valley is 2.29ft at 1,319cfs. Happy Camp is estimated at 1,408cfs, the Salmon River is 2.25ft at 357cfs, Somes Bar is estimated to be 1,336cfs. Orleans is 2.84ft at 1,693cfs, the Klamath River at Terwer Creek is 8.64ft at 2,938cfs and water temps of 71.7 degrees. Flows for the Smith River at Jedia Smith is 5.07ft and flows of 368cfs. and flows at Dr. Fine Bridge are 11.42ft at N/A cfs.

Temperatures in the Valley last week were 100 hi with a low of 53. Rain for the week was 0.23in with thunder and lightning storms and total rain for the water year to date of 67.93 inches, with snow of 4.5in. in the valley to date. Forecasts for next week are for temperatures in the mid to hi 90s and sunshine for the coming weekend. We had rain and thunder and lightning storms come through last week which cooled things down a bit.

Dirty River

TRRP: The Trinity River Restoration Program is working on restoration project. I have been receiving reports of the river being dirty from just below the Round House down to below Junction City area of the river. From what I could find out was that the TRRP is working in that area. The problem is the work is causing large amounts of turbidity in the river. This used to be prohibited and all of the material were pre-washed before it could be used in or along the river. Who is the watch dog now? It appears that the Trinity Management Council and the TRRP can just do whatever they choose to do to the river without some repercussion. I would hope that our representatives, both State and Federal, would look into this and maybe call for an audit of the restoration program to see what our $15million per year is doing because I surly do not see any large production of steelhead, Coho salmon and Chinook salmon going out and returning to the Trinity River. This was the original intent of the program. The river restoration program has gotten totally out of control ever since the TAMWG (public input) portion of the restoration program was not funded and thereby disbanded in 2017. (TAMWG was where the public could make comment and ask for changes to any proposed river restoration) The turbidity in the river can cover up spawning beds and smother the eggs.

Hoopa weir: Is to be installed the week of August 5^th depending upon water flows in the river. It is supposed to take about a week to be installed at the up-river area of Tish Tang beach. Hoopa Tribal Fisheries will be in charge of the weir and fishing the area. The Tribal Fisheries stated that they plan to harvest 3,000 fall chinook salmon and some of the tail end of the spring run. They plan to harvest all Broun Trout as they are and invasive species that kill juvenile salmon; all adipose fin clipped hatchery steelhead; all hatchery clipped Coho salmon. Operations are to be completed when the 3,000 fall Chinook salmon goal is reached. 32,000 fall Chinook salmon are available to be harvested by the Hoopa and Yurok Tribal members with 6,400 available to the Hoopa’s. The problem I see is, “what will the Trinity River Hatchery do for hatchery Coho salmon spawning is all of the hatchery marked Coho are taken at the Hoopa weir?” From what I have been able to find out is that the program for this weir has not been approved by NOAA or NMFS nor has BIA ok’ed the use of this weir!

Fishing: Fishing above the Round House has been very good. Both Todd LeBoeuf, Tiger T guide service and Liam Gogan, Trinity River Outfitters, have reported great fishing with limits of salmon and summer steelhead being put into the boat. Last Wednesday Todd took out Robert Thompkins and Dave Ivis in the upper river and was able to get them both a nice bright salmon and hookup a steelhead or two. Ivis salmon was 12lbs. The problem is trying to get customers to come over to the Trinity to fish for one salmon when a person can fish the ocean or the Sacramento and catch two salmon. Liam told me he was having the same problem even though he is able to limit his customers out. Well the good news is that Sept, 1^st is just 25 days away for the Fall Run salmon fishing to kick-in and then you can have 1 adult and 1 jack plus 2 steelhead.

Summer river releases are just a few days away just as the Labor Day weekend hits us the Boat Dance water releases for the Trinity will happen. I am not sure how much water is going to be released but in the past it has a significant amount and really got the salmon coming up the river.

Mid-Klamath: The Klamath at Weitchpec is flowing about 2,918cfs and the river is a nice green but will probably start to change as the river drops a little more for the summer flows. We should see more salmon as the river drops and the fall run starts showing up. Aug. 15^th the Fall salmon fishing opens for the Lower Klamath. (Below the Weitchpec Bridge) Right now there are very few fishermen out on the Mid- Klamath, mostly locals. River temperatures are starting to climb a little bit right now but hopefully the water releases for the Boat Dance will help cool it down some.

Junction City Weir counts: Week endingJuly 29; Chinook salmon, 1jack, 1adlt, total 49, season total 71; Coho 0; steelhead 33, season total 46; Brown Trout 5, season total 10.

Lake Conditions: Whiskeytown is 98% of capacity (an increase of 1%) with inflows 1,604cfs and releasing 1,641cfs on to Keswick and the Sacramento River. Shasta is 88% of capacity (a decrease of 1% minus 2ft) with inflows of 3,3555cfs and releasing 9,494cfs into Keswick. Keswick is 93% (a decrease of 1%) with inflows of 11,457cfs and releasing 10,903cfs into the Sacramento river. Oroville Lake is 87% of capacity (a decrease of 3% minus 7ft) with inflows of 2,881cfs with releases of 10,597cfs into the Feather River. Folsom Lake is 85% of capacity (a decrease of 2% minus 2ft) with inflows of 2,784cfs with releases of 3,938cfs into the American river.

Trinity Lake: the lake is 15ft below the overflow (an increase of 1ft) and 90% of capacity (a decrease of 1%) and inflows are 151cfs and releases are 1870cfs into Lewiston Lake with 1,372cfs being diverted to Whiskeytown Lake and on to Keswick Power Plant, which is releasing 10,903cfs into the Sacramento River.

Trinity River flows and conditions: Lewiston Dam releases are 498cfs and water temperatures of 54.8 degrees and air at N/A as of 12:30pm today Saturday August 3, 2019. Limekiln Gulch is 5.17ft at 545cfs. Douglas City is 6.71ft and flows of 567cfs. with air temps of 89 water temperatures of N/A degrees and turbidity of 3.60. Junction City is N/Aft at N/Acfs. Helena is 9.06ft at 541cfs with water temps of 62.9 degrees and water turbidity of 3.60. Cedar Flat (Burnt Ranch) is 3.27ft at 742cfs. South Fork of the Trinity near Hyampom is 2.44ft at 154cfs. Willow Creek is estimated at 896cfs and air is 89 degrees and water at 64 degrees. Hoopa is 12.07ft at 1,108cfs and water is 66 degrees. Water flows at the mouth of the Trinity River at the Klamath are estimated to be 2,918cfs.

Klamath: Iron Gate is releasing 949cfs. Seiad Valley is 2.00ft at 1,125cfs. Happy Camp is estimated at 1,176cfs, the Salmon River is 2.15ft at 349cfs, Somes Bar is estimated to be 1,4611cfs. Orleans is 2.93ft at 1,810cfs, the Klamath River at Terwer Creek is N/Aft at N/Acfs and water temps of N/A degrees. (gauge is out) Flows for the Smith River at Jedia Smith is 4.96ft and flows of 321cfs. and flows at Dr. Fine Bridge are 11.84t at N/A cfs.

Temperatures in the Valley last week were 98 hi with a low of 54. Rain for the week was 0.00in with total rain for the water year to date of 67.7 inches, with snow of 4.5in. in the valley to date. Forecasts for next week are for temperatures in the mid to hi 90s and lots of sunshine after the weekend. I know I would like some cooler weather and cooler water so the summer steelhead and the beginning of the Fall run would make a run for their holding waters.

The Trinity River Summer Flows are here!

Sorry not to make a report last week but I was down south in Fresno to meet with some old cronies I used to work with.
The Trinity River summer flows are almost here. The summer flows are supposed to be reached by August 6^th. This should be a sign at the mouth of the Klamath that the Fall Run of Chinook salmon need to start their migration up the river for spawning. The Lower Klamath opens up for Fall Run Chinook salmon August 15^th, also the limits go to 2 salmon per day with one adult; 6 salmon with 3 adults in possession. The bad news is that the Klamath is full of moss right now and it is hard to fish near the bottom of the river without getting fouled up on moss. With the present heat and the abundance of moss I would expect to see a start of an algae bloom very soon. I also hope to have the list of river closures for Tribal Ceremonies ASAP. Right now, it is hard to get people to come to fish the rivers when the ocean fishing limits are 2 salmon over 22 inches per day and the Sacramento River is 2 salmon per day while the rivers are only 1 “fish” per day.

Fishing: Fishing the Upper Trinity has been great for the last week or so but the moss has been troublesome for pulling plugs. Because of the heat it has been an early morning fish. Most guides are starting by first daylight and off the water by 1:00 O’clock in the afternoon. I have received word from several guided that the upper river is chock full of bright chrome fish and that it is fairly easy to get your one salmon and then fish for summer run steelhead. Most guides are using roe and back trolling plugs. Plugs the first thing in the morning and then switching over to roe later in the mornings. Fishing from the bank I would think spinners or spoons would be your best bet for early mornings then switching over to roe, tuna balls or 50/50 tuna/roe. For the fly guys midges are working and the hatching starts as soon as the sun hits the water.

Todd LeBoeuf of “Tiger TS guide service” has been fishing the Trinity from Lewiston down to Junction City for the last week and has been very successful of getting his customers limits. One of his customers Bo, came all the way from Sweden to fish the trinity with him. Another of his customers Autumn caught her first salmon while fishing with her grandpa. Most of the salmon were around 10lbs with one large one about 20lbs and for the week Todd’s customers were able to land 10 salmon. No bad for a week’s work.

With the moss so abundant and the heat with the sun I can see algae blooms looming in the near future. This is bad news because blue-green algae is what has been killing the Eel River. I see this as a great possibility for the Trinity if we don’t get the moss under control soon. The Eel has almost lost the salmon runs because of the algae and that could very well happen to the Trinity if something isn’t done.

The restoration work between the Round House and Junction City is making the river very dirty by 10 O’clock so you want to try and avoid that area around 11:00am to sometime in the late afternoon. As for the Trinity Restoration Program, I believe congress should audit the over all program to see if the 15 million dollars per year are being spent is for a just cause (production of endangered fish) or just to fill someone’s pocket with cash??

Mid-Klamath: The Klamath at Weitchpec is flowing about 3,488cfs and the river has turned a brown green. As the river drops a little more, we should see the beginning of the fall run Chinook arriving. There are still not very many fishermen out on the Mid-Klamath right now. Sometime around the 1^st or 2^nd week of August we should start to see some larger salmon fish come into the area looking for some cooler water and getting ready to move up the river. River temperatures are starting to climb some now (71.5 degrees @ Terwer) and that could hamper fishing if we don’t get a cooling spell soon.

Lake Conditions: Whiskeytown is 98% of capacity (a decrease of 0%) with inflows 1,703cfs and releasing 1,667cfs on to Keswick and the Sacramento River. Shasta is 89% of capacity (a decrease of 4% minus 5ft) with inflows of 4,689cfs and releasing 8,842cfs into Keswick. Keswick is 94% (an increase of 0%) with inflows of 10,795cfs and releasing 10,889cfs into the Sacramento river. Oroville Lake is 90% of capacity (a decrease of 4% minus 11ft) with inflows of 3,208cfs with releases of 10,925cfs into the Feather River. Folsom Lake is 87% of capacity (a decrease of 23% minus 3ft) with inflows of 4,265cfs with releases of 5,469cfs into the American river.

Trinity Lake: the lake is 14ft below the overflow (an increase of 3ft) and 91% of capacity (a decrease of 2 %) and inflows are 654284cfs and releases are 2,022cfs into Lewiston Lake with 1,303cfs being diverted to Whiskeytown Lake and on to Keswick Power Plant, which is releasing 10,889cfs into the Sacramento River.

Trinity River flows and conditions: Lewiston Dam releases are 719cfs and water temperatures of 51.4 degrees and air at N/A as of 11:00am today Sunday July 28, 2019. Limekiln Gulch is 5.43ft at 741cfs. Douglas City is 6.99ft and flows of 756cfs. with air temps of 83 and water at 52.8 degrees. Junction City is 2.56ft at 787cfs. Helena is 9.62ft at 744cfs with water temps of 60.3 degrees. Cedar Flat (Burnt Ranch) is 3.74ft at 940cfs. South Fork of the Trinity near Hyampom is 2.50ft at 166cfs. Willow Creek is estimated at 1,106cfs and air is 87 degrees and water at 61 degrees. Hoopa is 12.43ft at 1,366cfs and water is 65 degrees. Water flows at the mouth of the Trinity River at the Klamath are estimated to be 3,488cfs.

Klamath: Iron Gate is releasing 896cfs. Seiad Valley is 2.16ft at 1,230cfs. Happy Camp is estimated at 1,316cfs, the Salmon River is 2.24ft at 390cfs, Somes Bar is estimated to be 1,732cfs. Orleans is 3.14ft at 2,122cfs, the Klamath River at Terwer Creek is 9.04ft at 3,748cfs and water temps of 71.5 degrees. Flows for the Smith River at Jedia Smith is 5.00ft and flows of 338cfs. and flows at Dr. Fine Bridge are 11.88ft at N/A cfs.

Temperatures in the Valley last week were 104 hi with a low of 52. Rain for the week was 0.00in with total rain for the water year to date of 67.7 inches, with snow of 4.5in. in the valley to date. Forecasts for next week are for temperatures at 90 to hi 80s with lots of sunshine for the next eek or so. I would like some cooler weather and cooler water so the Fall Run Chinook would start to make their run for their holding waters up river.

River is dropping and Fishing is better.

As the Trinity drops the salmon are starting to move into the river. The upper river is seeing more bright fish and Greys Falls is seeing more salmon holding. I have heard that the Falls is starting to get loaded with fishermen and sometimes one has to wait for a spot to fish. Water flows are getting to a state for very good fishing on both the Klamath and Trinity.

There was no fishing report last week because I was up in Oregon checking on the Umpqua, McKenzie and Willamette Rivers on a short vacation to the Oregon Gardens. I am sorry for those of you that read my report each week and there was none. I wish you Good Fish’en and thank you for following my column.

Fishing: Fishing has started to really pick up now that the water flows are getting back towards summer flows. We are going to see the releases reach 450cfs Aug. 6^th. All the reports I have been getting people are coming back into camp with their one salmon. Seeing the upper Trinity this past week the water was beautiful, clear and very fishable. The days have been hot but are cooling down some this weekend but the following week it is supposed the turn hot again. With the sun coming out so bright the fish will start to go deep by mid-mornings and one will have to change tactics. It will be early mornings and late afternoons into the evenings as the salmon move up river seeking cooler water.

Mid-Klamath: The Klamath at Weitchpec is flowing about 1,616cfs and the river is a nice green. As the river drops a little more, we will see the river start to turn a little brown but right now the river is in great shape for fishing. There are very few fishermen out on the Klamath now, mostly locals. Sometime around the 1^st or 2^nd week of August we should start to see more larger fish move into the river. River temperatures are starting to climb a little bit right now but not so much that it is hampering good fishing.

Lake Conditions: Whiskeytown is 97% of capacity (a decrease of 1%) with inflows 2,523cfs and releasing 2,447cfs on to Keswick and the Sacramento River. Shasta is 93% of capacity (a decrease of 3% minus 5ft) with inflows of 4,535cfs and releasing 9,361cfs into Keswick. Keswick is 94% (an increase of 0%) with inflows of 11,110cfs and releasing 10,923cfs into the Sacramento river. Oroville Lake is 94% of capacity (a decrease of 4% minus 7ft) with inflows of 2,991cfs with releases of 8,021cfs into the Feather River. Folsom Lake is 90% of capacity (a decrease of 2% plus 2ft) with inflows of 4,265cfs with releases of 5,469cfs into the American river.

Trinity Lake: the lake is 11ft below the overflow (an increase of 3ft) and 95% of capacity (a decrease of 2 %) and inflows are 654cfs and releases are 2,205cfs into Lewiston Lake with 1,264cfs being diverted to Whiskeytown Lake and on to Keswick Power Plant, which is releasing 10,923cfs into the Sacramento River.

Trinity River flows and conditions: Lewiston Dam releases are 941cfs and water temperatures of 50.3 degrees and air at N/A as of 11:00am today Saturday July 14, 2019. Limekiln Gulch is 5.67ft at 1,030cfs and water temps of N/A. Douglas City is 7.38ft and flows of 1,061cfs. with air temps of 83 and water at 51.9 degrees. Junction City is 3.12ft at 1,150cfs. Helena is 10,48ft at 1,129cfs with water temps of 58.6 degrees. Cedar Flat (Burnt Ranch) is 4.69ft at 1,405cfs. South Fork of the Trinity near Hyampom is 2.72ft at 211cfs. Willow Creek is estimated at 1,616cfs and air is 85 degrees and water at 61 degrees. Hoopa is 13.20ft at 2,007cfs and water is 63.9 degrees. Water flows at the mouth of the Trinity River at the Klamath are estimated to be 4,505cfs.

Klamath: Iron Gate is releasing 896cfs. Seiad Valley is 2.24ft at 1,284cfs. Happy Camp is estimated at 1,390cfs, the Salmon River is 2.56ft at 557cfs, Somes Bar is estimated to be 1,941cfs. Orleans is 3.39ft at 2,498cfs, the Klamath River at Terwer Creek is 9.68ft at 5,182cfs and water temps of 69.6 degrees. Flows for the Smith River at Jedia Smith is 5.22ft and flows of 479cfs. and flows at Dr. Fine Bridge are 12.06ft at N/A cfs.

Temperatures in the Valley last week were 95 hi with a low of 55. Rain for the week was 0.00in with total rain for the water year to date of 67.7 inches, with snow of 4.5in. in the valley to date. Forecasts for next week are for temperatures in the low to mid 90s and lots of sunshine after the weekend. I know I would like some cooler weather and cooler water so the summer steelhead would make a run for their holding waters.

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Dirty River

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