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Trinity River Closes to Adult Salmon Jacks Only
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, OCTOBER 24, 2022

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

The Upper Trinity has reached the salmon Quota Limit as of Friday October 21,2022. This means you can only harvest jack Chinook salmon under 23 inches. You may continue to fish for steelhead, Brown Trout and jack salmon (No Coho salmon) above the Cedar Flat Bridge at Hwy 299 up to the Old Lewiston Bridge. Below the Hawkins Bar Bridge...
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What Goes Up Might Not Come Down: Fishways As An Ecological Trap
by FISHBIO, OCTOBER 24, 2022
Carmel River

From plants blooming in the spring, to birds migrating in the fall, to migratory fish moving upstream to spawn, the “decisions” that living things make about what to do and when to do it are often informed by environmental cues. In truth, these patterns are not decisions in the human sense of the word, but are instinctual patterns that have...
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2022 Season Wrap Up
by Lake Sabrina Boat Landing Staff, OCTOBER 21, 2022
Lake Sabrina

A little late but WE ARE CLOSED for 2022.   What a ride & what a BLESSING 1st seasonat Lake Sabrina has been - to be working up here in God's country with great folks is.amazing!   A MEGA thanks to all who supported us in this transition! Everyone who visited, rented boats, kayaks, ate at our cafe, ordered pie, sipped some draft beer...
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2022/2023 low flow information for North Coast rivers
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, OCTOBER 21, 2022



Low Flow River Closures begin Sept. 1 and run through April 30, 2023 North Coast rivers that are regulated by low flow closures, including the Eel River, Mad River, Mattole River, Redwood Creek, Smith River and Van Duzen River will begin angling restrictions on September 1st, and run through April 30th 2023. The Department of Fish and Game will make the...
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Additional Changes Coming for Hoop Net Crabbing
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, OCTOBER 20, 2022



Back in April, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) issued a press release restricting the use of crab traps to help minimize risk of entanglement as humpback whales forage in California waters during the spring and summer months. However, the recreational take of Dungeness crab by other methods, including hoop nets and crab snares, was not affected by...
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Winter Water Flows Equals Hard Fishing
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, OCTOBER 17, 2022

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

Winter water releases start today at 4:00pm; Flows drop to 300cfs. This is going to make fishing in the upper river a bit hard for the time being. Rain is going to be the main factor for fishing in the upper river as 300cfs releases means it is going to be rafts only for the short time. Drift boats will...
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