Trinity River Fishing Report
written by
E. B. Duggan,
phone: 530-629-3554,
email: yen2fish@netzero.net,
website: www.MyOutdoorBuddy.com
Good Fish’en and Good Luck but remember:
“Keep your tip up with a tight line lands fish.”
We are finally starting to see some Spring Chinook on the Trinity River. It has taken some time what with all of the flow changes that have been going on. The Bureau of Reclamation has been changing the releases from Lewiston Dam in a fashion more like nature used to do before the Dam. More like when […]
Read MoreThe fishing industry is seeing new attacks from our legislators about fishing tackle and fishermen should be aware that if we don’t stand up as a group we will all suffer. How many lead items do you have in your tackle box? How many flies do you have that sink or are weighted? How much […]
Read MoreThis Memorial Day is nice with sunshine and clear skies. We should take a minute to remember all those in the service serving our country and those who served our country but never made it home. I thank you for your moment. In the past Memorial Day weekend was the kickoff for all Trout fishing […]
Read MoreI hope everyone had a great Mothers Day and those of you who do fish just maybe you had a great day of fishing. The last couple of weeks the water flows have been like a yo-yoing, up/down up/down and now they on their way back up again. These water flows are great for rafting […]
Read MoreThe month of May is going to see several water flow changes on the Trinity River. The releases are going to be fluctuating from 800cfs up to 1,700cfs with several drops and jumps in between. Memorial Day weekend releases will be 1,500cfs. These are releases from Lewiston Dam into the Trinity River but you must […]
Read MoreI finally tracked down the Klamath River Basin In-River Sportsmen Fall Chinook salmon quotas for the 2018 season. Total In-River quota is 19% of the Harvestable Surplus Fall Chinook salmon that comes to 3,490 fall salmon for the Klamath, Trinity, Shasta and Scott rivers. The Shasta and Scott are tributaries to the Klamath but are […]
Read MoreLast week the computer said showers for last week and I estimated that the river would get a little dirty and maybe rise some. That is what I get for estimating Mother Nature. Last week it rained and I mean drenched the Trinity Valley. Willow Creek saw 7.35in of rain in just 2days. The creek […]
Read MoreI hope everyone had a Happy Easter and a great day with the family. The California fishing community is on hold right now waiting for the PFMC to make a decision about the Calif. salmon fishing season and what kind of salmon season we will have. In the case of “Over Fishing” the National Fisheries […]
Read MoreThe PFMC will meet April 5 – 11, 2018 in Portland OR with a final report on the quantities of Chinook salmon in the ocean for the 2018 salmon fishing season. At present there PFMC has proposed three Options for In-River Fall Chinook salmon fishing. This means that an In-River Sports Fishing season is proposed […]
Read MoreTo start off we have the TIMECHANGE which means that it is still dark out there when you get up. Yes the fish have no eye lids and don’t sleep but the water is also very cold at first light. Therefore you can stop and have that second cup of coffee and maybe a bite […]
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