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Siskiyou County judge rules against DFG
12/27/12 -- In an important decision that protects private water rights while maintaining environmental protections, a Siskiyou County Superior Court judge ruled that a state agency had overstepped its authority in trying to regulate farmers’ water use.
The ruling by Judge Karen L. Dixon determined that the California Department of Fish and Game had exceeded its authority by requiring farmers and ranchers to obtain a permit from DFG before they irrigate their crops. The Siskiyou County Farm Bureau filed suit against DFG last year, on behalf of members who farm along the Scott and Shasta rivers.
“This ruling establishes an important, statewide precedent,” Siskiyou County Farm Bureau President Jeff Fowle said. “There is no doubt that if DFG had been able to expand its authority here, it would have tried to regulate water rights elsewhere in the state. This decision reaffirms that water rights are administered by the courts and State Water Resources Control Board. Now, we can turn our attention to finding collaborative ways to improve conditions for fish while maintaining the sustainability of our farms and ranches.”
The case centered on Section 1602 of the Fish and Game Code, which requires individuals to notify DFG and potentially obtain a Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreement before conducting certain activities that alter a streambed. Permits have been required under the section for gravel mining, construction of push-up dams and other projects that physically alter streambeds—but DFG began notifying landowners along the Scott and Shasta that they would need to obtain permits simply to open an existing headgate or activate an existing pump in order to irrigate their crops.
In its lawsuit, the county Farm Bureau said the requirement would have been a “fundamental change” in the application of the code that would have jeopardized both water rights and property rights for farmers and ranchers.
“We understand that DFG wants to protect salmon in the rivers, but it has many other ways to do that already,” said Rex Houghton, the immediate past president of the county Farm Bureau. “Farmers will continue to work collaboratively with the agency to improve conditions for fish. The outcome does not change the notification requirement for activity that physically alters a streambed, but it is important to establish that DFG can’t require a permit for farmers simply to exercise their water rights.”
Because of the statewide implications of the case, the Siskiyou County Farm Bureau received support for the lawsuit from the California Farm Bureau Federation and county Farm Bureaus throughout the state. Attorney Darrin Mercier of Yreka argued the case on behalf of the county Farm Bureau.
The Siskiyou County Farm Bureau is a voluntary membership organization that works to protect and promote agricultural interests throughout Siskiyou County and to protect and improve the availability of food and fiber through responsible stewardship of natural resources.
Fishing Reports
No shortage of salmon along North Coast
06/19/13 -- The salmon bite along the North Coast — from Fort Bragg north to Crescent City — is as good now as it’s been all season. While the Eureka and Trinidad ports remain the epicenter for all things king salmon... Full Story
CDFW to list white shark under CESA 06/19/13 -- The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is accepting comments on whether the Northeastern Pacific population of white shark should be listed as a threatened or endangered species... Full Story
ODFW will train angling instructors 06/19/13 -- Want to share the love of fishing with others? Come join the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s team of angling instructors. ODFW is hosting an angler instructor training in Gold Beach on... Full Story
Researching surfperch on the North Coast
06/19/13 -- Last spring, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife began studying redtail surfperch (Amphisticus rhodoterus) in Humboldt and Del Norte counties, and we could use your help! As you probably...Full Story
Hat Creek fishermen hook rainbows Article by Jim Cimaglia
06/17/13 -- Upper Hat Creek fishing was good this week with lots of rainbows coming in. Quite a few 2-3 lb fish were taken so there were some happy fathers and companions this Father’s Day weekend. The weather has cooled... Full Story
Zero in on the news and info you want! By Frank Galusha, editor
06/15/16 -- Changes were made to our green navigation bar this week to help you find the news and information you want faster and easier. First, we increased the size of the type, then we added drop-down menus... Full Story
Lewiston “big boys” being planted
06/15/13 -- DFG has been making regular plants and the management at Pine Cove Marina on Lewiston Lake has been releasing 2-5 pound cage cultured trout over the past three weeks. The result has been... Full Story
Welcome Bobby Larson to guide ranks
06/15/13 – For those of you who wish to learn bass fishing or take an expertly guided trip before an upcoming tournament, there is a new guide in Northern California. Bobby Larson, a lifelong Paradise resident and...Full Story
Report from mid-Klamath
06/13/13 -- Another year is unfolding with another unique set of conditions. This year a strong salmon run is predicted with a large contingent of the 20 pound plus 4-year-old fish, together with low water conditions...Full Story
Bait-slamming kings thick off Eureka coast
06/12/13 -- Boats finally got back on the water Tuesday after sitting on the sidelines since last Friday due to the wind. And what they found was literally every shape and size of salmon off the coast of Eureka...Full Story
Redding’s Hughes wins at Clear Lake
06/12/13 – Howard Hughes of Redding walked away with $45,000 in cash and prizes today by winning the WON Bass Northern California Open at Clear Lake with 69.79 pounds for 15 fish including a 6.25 lb. big fish – an average of 4.65 lbs...Full Story
Big Daddy catching big macks
06/12/13 – Bryan Roccucci of Big Daddy’s Guide Service continues to find trophy mackinaw for his clients on Bucks Lake. Each year around this time, he proves that this small mountain impoundment is home to...Full Story
Plenty of bass to go around at Clear Lake
06/12/13 -- Bass guide Bob Myskey says “I would rate the fishing as good here on Clear Lake. The majority of fish we are catching are post-spawn and in the 2.5-4.5 pound range with the occasional bass over...Full Story
Collins Lake offers trout limits, bass, panfish
06/12/13 -- Trout limits are still plentiful this week. Most are caught from a boat in deeper water or off the dock at night. Hal Smith hooked a nice trout (a 5 pounder), in Elmer’s Cove on a PowerBait/marshmallow combo... Full Story
Seeing is believing! Sight fishing largemouth
06/12/13 -- If you live in Northern California and have a valid fishing license you may have an incredible opportunity to hook into some solid largemouth bass. As winter leaves and spring begins, the bass start to move... Full Story
The Delta: California's Big Bass Lake
06/10/13 -- The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta was recently awarded a spot among the top ten best black bass fishing locations in the United States -- but given that black bass are not native to California... Full Story
Umpqua focus now on shad and smallies
06/10/13 -- Spring Chinook season is over now. It was up and down, really more down than up this year. Shad fishing is in full swing right now, and smallmouth bass fishing is just heating up. With these really warm days...Full Story
Nice size Lake Shasta trout at 30 feet
Good day on Paradise Lake
06/09/13 -- For the second time in less than a month, I had the opportunity to go fishing with my family. Earlier in May, it was on the Sacramento River for stripers with guide Allen Olney. On Friday, we decided to try for some...Full Story
Try the LA Slider for Trinity smallmouths By Frank Galusha
06/06/13 -- While fishing for springer salmon on the Lower Klamath has begun to improve, only a few springers are being caught in the Trinity, according to Tim Brady at Trinity Outdoors in Weaverville. As of Tuesday... Full Story
Boats back on the water off the coast
06/06/13 -- The wind and seas relented on Tuesday — albeit barely — and a few of the Eureka-based boats slid through that narrow window and headed for the salmon grounds. Not having been on the water since... Full Story
Early summer on Lake Oroville
06/05/13 -- Even though unofficially, summer is here on Lake Oroville. That means the bass bite will be changing, but for many this can be some of the best fishing of the year. The majority of bass on Oroville are... Full Story
Lewiston trout ready to rebound
Free Fishing days are July 6 & September 7 06/03/13 -- Have you ever felt the excitement of watching your bobber suddenly jiggle, then dive out of sight? Or the tap-tap-tap of a bass as it tastes the worm on the end of your line? Or have you had a salmon practically tear... Full Story
Plan to curtail/shut-down Coleman NFH?
By Frank Galusha
05/31/13 -- About three weeks ago I received a memo from Dick Pool, secretary of the Golden Gate Salmon Association, in which GSSA expressed concerns about a move to curtail or shut down the Coleman National Fish... Full Story
Lost Creek bass still on the bite
By Jason Haley
05/31/13 -- Lost Creek Lake, near Shady Cove, is still a good choice for bass anglers looking for a good time. As reported by MyOutdoorBuddy.com last week, little smallmouth can be caught on just about anything right now... Full Story
Rogue primed for Springer Salmon By Charlie Brown
05/28/13 -- The eagles and the osprey are nesting and the goslings have hatched. Salmon flies are here, which is nature's way of letting us know its springer season. With the arrival of salmon flies, fly fishing for resident trout...Full Story
Get Wacky
By Gary Heffley
05/27/13 -- Wacky rigged Senkos are, right now, one of the most productive methods of catching bass on Shasta and other bass impoundments in the North State. And it is probably the easiest to practice. Yet many anglers... Full Story
Northwest Radio listeners hear about us By Frank Galusha
05/26/13 -- Recently, Jason Haley, manager of the Medford area for MyOutdoorBuddy.com, was the guest of John Kruse, producer and host of Northwest Outdoors Radio, an award-winning, hour-long show...Full Story
OR sends out rockfish descending devices
05/25/13 -- In one of the biggest conservation efforts of its kind in
Oregon, the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife mailed 3,500
packages containing a device to help saltwater anglers conserve rockfish
and possibly extend...Full Story
Where to fish in the North State
By Gary Heffley
05/25/13 -- With many visitors coming to the North State for the first time here is a general overview of angling opportunities available near the Redding and the many other waters this region has to offer... Full Story
Outdoor opportunities at Eagle Lake
By Salvatore Pinelli
05/25/13 -- As many of you may already know the rest of the stream trout season as well as Eagle Lake opened today. Eagle Lake is a short, thirty-minute drive north of Susanville and provides an outdoor spectacle as well as superb fishing... Full Story
Top Ten flies for stillwater
By Jon Baiocchi
05/24/13 -- Stillwater fishing has progressed at a rapid pace in the last decade. Techniques, rods, lines, and even the players on the field have gone in different directions to hone their craft. It has almost become personal... Full Story
Coffel & Fieber win from 10-ft boat
By Vince Harris
05/21/13 -- Call it luck, call it fate, or you may even want to say it’s a fluke, but whatever name you choose to give it, the fact of the matter is that Jeremy Coffel and team partner Jay Fieber have serious skills - and can flat out fish... Full Story
GSSA says DSC plan is a failure 05/17/13 -- The Golden Gate Salmon Association delivered a letter to the Delta Stewardship Council today highly critical of the Council’s failure to address the recovery needs of the Central Valley salmon...Full Story
Mt. Shasta Free Kid’s Fishing Days
By Gary Heffley
05/16/13 -- My three favorite Saturdays of the year are just about here as the CA DFW, other sponsors, and volunteers are all making ready for the Free Kid’s Fishing Day events to be held once again at the Mt. Shasta Fish Hatchery... Full Story
Don't Dump that Fish
By Erin Loury, FISHBIO
05/13/13 -- [Posted with permission of FISHBIO] All the world's a fishbowl for an aquarium fish set free. As anyone whose pet fish has defied the odds can attest, aquarium fish are bred to be hardy survivors. Unfortunately... Full Story
Delta Big Bass Challenge drew 325 anglers
By Vince Harris
05/08/13 -- The 3rd annual Yamamoto Big Bass Challenge held on the California Delta last weekend at Russo’s Marina, was a huge success as a record field of 325 turned out to get their share of the over $30,000 in cash... Full Story
BASS recognizes North State waters
By Gary Heffley
05/01/13 -- It is usually always nice to see recognition for excellence. But some anglers will be upset that their supposed secret is out. BASS Magazine recently published their listing for the top 100 bass fishing waters... Full Story
Fish Talk -- Salmon season is upon us
Fishing the Rogue by Charlie Brown
04/30/13 -- The Chinook salmon is the official fish of Oregon. A number of Chinook salmon populations are considered endangered, but overall the species is making a healthy recovery in Oregon. The spring 2010 salmon... Full Story
Excellent salmon fishing seems certain, if… By Frank Galusha
04/22/13 -- The California Fish and Game Commission (FGC) adopted ocean and inland salmon season regulations for 2013 at its meeting last week in Santa Rosa. Forecasts of abundant Sacramento and Klamath River fall...Full Story
New protections set for Clear Lake Hitch
04/16/13 -- The Clear Lake hitch (Lavinia exilicauda chi), which is
endemic to Clear Lake in Lake County, is now a candidate species under
the California Endangered Species Act (CESA). The California Fish and Game Commission...
Full Story
ODFW rolls out interactive fishing map 04/15/13 -- The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife this week rolled out another interactive fishing map designed to help anglers find fishing locations all across Oregon.
The GoogleTM-based maps detail 349 locations...Full Story
First ocean salmon season opens April 6 By Frank Galusha
03/20/13 -- The California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) and the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) have announced the recreational salmon season from Horse Mountain, Humboldt County...Full Story
New Ocean Fishing regs are available 03/02/13 -- New 2013-2014 Ocean Sport Fishing Regulation booklets are now available at California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) offices and wherever sport fishing licenses are sold. Anglers and divers need to be aware of...Full Story
OR Boat inspections target invasive species
02/07/13 -- The aquatic invasive species boat inspection station at the
Ashland Port of Entry will open on Feb. 11, 2013. Stations in Gold
Beach, Klamath Falls, Lakeview and Ontario will open in the coming
months...Full Story
Fish habitat improvement funds released 01/22/13 -- The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and local partners today announced $2 million in financial assistance to help landowners take additional steps to boost local salmonid and other...Full Story
OR DFW: Double up on purple varnish clams 01/17/13 -- Oregon clam diggers may harvest twice as many purple varnish clams in 2013 as they did in previous years, making it easier to harvest a full meal of this small but tasty clam. Also new to shellfish regulations this year, divers must...Full Story
ODFW Fishing Regulation changes 01/17/13 -- Prohibitions at Oregon’s marine reserves at Redfish Rocks and Otter Rock are in effect as of Jan. 1, 2012. Fishing, crabbing, clamming, hunting and gathering seaweed are all prohibited. Beach walking, surfing, bird watching,...Full Story
Fish aggregating devices round up tuna
By Chris Becker, Fishbio.com
12/11/12 -- Similar to bugs buzzing around a light in the dark, fish will flock to a floating object or structure in the vast emptiness of the open ocean. The tuna industry has learned to exploit this behavior to make tunas easier to catch with the...Full Story
“Hook Sets are Free” By Gary Heffley
11/20/12 -- Randy Pringle, a well-known California bass guide and speaker was the first person who I heard mention that simple and quite profound fishing tip at an ISE show in San Mateo many years ago...Full Story
A primer on fishing Lake Shasta By Gary Heffley
Shasta Lake draws more visitors to Shasta County than any other single attraction. While it is often a challenge to fish, it is more likely to produce stringers of fat trout or spotted bass. Trout to four and five pounds are caught here routinely...Full Story
Lake Oroville; 'tis the season By Chuck Giles
01/11/12 – Lake Oroville is probably one of the best lakes for sheer numbers of Spotted Bass in Northern California. This is not just on a seasonal basis, but year round. To start, I have a list of baits that produce decent results... Full Story
Riverspeak
08/10/12 -- It was 1956. The boy was 13 years old. He
traveled with his parents whenever they went to Tahoe. They camped near
the bridge that crossed the Upper Truckee River near Meyers Grade. His
father liked to hear the stream...Full Story
To help or not to help? That is the question By Chuck Giles
8/07/11 – Whether we realize it or not, those of us who enjoy boating have joined an exclusive fraternity. We signed nothing obligating us to help each other in times of distress. However, there are laws, and moral obligations...Full Story
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