Trinity River Fishing

On Monday Spring arrived and wea are looking at new growth all around us. As I look out the window, I see the fruit trees starting to bud and tiny green leaves sprouting on the trees in the forest. The trouble is that the river is full of water from the snow melt and the creeks are flowing bank to...
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Sorry I missed last week’s publications as I had a medical problem and was not able to type. The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) with the Trinity Management Council (TMC) have agreed to the augmentation of a Winter Flow for the Trinity River that began February 15th and will end March14th. These releases are supposed to emulate winter snow melt. Trinity Lake’s water source...
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With the storms we have had why is the California Department of Water Resources going to release 60,000Af of water from Trinity Dam into the Trinity River? Because it is that time when TRRP has decided, ( May I note; without public input or a TAMWG group) to do the winter releases for the return of Salmon and steelhead to...
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Winter steelhead were being caught before the rains came in the Lower Trinity. The rains came and the rivers raised which made fishing harder. Before the rains the lower river was a bit high but coming into good fishing condition. The road into the South fork of the Trinity River at Sandy Bar is the ONLY public access to the river...
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The Trinity River is Steelhead Green! But where are they? I have been searching the Lower Trinity for fishermen and have only found a few and they have only been getting a few bites and landing even less. The word is that the Upper Trinity has a fair amount up at hatchery but they are waiting their turn to get...
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According to the computer it is predicting clear weather all next week with a cold of 32 degrees. This looks and sound like steelhead fishing weather if the prediction is correct. The rivers and streams are on the decline and clearing some. My experience has been that this is the time for winter steelhead fishing after some good storms and...
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