River conditions are excellent on the lower Trinity, and the river is loaded with half-pounders. The winter adult steelhead should start to show with the next rise in flows. The Lower Trinity closed to adult salmon retention as of Nov. 1. 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. As of Thursday, flows were nearing 1,125 cfs on the Hoopa gauge.