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.”
I 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 […]
Read MoreThe snowpack in the Sierra’s and the Trinity Alps is looking good for right now. What we really need is a continuing build up of it to assure us of enough water in the reservoir system to supply farmers and the rivers of the water we will need for the summer and fall to stave […]
Read MoreRain has been scarce for the last couple of weeks although we had a little bit of rain Sunday afternoon. The sun was nice but not good for the plants as it started them to bloom. This morning (Sunday) when I got up everything was white with frost and ice not good as the plants […]
Read MoreThis report is a little early due to Super Bowl Sunday President Trump wants more water deliveries from the north to the south, Westland wants more water, farmers want more water, the L A metropolitan Water District wants more water and the river needs more water. The truth is that the Sierra Snow Pack is […]
Read MoreThe PFMC has now started the process of determining if the Klamath River Basin Chinook salmon return and escapement (40,700) was enough to allow for a salmon fishery for the Klamath River Basin. The salmon advisory committee has met and is going over the Chinook salmon returns and escapement goals to determine if the Klamath […]
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