We are in for some more HOT weather. Monday is predicted to be 101 and then start to cool down. That is the predicted weather for the coming week. I hope that is correct as we can use come cooler weather. The hot weather is great for sunbathing and swimming but lousy for fishing. We are close to reaching summer water flows and will need cooler weather to help the fish migrate down river and then up river to spawn.
   I have seen very little fishing happening on the river the past week. I inspected the new Junction City launching area and it isn’t completed yet. It is ok but it will need more work in order for it to withstand high winter flows. The parking is to be expanded and graveled later in the constructed. One thing I noticed was that just below the launching ramp was some steel plates to help the heavy equipment cross the river. When the flows drop to 400cfs it will be pretty shallow there. This is great for the equipment to cross but I don’t believe the fish will want to cross over the steel plates come time for them to migrate up river. If this happens the upper river spawning areas are going to become very slim. Also, the hatchery may receive less returns which would hurt the egg collection. I hope not! If this were to happen the TRH would possibly not reach the required number of eggs needed for the spring releases. CDFW will have to keep a close eye on that area.
Lewiston Lake: Louise said that the fly fishes are doing best with Midges under an indicator. Fishing Nymphs and Wooley Buggers are also having success; bait guys are having good success with night crawlers or orange trout bait without glitter; the hardware guys are doing best with gold or orange lures. She also said the she didn’t see a lot of limits come in but most everybody had some fish. That sounds like one of the better places to fish right now. You can contact the Pine Cove Marina and ask Louise or Matt (530)778-3878) for Lewiston Lake fishing; for the Upper Trinity River you can call Indian Creek Lodge, Andy or Hannah, (530)623-6294), Junction City Store, Butch, (530)623-2803. 
Willow Creek:  Willow Creek and Big Rock areas are being hit pretty hard by the swimmers and sunbathers right now so I don’t recommend trying to fish those areas for the weekends. I really have not seen many fishermen out fishing the lower river because of the heat. The WC Weir should be installed and operating towards the end of the end of the month. 
The Evans Bar weir has started to send out their trapping results so I will be posting their results beginning next week. Mid-Klamath to Happy Camp: The Klamath River at Weitchpec is flowing 3,056cfs. This is a decrease of 208cfs. The Iron Gate/Bogus Creek area is flowing 927cfs a decrease of 33cfs from the last report. To get the latest fishing information I suggest you call Marble Mountain Guest Ranch (800) 522-6284, or Scott Caldwell, SC Guide Service (530)905-0758 to get proper fishing information to fish the Upper Klamath.
Lake Conditions: These readings are for August 9 at midnight. It appears that readings are being posted a day late. Whiskeytown is 98% of capacity (a decrease of 0%) with inflows of N/Acfs with releases of N/Acfs. Whiskeytown Lake is 98%, a decrease of 0%, Shasta Lake is 68% of capacity, a decrease of 2% and minus 6ft with inflows of N//Acfs and releasing N/Acfs into Keswick. Keswick is 2% of capacity, a decrease of 9% with inflows of N/Acfs and releases of N/Acfs into the Sacramento River. Oroville Lake is 79% of capacity, a decrease of 3% and minus 7ft, with inflows of N/Acfs with releases of N/Acfs into the Feather River. Folsom Lake is 53% of capacity, a decrease of 5% and minus 5ft, with inflows of N/Acfs with releases of N/Acfs into the American River. Trinity Lake storage is 2,043,555AF a decrease of 31,668AF of storage. 
Trinity Lake: The lake is 24ft below the overflow, an increase of 2ft and 83% of capacity (a decrease of 2%) with inflows of 192cfs and releasing N/Acfs into Lewiston Lake with 192cfs being diverted to Whiskeytown and on to the Keswick Power Plant, and releasing N/Acfs into the Sacramento River. 
Trinity River flows and conditions: Trinity Lake is 83% of capacity, a decrease of 2% and 26ft below the overflow an increase of 2ft. Lewiston Dam is 96% of capacity, a decrease 3% and water releases of N/Acfs into the Trinity River, with water temperatures of 49.0 degrees, as of 0:00pam today Sunday August 10, 2025.  Limekiln Gulch is 5.914 at 651cfs. Douglas City is 6.96ft with flows of 652cfs with water temperatures of 57.5 degrees. Junction City (gauge is out of order), Helena is 9.62ft at 741cfs with water temps of 59.9 degrees. Cedar Flat (Burnt Ranch) (Gauge is still out of order). South Fork of the Trinity near Hyampom is 2.44 at 118cfs. Willow Creek is estimated at 859cfs, air is 67 degrees and water at 61 degrees, Hoopa is 11.1ft at 1,064cfs with water at 61 degrees. 
Klamath River flows and conditions: Flows at the Iron Gate/ Bogas Creek are 927cfs, a decrease of 33cfs. Seiad Valley is 2.25ft at 1,291cfs. Indian Creek is 3.48ft at 761cfs. Happy Camp is estimated to be 1,352cfs, Somes Bar is estimated to be 1,665cfs, and the Salmon River is 1.70ft at 277cfs. Orleans is 2.85ft at 1,42cfs, the Klamath River at Terwer Creek is 8.27ft flowing at 3,271cfs with water temps of 75 degrees. Flows for the Smith River at Jediah Smith are 4.50ft with flows of 275cfs. and flows at Dr. Fine Bridge are 11.31ft at N/A. 
    Temperatures for the Valley last week had a high of 110 and a low of 51 degrees. Rain for the week was 0.00in with a water year total to date of 53.47 and 1.75in of snow in Willow Creek. The predicted temperatures for next week are for high of 101 and a low of 57. The weather predicted for the next week is looking to increase for the weekend.