Open Dates…Let’s go!!
*Update from previous post…
Looking to book August 29, 30, or 31 Sept 6th… Could be a great day for Salmon/Stlhd fishing the upper Trinity River (recent flows bump to 1K has the fish on the move!) Or another option is the venerable Lower Sac or wade fishing the Pit River.
Fishing has been very good in Northern California these past few weeks. Contact me ASAP for dates next week.
The Lower Sac has been steady for big, wild trout and a few steelhead are beginning to show in the lower floats in Tehama Co. There have been some larger than average resident trout recently in the lower river. Typically, these fish run smaller (14-16”) than the upper river fish around Redding - but we have been seeing a lot more 18” - 21” fish down there. They are well fed and feisty!
We also continue to see solid salmon fishing in the Trinity River. There’s been a good return of “springer” Chinook salmon this summer… and now we are beginning to see the early fall run salmon arriving. With these king salmon arriving we usually start finding a few steelhead each day as well.
Recent cold water pulse flow was conducted (still ongoing as of 9/31) from the Lewiston Dam to help cool the lower Klamath River. Reports from the Yurok Tribe indicate a small sample of salmon are having issues with ich and other gill destroying pathogens related to warm water conditions in the Klamath. A 1200K and now 950K CFS release is being sent down the Trinity to help mitigate the warm water conditions. These pulse flows are nothing new, seems to be a regular occurrence during the last decade of mostly drought conditions and hot summers.
It’s a great time to fish the Trinity River - Sept & Oct are very much under-rated months on the Trinity (usually just locals). Flows are good right now at 950cfs out of the Lewiston Dam… By mid October the flows drop too 300cfs and without rain the upper river JC to Lewiston will be very, very low. Hopefully we will see some September and October rainstorms!!!
Right Now is the time to start fishing if you want to get into the freshest, hottest steelhead this river produces. Especially If you are a swing angler - don’t wait till November.
