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We Are in Winter Weather
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

We have been having rain for the past week and I is getting soaked. Willow Creek has had over five inches of rain now with more to come. The weather people ae predicting more rain for the coming week. This is good for the firefighters here in northern California. Too bad some of this rain isn’t reaching southern California, they...
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Coastal King Season Off and Running
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, NOVEMBER 7, 2024



Smith and Chetco both kick out big kings The season’s first big storms hit North Coast over the weekend and the Smith and Chetco both kicked out good numbers of kings. Both rivers have been loaded with kings in their lower sections for quite some time, and when the rivers finally rose, they were on the move. On Friday evening, the Smith...
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Sport Crab Opens Saturday South of Reading Rock
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, OCTOBER 31, 2024



  In a last minute twist to the Dungeness crab season opener, it was announced Wednesday the sport crab season will open statewide Nov. 2 with the exception being from the CA/OR state line (42° 0.00’ N latitude) south to the southern boundary of the Reading Rock State Marine Reserve (41° 17.6’ N latitude) in Humboldt County. State health agencies determined that Dungeness...
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Rainy Fall Weather
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, OCTOBER 28, 2024



My weather station is predicting rain for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which means that we could possibly have rain for Halloween. What a bummer if that is correct! The good part is that rain brings in more fish and that makes fishermen and ladies happy. From what I have been able to find out is that fishing has picked up...
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Fort Bragg Plugged with Albacore
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, OCTOBER 24, 2024



At most of the coastal ports still holding out hope for late season tuna, the fat lady has already sung. But not in Fort Bragg where the albacore bite has been wide-open when the boats are able to get out. The bite really kicked in last Tuesday, and on fishable days, boats have been catching all they can handle. And...
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Angler Report: Pyramid Lake
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Pyramid Lake

Sam checked in with us from a recent trip to Pyramid Lake. Here is his report: "Made my first boat trip to Pyramid on Monday, the 14th. What a blast. Put in water at around 745 and had my first fish just after 8, a beautiful 13.5 pound cutthroat. We stayed out until 11 and we wound up with 6 fish.The...
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