TRINITY RIVER FISHING REPORT -JUNE 14, 2009

Trinity Lake is 85 feet below the over flow (0 decrease) and 52.8 percent of capacity (0% increase).
Average inflow to the lake is 1,022cfs and 169cfs is being released to the Sacramento River.
Trinity River at Lewiston is 892cfs, water temps are 51.3, air 58 degrees at 10:00 a.m. today.
Limekiln Gulch is 5.4ft at 895cfs. Douglas City is 3.2ft at 960fs, water temps are 53.4, air 71 degrees.
Helena/North Fork is 11ft and 1,420cfs, water temps 56.2, air 61. Cedar Flat is 5.2ft at 1,630cfs.
Willow Creek is estimated at 1,980cfs, water temps 59.5, air 68 degrees.
Hoopa is 13.8ft at 2,540cfs, water temps 63. Mouth of the Trinity at Klamath is 6,680cfs, water 63.3 degrees.
Klamath River releases at Iron Gate are 1,590430cfs. Seiad Valley is 3.57ft at 2,350cfs.
Happy Camp is estimated at 2,920cfs. Somes Bar is estimated at 3,000cfs. Orleans is 5.2ft at 4,140cfs.
Klamath at 101 11.6ft at 10.5K cfs and water temperature of 64 degrees.

Last week's temperatures for the Trinity Valley were 82/48 with 2.4inches of rain and hail over two weeks, for a total of 66.64.2 inches of rain for the year. Forecasts for the next week in the valley are 85/51 with scattered showers for the week and sunshine for the weekend. The Spring Flows will reach the 700cfs bench on June 15th and last for 10 days. On June 26th flows will start declining and reach the summer flows of 450cfs by July5th. This last weather front has started the Spring Chinook moving up the Klamath and into the Trinity, but the main run has not entered the Trinity as of today.

The new 2009 DFG supplement are posted on the DFG internet at: nrm.dfg.ca.gov/documents/. They should be at your local tackle shop by the end of the month, so keep checking until you get one or look it up on the internet. To the best of my knowledge the fishing regulations are: Klamath River, from Weitchpec Bridge to the Iron Gate Hatchery, you may NOT KEEP ANY Chinook salmon from January 1 to August 31, 2009. The Lower Trinity from the confluence of the Klamath up to the mouth of South Fork of the Trinity you may NOT KEEP ANY Chinook salmon from January 1 until Aug.31. The Upper Trinity you may keep 2 Chinook per day, 2 in possession until Aug. 31. Sept. 1st the Fall Chinook regulations start.

This last week I was up at the Hatchery and Lewiston area to inspect many of the new rehabilitation sites. The river was clear but not real cold, a tad high but fishable. As I traveled down-river to Willow creek I noticed that there were not very many fishermen out. I checked with a couple of the locales I knew that fished the Falls area and they were not pleased with their results. Burnt Ranch Falls was only producing about one Springer for every three fishers and Greys Falls was not as good plus you had to wait for a place to fish. This is not my kind of fishing! Some of the deep pools above Cedar Flat looked really good for fishing but if the main run has not showed up yet they would not be any better. My best guess would be to try some time after June 26th.

The 34th Annual Big Jake's Memorial Kids Fishing Derby went very well. There were 90 kids that showed up to fish and I saw many trout that looked as if they were holdovers' that ran 12 to 16 inches. The Grand Winner, Nathan Witte brought in a trout that was just short of 17in. and was about a pound and a half. Nathan won a Beginners Fly Outfit. Some of the other winners for fishing were: Pre-School to 2nd Grade: Roselyn Soto, 3rd to 5th Grade: SeaAir Gale, 6th to 8th Grade: Travis Witte. I will post a "Special Report" with pictures within the next week of all the winners, so keep an eye out.
The Klamath fishing for Springers has started to pick up on the lower river but is still slow in the Mid-Klamath. Above Happy Camp to I-5 fishing for trout has improved but the hot area is above I-5 if one is looking for trout.