Trinity River Fishing


High and Muddy
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Trinity River

Fishing: The Lower Trinity from the South Fork down was just too high and muddy to fish and probably won’t come into fishing conditions until next week sometime. Your best bet would be to call ahead to make sure that area is fishable. Like I said earlier, fishing from the bank is possible from Del Loma to Junction City and...
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Trinity River Fishing Report
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, FEBRUARY 8, 2016



The rains have backed off for the time being and the Trinity is clearing fast in the upper sections which should translate into great “Winter Steelhead” fishing. There is plenty of steelhead in the upper river from Del Loma all the way up to Lewiston with a good mix of native and hatchery fish in the river. From Junction City...
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Trinity Lake is on the Rise
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, JANUARY 31, 2016

Trinity Lake

Trinity Lake: The Lake is 157ft (an increase of 7ft.) below the overflow and 27% of capacity (1% increase) Inflow to Trinity Lake is 8,791cfs and the Trinity Dam is releasing 732cfs to Lewiston Lake with 239cfs going to Whiskeytown Lake and on to the Keswick Power Plant with 3,063cfs being released to the Sacramento River....
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Not Ready Yet
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, JANUARY 31, 2016

Klamath River - Upper - CA

Mid Klamath: the Klamath is flowing super big as Iron Gate Dam is releasing 1,960cfs and Seiad Valley is flowing 13.3Kcfs. I would say that fishing the Klamath will be at least a week out and that is if they don’t get any more rain for now. Klamath: Iron Gate Dam releases are 1,960cfs. Seiad Valley is 9.8ft at 13.3Kcfs. Happy...
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Trinty River Update
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, JANUARY 31, 2016

Trinity River

Trinity River Hatchery: TRH counts for fall run Salmon is done as of Dec. 31, Chinook salmon total 5,342; Coho salmon total 3,024. The week of Jan 28, 2016, Steelhead this week, 454 for a season total of 2,904. Fishing: The Lower Trinity from the South Fork down is high and muddy. Not very good for fishing! As you...
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Trinity River Fish Report
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, JANUARY 31, 2016



And the rains keep coming, Januarys rainfall was over 12 inches. When you combine December and Januarys rainfall together it amounts to almost twice the normal rainfall for this time of year. December and January both only had a handful of days with no rain. This is very unusual even for the north coast. We need the rain and more...
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