[env-trinity] Times-Standard: FISHING THE NORTH COAST: Big kings continue to pour into Klamath; Klamath spit fishery to close Sunday

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 FISHING THE NORTH COAST: Big kings continue to pour into Klamath; Klamath spit fishery to close Sunday
Klamath spit fishery to close on Sunday
By Kenny Priest
kenny at fishingthenorthcoast.com
POSTED:   08/28/2014 12:01:07 PM PDT
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UPDATED:   08/28/2014 01:15:59 PM PDT

Santa Rosa residents Brianna Walton, left, and Cat Kaiser had a ball landing this pair of Klamath River kings earlier this week. The fished weighed 22 and 26-lbs and were caught side-drifting roe, a Fish Pill and a Mad River Drifter while fishing with guide Mike Stratman of Redwood Coast Fishing. (Photo courtesy of Redwood Coast Fishing/Mike Stratman)
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Santa Rosa residents Brianna Walton,... (Photo courtesy of Redwood Coast Fishing/Mike Stratman)

The North Coast continues to be the king salmon capital of the coast — though the crown is now sitting proudly atop the Klamath River instead of the Eureka coastline.
For several weeks now, large king salmon have been pouring through the estuary and making their way upriver, this despite the low flows that plagued the river until earlier this week.
Now that the extra water has arrived from the Trinity, the fishing should only get better, which is no easy feat. Conditions should be ideal for the weekend, but as always with the Labor Day holiday weekend, expect a very crowded river.

QUOTA REACHED — KLAMATH SPIT FISHERY TO CLOSE SUNDAY

The Klamath River spit area, which is the area within 100 yards of the channel through the sand spit formed at the Klamath River mouth, will close to fishing at sunset on Sunday, Aug. 31.
According to Sara Borok, an Environmental Scientist on the Klamath River, 436 adult fall run Chinook salmon had been harvested as of Tuesday, with the likelihood of the 619 adult salmon quota being met sometime prior to the Sunday evening. The estuary will remain open to fishing; only the spit area will close.
The Lower Klamath adult quota, which runs from the ocean to the Highway 96 bridge at Weitchpec, is 2,064. As of Tuesday, sport anglers had harvested 1,208 adults. The number of jacks that have entered the river this past week is encouraging. To date, 440 have been harvested from the 96 bridge down, compared to 146 at this time last year.

TRINITY RIVER OPENS TO FALL CHINOOK FISHING ON SEPT. 1

The Trinity River will open to fall-run Chinook salmon fishing Sept. 1 and run through Dec. 31, with a sport quota of 1,362 adults. The quota will be split evenly, 681 adults from the main stem downstream of the Old Lewiston Bridge to the Highway 299 West bridge at Cedar Flat and the main stem downstream of the Denny Road bridge at Hawkins Bar to the confluence with the Klamath. The main stem downstream of the Highway 299 bridge at Cedar Flat to the Denny Road bridge in Hawkins Bar is closed to all fishing Sept. 1 through Dec. 31.
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