Bill Kiene semi-retired
10-26-2009, 09:30 AM
This email report was sent to me by a friend:
From Willow Creek, CA. By E. B. Duggan, “D” Fishing Guide, 530-629-3554
yen2fish@yahoo.com
Trinity Lake is 125.5 feet below the over flow (1-1/2ft increase) and 37 percent of capacity (0.1% increase).
INFLOW to the lake is 225286 and 365cfs is being released to Lewiston Lake with 18cfs to Sacramento River.
Trinity River at Lewiston is 2286fs, water temps are 51, air 46 degrees at 10:00 a.m. today.
Limekiln Gulch is 4.6ft at 280fs. Douglas City is 1.9ft at 331fs, water temps are 51.4, air 48 degrees.
Helena/North Fork is 8.8ft and 475cfs, water temps 53.2, air 49. Cedar Flat is 2.9ft at 490cfs.
Willow Creek is estimated at 582cfs, water temps 57, air 56 degrees.
Hoopa is 11.5ft at 687cfs, water temp 59. Mouth of the Trinity at Klamath is 2,727fs, water 59 degrees.
Klamath River releases at Iron Gate are 1,340cfs. Seiad Valley is 2.7ft at 1,570cfs.
Happy Camp is estimated at 1,673cfs. Somes Bar is estimated at 1,833cfs. Orleans is 3.7ft at 2,040cfs.
Klamath at 101 8.7ft at 3,120cfs and water temperatures of 60.2 degrees.
Last week’s temperatures for the Trinity Valley were 70/47 with just a trace of rain, for a total of 4.35 inches of rain for the year. Forecasts for the next week in the valley are 678/430 with possible showers Monday and cloudy/overcast until Wednesday then showers and possible showers Saturday and Sunday. Once again this storm could start the fish moving up river.
Lower Klamath River Harvest, Chinook 5,494 for ’09 vs. 4,965 ‘08; Below 101 Bridge, 4 Chinook, total of 1,571; above 101 Bridge, 126 Chinook, total of 3,923. Total harvest Steelhead 244 ’09 vs. 58 ’08; below 101 Bridge 0, total of 41; above 101 Bridge 2, total of 167. A total of 1,086 1/2-pounders and adult Steelhead have been caught and released in the Lower Klamath to date.
Trinity River Hatchery to date shows a total of 3,069 Spring Chinook entering for spawning for this year, 233 this week.
The Spring Salmon Run has now stopped for the Fall Run break.
The Junction City Weir count to Sept. 30: 268 Chinook ’09 and weir has been removed for this year for the Fall Run.
Willow Creek weir count to date: Chinook 1,081 ‘09 vs. 1,856 ’08; Coho 138 for ’09 vs. 335 for ‘08; Steelhead 1,119 for ‘09 vs. 849 for ‘08. The 2009 fish run fell into a slump the last several weeks due to the mouth of Klamath being blocked by a sand bar on and off.
The question of the week was, “Where are the fish?” The answer was, “they are in the river”, naturally! But where to fish was really a hard thing to answer.
When the river came up from the storm last week the Salmon and Steelhead started moving up river in a rush. Because they were on the move it was very hard to catch Salmon or Steelhead but some of the lucky fishermen out there were able to land a fish or two. Last week a person could stand in a high visual advantage and count hundreds of fish swimming up river. You almost wanted to jump into the river to see if you could grab one there were so many swimming by. The salmon were nice and fresh with chrome sides but the Salmon that were holding in some of the holes were very dark. I couldn’t believe my own eyes at the size of some of the adult Steelies swimming by us. This week has been hard fishing but when you found the right location the rewards were very gratifying. Salmon were taking roe and the Steelhead were would hit hardware and flies. Because of the clear water the fly fishers were doing better on the Steelhead. The Trinity Grey, Burlap Special, Red Copper Johns and Copper Johns, Golden Stones all did fair to good from late morning to noon then slacked off until early evening.
Steelhead fishing in the Upper Trinity from Lewiston to Evans Bar did well for fly fishers. Bait and hardware did fair from Junction City to Pigeon Pt. For Salmon it was just a hard fish. Del Loma did best with bait.
The Lower Trinity was best for fly fishers as the salmon seemed to just be on the move.
The Mid-Klamath was very slow but those that did hook up landed some nice salmon to 20lbs. As one moved up to Happy Camp and above Salmon fishing took a better turn. One could hook two to three salmon each morning but they were very dark and not smoke able. It was strictly sport fishing catch and release.
The word from down river is that more fish are coming into the mouth of the Klamath. Let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best that they are late Trinity River Chinook. Until next time ------
Good Fish’en and Good Luck and remember: “keep your tip up with a tight line lands fish!’
Websites:
www.MyOutdoorBuddy.com
www.wilowcreekchamber.com
www.fishtrinity.com
www.localnews1
From Willow Creek, CA. By E. B. Duggan, “D” Fishing Guide, 530-629-3554
yen2fish@yahoo.com
Trinity Lake is 125.5 feet below the over flow (1-1/2ft increase) and 37 percent of capacity (0.1% increase).
INFLOW to the lake is 225286 and 365cfs is being released to Lewiston Lake with 18cfs to Sacramento River.
Trinity River at Lewiston is 2286fs, water temps are 51, air 46 degrees at 10:00 a.m. today.
Limekiln Gulch is 4.6ft at 280fs. Douglas City is 1.9ft at 331fs, water temps are 51.4, air 48 degrees.
Helena/North Fork is 8.8ft and 475cfs, water temps 53.2, air 49. Cedar Flat is 2.9ft at 490cfs.
Willow Creek is estimated at 582cfs, water temps 57, air 56 degrees.
Hoopa is 11.5ft at 687cfs, water temp 59. Mouth of the Trinity at Klamath is 2,727fs, water 59 degrees.
Klamath River releases at Iron Gate are 1,340cfs. Seiad Valley is 2.7ft at 1,570cfs.
Happy Camp is estimated at 1,673cfs. Somes Bar is estimated at 1,833cfs. Orleans is 3.7ft at 2,040cfs.
Klamath at 101 8.7ft at 3,120cfs and water temperatures of 60.2 degrees.
Last week’s temperatures for the Trinity Valley were 70/47 with just a trace of rain, for a total of 4.35 inches of rain for the year. Forecasts for the next week in the valley are 678/430 with possible showers Monday and cloudy/overcast until Wednesday then showers and possible showers Saturday and Sunday. Once again this storm could start the fish moving up river.
Lower Klamath River Harvest, Chinook 5,494 for ’09 vs. 4,965 ‘08; Below 101 Bridge, 4 Chinook, total of 1,571; above 101 Bridge, 126 Chinook, total of 3,923. Total harvest Steelhead 244 ’09 vs. 58 ’08; below 101 Bridge 0, total of 41; above 101 Bridge 2, total of 167. A total of 1,086 1/2-pounders and adult Steelhead have been caught and released in the Lower Klamath to date.
Trinity River Hatchery to date shows a total of 3,069 Spring Chinook entering for spawning for this year, 233 this week.
The Spring Salmon Run has now stopped for the Fall Run break.
The Junction City Weir count to Sept. 30: 268 Chinook ’09 and weir has been removed for this year for the Fall Run.
Willow Creek weir count to date: Chinook 1,081 ‘09 vs. 1,856 ’08; Coho 138 for ’09 vs. 335 for ‘08; Steelhead 1,119 for ‘09 vs. 849 for ‘08. The 2009 fish run fell into a slump the last several weeks due to the mouth of Klamath being blocked by a sand bar on and off.
The question of the week was, “Where are the fish?” The answer was, “they are in the river”, naturally! But where to fish was really a hard thing to answer.
When the river came up from the storm last week the Salmon and Steelhead started moving up river in a rush. Because they were on the move it was very hard to catch Salmon or Steelhead but some of the lucky fishermen out there were able to land a fish or two. Last week a person could stand in a high visual advantage and count hundreds of fish swimming up river. You almost wanted to jump into the river to see if you could grab one there were so many swimming by. The salmon were nice and fresh with chrome sides but the Salmon that were holding in some of the holes were very dark. I couldn’t believe my own eyes at the size of some of the adult Steelies swimming by us. This week has been hard fishing but when you found the right location the rewards were very gratifying. Salmon were taking roe and the Steelhead were would hit hardware and flies. Because of the clear water the fly fishers were doing better on the Steelhead. The Trinity Grey, Burlap Special, Red Copper Johns and Copper Johns, Golden Stones all did fair to good from late morning to noon then slacked off until early evening.
Steelhead fishing in the Upper Trinity from Lewiston to Evans Bar did well for fly fishers. Bait and hardware did fair from Junction City to Pigeon Pt. For Salmon it was just a hard fish. Del Loma did best with bait.
The Lower Trinity was best for fly fishers as the salmon seemed to just be on the move.
The Mid-Klamath was very slow but those that did hook up landed some nice salmon to 20lbs. As one moved up to Happy Camp and above Salmon fishing took a better turn. One could hook two to three salmon each morning but they were very dark and not smoke able. It was strictly sport fishing catch and release.
The word from down river is that more fish are coming into the mouth of the Klamath. Let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best that they are late Trinity River Chinook. Until next time ------
Good Fish’en and Good Luck and remember: “keep your tip up with a tight line lands fish!’
Websites:
www.MyOutdoorBuddy.com
www.wilowcreekchamber.com
www.fishtrinity.com
www.localnews1