BY Kenny Priest
EUREKA — Winter steelhead season isn’t in full swing but on the North Coast, however that’s about to vary. A couple of storm techniques are at present impacting the rivers, placing all of them on the rise. In response to the Nationwide Climate Service, three separate storms will hit the coast between Wednesday and Monday, which is simply what we would have liked. Regular rain and pulse flows ought to do the trick in engaging the primary large wave of winter steelhead from the salt. If the rains come as predicted, the Smith ought to be in nice form early subsequent week adopted carefully behind by the Chetco.
The Eel, South Fork Eel, Van Duzen and Mad are all on the rise as of Thursday and shall be blown out from a while. As soon as all of the rivers crest and start to recede to fishable ranges, we must always see the primary wave of winter steelhead. After a stellar late-fall salmon season, seeing the rivers loaded with vivid steelhead can be icing on the cake.
