Dry weather, low flows, and lots of vegetation floating down river has put a damper on our late fall season but with some rain in the forecast, the flows might come up and a little color to the very clear water will help boost our production during our salmon and steelhead trips.  We're seeing some improvement in the numbers of...
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The Trinity River is currently running low and clear but that will likely change this weekend.  There are currently steelhead spread throughout the system but some much needed rain this weekend will get them moving up river towards their spawning tributaries and the Trinity River salmon/steelhead hatchery in Lewiston.  Its the beginning of the season and the steelhead fishing should continue...
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Its November and that means egg drop trout and hatchery winter steelhead on the Sacramento River.  We have rain in the forecast and salmon preparing to spawn in the main body of the Sacramento River in the Redding to Anderson area.  Wild rainbow trout fishing has been excellent and we're starting to see some hatchery steelhead in the mix as...
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As the 2022 Sacramento River King salmon fall season grinds to a halt we're beginning to focus on the steelhead/trout fishing until our late fall King salmon season begins in November.  Currently we're seeing very few salmon caught in the Barge Hole area below Coleman National Fish Hatchery's Battle Creek and the salmon we have been seeing are very dark....
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It sure doesn't feel like it now, but our winter steelhead season on the Trinity River is right around the corner!  We will be offering Trinity River steelhead fishing trips again this season and currently we're booking January and February dates with Pro Guide, Captain Justin Thompson.  Whether you prefer to use conventional or fly gear, Captain Justin Thompson is...
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We've arrived at the tail end of the 2022 Sacramento River fall King salmon season.  Undoubtedly the worst season I've ever seen in terms of how many salmon actually migrated up river.  River conditions have been very poor and most of the large schools of salmon that were in the fishing headlines all summer long simply never made their migrational...
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