2021 Klamath / Trinity Salmon Regulations

2021 Spring Salmon

Klamath Spring season runs July 1 through Aug. 14

The bag limit is one salmon per day any size, with two in possession for Klamath and Trinity Rivers

• From the Klamath mouth to the Hwy. 96 bridge at Weitchpec – July 1 through Aug. 14

• From the Hwy. 96 bridge at Weitchpec to 3,500 feet downstream of the Iron Gate Dam – Closed to salmon fishing through Aug. 14

Trinity Spring season runs July 1 through Aug. 31

• Downstream of the Old Lewiston Bridge to the Highway 299 West bridge at Cedar Flat – July 1 through Aug. 31

• Hwy 299 bridge at Cedar Flat to Denny Road bridge at Hawkins Bar – July 1 through Aug. 31

• New River (confluence of the East Fork to confluence w/ Trinity– July 1 through Aug. 31

• Denny Road bridge at Hawkins Bar to mouth of the South Fork Trinity– July 1 through Aug. 31

• From the mouth of the South Fork Trinity to confluence w/ Klamath River – Closed to salmon fishing through Aug. 31

2021 Fall- Run Salmon

Klamath / Trinity fall quota – 1,221 adults

The daily bag limit is two Chinook salmon, no more than one of which may be greater than 23 inches, and a possession limit of six, of which only three may be greater than 23 inches.

Klamath Fall season begins on Aug. 15 and closes Dec. 31

• The Spit Area (within 100 yards of the channel through the sand spit formed at the Klamath River mouth) – 183 adults *

• From the Klamath mouth to the Hwy. 96 bridge at Weitchpec – 611 adults

• From the Hwy. 96 bridge at Weitchpec to 3,500 feet downstream of the Iron Gate Dam – 208 adults

* Only the Spit Area will close once 183 adults are harvested. The rest of the area below Highway 101 (estuary) will remain open to recreational fishing.

The take of salmon is prohibited from Iron Gate Dam downstream to Weitchpec from Jan. 1 through Aug. 14

Trinity Fall season begins Sept. 1 and closes Dec. 31.

• Downstream of the Old Lewiston Bridge to the Highway 299 West bridge at Cedar Flat – 201 adults

• Downstream of the Denny Road bridge at Hawkins Bar to the confluence with the Klamath – 201 adults

Downstream of the Highway 299 Bridge at Cedar Flat to the Denny Road Bridge in Hawkins Bar is closed to fishing September 1 through December 31.

The take of salmon is prohibited from the confluence of the South Fork Trinity downstream to the confluence of the Klamath from Jan. 1 through Aug. 31.

Once these quotas have been met, no Chinook salmon greater than 23 inches in length may be retained. Anglers may still retain a limit of Chinook salmon under 23 inches in length.