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FRESHWATER REPORTS :

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SHASTA LAKE

tough . We are marking lots of fish and have been going from the main body to way up the arms trying to locate actively feeding fish but have had a difficult time finding them . It ’ s been really hard to keep the fishing gear clean with lots of pine needles fowling up the gear . We ’ ve gotten a couple fish each trip but they ’ re not in any particular feeding patterns . The fish that are being caught are still in the top 35 ’ of the water column . My suggestion is to try your favorite lures and speeds and you may just get lucky . Some big brown ’ s are being caught along the shoreline . As the water warms we will start seeing big shad balls and it ’ s going to be great fishing . Until then we ’ re gonna have to try to figure them out .

- Rob Hower , Avid Angler

TRINITY RIVER

Spring Restoration Releases Continue

WEAVERVILLE , Calif . – This year ’ s restoration flow schedule for the Trinity River began on April 16 . Each year , the Trinity Management Council advances a flow schedule based on the expected amount of water available to support salmon restoration efforts on the Trinity

River .

The California Department of Water Resources determined the Trinity watershed falls into the “ wet ” category with 1.6 -million-acre feet of projected inflow to the reservoir from the watershed . A “ wet ” determination is one of five water year types used by the Trinity River Restoration Program to determine how much reservoir water will be released in support of the program ’ s goals to improve habitat for anadromous fish — fish that migrate to fresh water from salt water to spawn — like salmon and steelhead . The planned release schedule attempts to maximize benefits to the physical and biological character of the Trinity River . Visitors near or on the river can expect river levels to increase during the flow releases and should take appropriate safety precautions . Landowners are advised to clear personal items from the floodplain prior to the releases . Key components of the flow release schedule are :

• April 15-16 : Increase daily average flows from 3,550 cubic feet per second to 6,750 cfs

• April 17-18 : Flows increase to 10,258 cfs then to 10,875 cfs

• April 19-22 : Flows decrease to 9,250 cfs then to 6,625 cfs , and then increase to 10,792 cfs

• May 8-June 3 : Flows will be maintained between 1,000 to 2,000 cfs

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