The Super Bowl of saltwater sport fishing will take place this Sunday on the North Coast as salmon, rockfish and Pacific halibut are all set to open. It’s pretty rare for the big three to all open on the same day, and there’s a ton of excitement around the docks. And it’s looking like the key marine factors are lining...
Full Story 

MISSOULA, Mont. — What was a 447-acre private inholding is now in the public’s hands in northwest Oregon. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation collaborated with a private landowner to purchase and convey the property to the surrounding Siuslaw National Forest for management and recreational use. "The Forest Service (USFS) designated this landscape as a critical inholding since it provides important habitat...
Full Story 

With very little rain falling throughout our region from January to March, most of us were already preparing for summer. However, the April showers hitting the coast are providing a second winter. These rains will definitely impact the health of future salmon and steelhead runs, which will likely be stronger a few years down the road because of it. First off,...
Full Story 

Howdy folks!   We’ve been a little quiet on the social media front as of late for a couple of reasons. First, we don’t really have as much information as we’d like, so there hasn’t been much to say. We’re waiting on a lot of key information that will set a lot of things in motion. Like the reservoir forecasts we get from...
Full Story 

With a strong ocean abundance of Sacramento salmon and the Klamath numbers trending upward, North Coast sport salmon anglers were rewarded with a generous ocean salmon season. The season within the CA KMZ (Klamath Management Zone), which was adopted by the Pacific Fishery Management Council Monday, will open May 1 and run through May 31. It will reopen Aug. 1 and...
Full Story