Fulton’s Blog - Words from the water

Greetings,
the lower trinity River is low and clear and badly in need of some water.  there are lots of half-pounders and a very few adults.
Caught this nice native at the end of the day.

Alex

The last rain brought in some big bright freshies. A good week was had by all who were on the coastal streams. another good shot of rain could bring on round two. we’ll just have to wait and see. the lower trinity has been very slow lately so it is now time to watch the weather and streamflow gauges to find the next hotspot.

although the catching has been a little slower than normal, the size of the salmon has been pretty exciting. the run size appears to be pretty good but the river is very low and in years past i have noted slower fishing following large forest fires which we have certainly had this year. as long as we keep catching a few of those big kings every day it is pretty hard to complain much  about the success rate. the steelhead have been rather large this year too, though they are almost all natives and must be released.        

the fishing has been a bit spotty this season but there have been some excellent days as well, just ask fred and lance! native steelhead have been large and healthy this year and though the numbers are not as high as last year there have been some very good days and as of yet no skunked days. on the day pictured below we got our first fish at noon and then had a field day until dark. mostly all native steelhead with one very LARGE exception, a salmon that we never saw.

i got out on the river for the first drift of the season today and had a little unexpected fun. my buddy tyson and i were just hoping for a nice little summer float and some nice scenery. tyson had no idea he was about to get his first summer steelhead, and what a screamer it was! this is the earliest summer run i have ever gotten from the lower river. suprizing considering the water was probably close to 70 degrees, steelies in the morning, swimming in the afternoon……                                                   

Lots of fires in the region this spring, that didn’t stop us.
I got my first chinook;

and my new son got to see his first jack;

Alex pulled more than a couple miracle first casts. my camera and I were there to witness it!

anything can happen,

michael