It is hard to believe that it is October already and Fall weather is suppose to be cooler weather. Not this week! We are experiencing some false summer in October when it normally is in mid-September. I know it is crazy but this year we are having mixed weather patterns. From all indications the area is going to experience a...
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The Trinity River water flows are back to summer flows of 450cfs. This will last to about mid to late October when BOR will drop the water flows back to winter flows of 300cfs. There is the possibility of BOR maintaining the summer flows a little longer into the winter summer flows but not guaranteed.  As the river has been...
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If you’ve been missing the thrill of hooking and landing ocean-fresh, large king salmon, you’ll want to keep your eyes on the Chetco River estuary. Salmon have been staging in tidewater since early September, waiting for enough rain to push upriver. According to Andy Martin of Wild Rivers Fishing, fishing at the mouth of the Chetco is already approaching peak-season catch...
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The Bureau of Reclamation is reducing water releases to the Trinity River to summer flows of 450cfs by 4:00am Wednesday September 23, 2026. This will be the end of higher water flows to the Klamath/Trinity River Basin. This flushing has also helped to reduce the contamination of Ich (Ichthyophthirius). Ich is the parasite that attacks the skin and gills of...
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It was a Saturday that Eureka tuna anglers won’t soon forget. After several less-than-stellar days, the stars finally aligned for the small fleet that made the 30- to 35-mile run south. It wasn’t the number of fish that stood out — it was the size. The majority of the albacore caught were 25 pounds or better, with some fish pushing...
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On August 28 the Bureau of Reclamation started to increase water flows to 1,200cfs. This increase of water flow did several things, it helped decrease the problem of ICH helping the fish to recover, cooling the water and moving the fish into the Klamath as well as moving up river. The Lower Klamath below 101 Bridge has met their quota...
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