Fishing has been a little slow, most of the action has been right at the hatchery. The first one will arrive Thursday evening and stick around through Friday morning. Sunday through Wednesday looks wet as well. Just as the steelhead season began to show signs of life, another round of wet storms is set to wreak havoc. “Conditions are just about perfect, but there aren’t a ton of fish around,” said Kelly. Eel River (South Fork)The South Fork peaked at roughly 5,200 cubic feet per second early Tuesday morning, running high and muddy. Fisheries were limited on the northern sections of the California coast last year to reduce impacts on this stock, and that will likely be the case again this year,” said Kandice Morgenstern, an environmental scientist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Ocean Salmon Project. 4742 from Listening Session with Congressman Tierney and Congressman DeFazio, The Magnuson-Stevens Act is in Need of Congressional Attention, The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? The weather aheadAccording to Kathleen Zontos of Eureka’s National Weather Service, we’re in for a wet week with very few breaks. Kenny Priest operates Fishing the North Coast, a fishing guide service out of Humboldt specializing in salmon and steelhead. A weaker system is predicted for Friday and into Saturday with a quarter to an inch forecast for Del Norte. The Department of Fish and Game will make the information available to the public by a telephone recorded message updated, as necessary, no later than 1 p.m. each Monday, Wednesday and Friday as to whether any stream will be closed to fishing. Flows are predicted to peak at 11,700 cfs Saturday evening. I did hear of a few caught by the plunkers. It looks like the river will fish through Friday, then blow out on Saturday.” The river is predicted to hit 5,000 cfs (10.6 ft.) by Saturday morning.Kenny Priest operates Fishing the North Coast, a fishing guide service out of Humboldt specializing in salmon and steelhead. Reports have been hard to come by, but plenty of bank anglers are giving it a go. We’re averaging between three and six hookups per day, and all the fish are nice ones. Minimum flow: 320 cfs at the gauging station at Petrolia. For reasons unknown, the fish were late to show last year as well. But overall, there just aren’t many around yet. “It should be bait-fishable by mid next week.” The hatchery saw a big return of fish over the last few days, which is good news. For up-to-date fishing reports and North Coast river information, email kenny@fishingthenorthcoast.com. Unfortunately, the numbers weren’t enough to get us out of the “overfished” category, and it’s likely we’ll have some severe restrictions both in the ocean and in the Klamath and Trinity rivers in 2021. â€œBased on this year’s run size, I’d expect very limited fishing opportunity in the coming year,” said Wade Sinnen, senior environmental scientist on the Klamath/Trinity Rivers. The Shasta River has historically been the most important Chinook salmon spawning stream in the upper Klamath River, supporting a spawning escapement of 27,600 adults as recently as 2012 and 63,700 in 1935. The Atlantic sweeps into the bay, gently rocking the boats moored there. “The models are showing dry conditions through mid-February. Plunkers are getting fish at Huntley Park and Lobster Creek. “The six-day rainfall total, which goes through Monday, is showing less than a tenth of an inch of rain. That’s still a little pushy but the color is good. Forecast to reach nearly 13,200 cfs on Saturday morning. Eel River (main stem)The main Eel has been in fishable shape since Sunday but that was changing Tuesday. Minimum flow: 600 cfs It’s forecast to blow out Saturday with flows reaching 2,300 cfs. It will be in fishable shape through Thursday, when it’s predicted to blow out again and remain high and off color through the weekend. Visit the Mad River Steelhead Derby website to view the current leaderboard.Kenny Priest operates Fishing the North Coast, a fishing guide service out of Humboldt specializing in salmon and steelhead. If we do get some rain, it will likely have little impact on the river flows.”, The BeachesThe surfperch bite is starting to heat up along the beaches, depending on the weather conditions. “Over the course of the two days, the Smith basin will see 3 to 6 inches, with the higher amounts falling in the mountains. The news wasn’t pretty at Thursday’s annual Ocean Salmon Information meeting. A half inch of widespread rain is predicted from Del Norte to Humboldt. Paul G. Johnson, 60, died unexpectedly on February 8, 2021 at his home in Waldoboro. The First Indicator – Looking Back. The section over the river Gard has arches at three levels and is 900 feet (275 metres) long and 160 feet (49 metres) high. CLF and CLF Ventures: or we get rich by litigating the hostile takeover and trading away of public resources for corporate exploitation while claiming to save the planet. Another system is developing for late next week but there’s a lot of uncertainty right now.”. Van Duzen River: External report links: clicking on the icon (if one exists) selects the same flow site on the Realtime report. He said, “Lots of wild and hatchery fish were showing up on the lower river and most guides were getting at least a couple steelhead a day. Conditions will begin to calm down Tuesday, as the Climate Center is predicting below normal rainfall through Feb. 9.”. Should have plenty of fresh steelhead around once it starts to turn green. “It will be wet but totals will be very small,” said Zontos.