Trying to decipher last week’s rain and river level predictions was not for the faint of heart. But when it was all said and done, all of the North Coast rivers got the flushing they desperately needed. Some rivers, especially to our south, went far beyond what was forecast and eventually hit flood stage. Coastal rivers from the Smith to...
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The Chinook salmon quotas for the Upper Klamath and Upper Trinity have been met for adult Chinook salmon on Sunday October 24. As of October 25, 2021 you can only harvest jacks, (salmon under 23 inches, 2 per day, 6 in possession) on he Klamath above Weitchpec and above Cedar Flat Hwy 299 Bridge on the Trinity Rivers. The Lower...
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We haven't opened the ramps yet, we need about 5 more feet for the main ramp and we're waiting for the ground to stabilize a little on the south ramp but things are looking...up! ...
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Traveling upstream and downstream through a network of waterways is an important process of many fish life cycles – one that is threatened by centuries of dam construction in the United States that has turned rivers into a patchwork of habitat fragments. Better understanding about the negative impacts of habitat fragmentation has led to increasing efforts to reconnect rivers and help native...
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Form all of the reports I have received and what I have been able to see fishing is starting to pick up. It seems a little late but the fish are here! In the last four weeks the Willow Creek weir has counted 2,281 Chinook salmon and 142 steelhead. These are great numbers for this time of year and compared...
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We scouted quite a bit of water this morning in the south basin. Fish were sporadic but still on orange trolling flies or grubs & my lucky gold/red Thomas Buoyant & red dot frog speedy shiner. Mostly the fish came around 7ft today. One at 17ft but we had quite a few nudges at that depth & line rubs, but...
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