Winter will officially be here in two more weeks! The days are getting shorter as winter approaches. That is nice as you won’t have to get up so early to…
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Sorry about last week for no report I was laid up with an injure and couldn’t work the computer. There is very little to no smoke from the fires now….
Sorry about last week for no report but I was up in Idaho checking things out for fishing. Lots of places to fish is all I can say. I was…
The fires are still providing plenty of smoke along the Klamath-Trinity Rivers. The Red Salmon Complex Fires are slowly coming under control but they are providing most of the smoke…
After the rain last week (0.01in) the Willow Creek area has cleared of the heavy smoke and fishing has picked up if you can find a place to get down…
Smoke in the valley has been pretty heavy for the past couple of days. The salmon are in the Trinity and fishing is fair to good. Orleans area is heavy…
The Red/Salmon Fire complex fires still continue to grow and now reached almost 24,000 acres. It depends upon the winds and temperatures as to how smoky it gets in the…
The Red/Salmon Fire complex fires continue to grow and are now almost 19,000 acres. A lot of the smoke blows west towards Redding but some it is in the Weaverville…
The Red/Salmon Fire complex fires continue to grow and are now almost 19,000 acres. A lot of the smoke blows west towards Redding but some it is in the Weaverville…
The Salmon-Red Fires in the Trinity Alps plus the fire in Hoopa are still providing smoke in the Trinity Valley, on the other hand we have heat (106-100) on different…
The Salmon Red Fires in the Trinity Alps has now started to smoke up the valley. Some days it is just a haze and others days it gets a bit…
The “Dog Days of Summer”have arrived! Last week we saw almost the whole week of triple digit weather. This week is almost the same, the only difference is we are…
SpringChinook salmon are in the Upper Trinity as well as in the Lower Klamath. Guides have been fishing the Klamath estuary since the first of the month but not a…
SpringChinook salmon fishing is going to be tough this year. Wednesday July 1st the In-River spring salmon fishing season will open on the Lower Klamath and the Upper Trinity. The Kamath…
The coronavirus pandemic appears to be slowing down for the U.S. and California. At least there is some consideration of lessoning the “shelter-in-place” restrictions in some areas. Let’s hope that…
Happy Easter! Today we are celebrating Easter at home! The COVID–19 virus has us all in a “shelter in place” situation that requires us to stay at home on our…
It seems as though I made a mistake about the Trinity River Hatchery releases last week and I would like to correct them. The 2019 TRH egg recovery for 2019…
With the Trinity River Hatchery returns and the egg collection there is a question of whether Fall Run Chinook salmon, Coho salmon and steelhead will be sustainable on the Trinity…
Because of the COVID 19 virusthe PFMC meeting in Vancouver Washington has been changed to a webinar type of meeting so it is going to be hard to get public…
Over the past 20 to 30 years, I have attended many of the Klamath Fisheries Management Council (KFMC now federally sunset) Pacific Fisheries Management Council (PFMC) National Fisheries Management Service (NFMS)…
As you know, I attended the salmon meeting in Sana Rosa last Thursday February 27th. It was very enlightening and the prognosis was not very good for the Klamath River Basin In-River…
This weekend was Super Bowl and I would expect that many of you were watching the game instead of fishing and that is ok but winter steelhead fishing is here…
2020 brings in a new year, a new fishing season and possibly some new regulations. The one thing we all need to do is turn in our steelhead report cards…
I hope this doesn’t upset you, my readers. I do appreciate your continued support and readership. The New Year brings with it, new changes. My Outdoor Buddy has merged with…
I hope all had a great Thanksgiving with family and hope you are getting ready for Christmas. I was away for Thanksgiving and with family down south and stuffed…
Sorry about no report last week but my area was on “Safety Power Shut Off” due to PG&E for Northern California.It appears that this is going to happen more often…
The Trinity River Fall Run Chinook salmon are now starting to trickle in, but very slowly! The Lower Klamath has only harvested 2,241 Fall Chinook salmon as of September 9th….
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…
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…
The New Emergency Spring Salmon Fishing Regulations for the Klamath River Basin have been released to the public! It is official, I got the word Thursday from CDFW about noon, the…