A load of fish from the Department of Fish and WildLife last Thursday had the kids doing the happy dance and being so proud to help bring dinner home for the family in between the intermittent ThunderBoomers and rain thru the week. Ezekiel (8) and Jacob (6) Navar had quite the discussion between themselves on the color of the MiceTail Ezekiel...
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It is often assumed that the goals of conserving fish and exploiting them for food and income are fundamentally at odds with one another. For example, restricting fishing may help protect biodiversity but could hurt communities that rely on fisheries. However, cooperation among stakeholders in such environments has given rise to a synergistic “social conservationist” approach. A synthesis publication in the journal Aquatic Conservation:...
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I’m still waiting on my truck & my mobile welder for my A1 wrecked road boat trailer. My buddy Mike Gregory gave me the helm of his awesome boat today for fishing this morning! Later start than normal for me but we had lines in by 7 we did go a while without a lot happening but we did boat...
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Due to extremely poor water conditions and high risks of fish disease on the Klamath River, California Department of Fish and Wildlife hatchery managers were recently forced to truck more than 1 million smolts out of Iron Gate Hatchery into two other hatcheries in the Klamath watershed. This is the first time in it’s 55-year history Iron Gate Fish Hatchery...
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Limits coming in! Most of us are catching between 15-22/23ft deep. (3-4 colors of leadcore). FireTiger was pretty active today but still anything with a splash of orange at the right depth did it. Gold/red Thomas buoyant still producing too. Today water column temperature tests indicate the thermocline on the west side is about 4F & between 20-25ft. Dropped from...
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Yes it was hot Sunday (102) but it looks like we are in for a cooling down period in the next few weeks. Now if we can just avoid any more fires, we should be in good shape for the next few weeks. I sure hope so because the predictions on the computer for Willow Creek has NOT been correct lately. Hooray...
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