We've been out playing on the pond & here's what the low down is! First, it's our weedy season. The water is clearer now than it has been all season. Holding around 64-66F surface temps but we should continue to gradually drop & the cooler ambient temps will help. I'm still fishing over deep water, mainly due to the weeds...
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On August 30th the last of the Coffer Dam was removed to allow the Klamath River to flow freely from top to the mouth. This means that the last of the Dams on the Klamath have been removed to allow the river to flow freely for the first time in 100 years. This will open up another 100 miles of in-river...
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It’s a good time to be a saltwater angler right now, especially if Eureka is your home port. Options on the table right now are Pacific halibut, rockfish, and tuna. And they’re all biting! It’s been a pretty sluggish season for halibut, but the bite really started to pick up steam in August. Recently, the best action has been straight...
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I did a water column temp test Thursday. There's 8F difference from surface temp to 50ft. At most I had 0.9F difference between 10-15ft. Started out at 69.2F at the surface (noon) and ended at 61.2F at 50ft. The 3-4F thermocline we barely kept this summer, is washed out. What does that mean? It means we are beginning to mix...
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Steelhead have been pouring into the Klamath for the last couple weeks, and the fishing is excellent right now. Even with the water being a little on the dirty side from the rain, it hasn’t slowed down the bite. Cooler water temps have also helped. There’s a good mix of half-pounders and adults from the Glen all the way up...
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The Trinity Valley- Hoopa is in a Heat Warning (108) but should start to cool down in the coming week. Hopefully! Hooray! I’m back. Sorry about being gone so long but with computer problems, medical and fire issues/fire camp I have been indisposed. I hope this report finds everybody getting ready for some Fall Fish’in. The Summer Steelhead Run was...
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