Trinity River Update


by E.B. Duggan
3-7-2016

Trinity River: Fishing the Trinity this week could be very hard what with all of the water in the river. The upper part of the Trinity from Lewiston to Douglas City (2,230cfs) could possibly clear by next weekend IF we don’t have more rain but for the lower parts of the Trinity you are looking at high muddy waters. The river at my house, below the South Fork, is muddy and clear over the river bar in front of my property and reading 35.4Kcfs in Hoopa.

Trinity River Hatchery:  No report this week, Sorry! TRH counts for fall run Salmon: Chinook salmon total 5,342; Coho salmon total 3,024. The week of Feb.25, 2016; Steelhead this week, 67 for a season total of 3,429.

Trinity River Flows and Conditions: Lewiston Dam releases are 326cfs, water temps are 46.9and air is 46 degrees at 10:00a.m. today. Limekiln Gulch is 5.6ft at 1,060cfs, water temps are 44 and air is 46; Douglas City is 8.3ft at 2,230cfs, water temps of 45.2 and air is 48. Junction City is 5.3ft at 3,460cfs.  Helena is 15.6ft at 5,570cfs with water temps of 45.1.Cedar Flat is 12.4ft at 12.Kcfs. Willow Creek is estimated at 23.8Kcfs, air is 55, and water 47.2, Hoopa is 25.8ft at 35.4Kcfs &peaked at 10a.m. with water temps of 49.6. Flows at the mouth of the Trinity at the Klamath are estimated to be 81.8Kcfs.

Websites: MyOutdoorBuddy.com, Willowcreekchamber.com,
from Willow Creek, CA Phone 530-629-3554, E-mail yen2fish@yahoo.com