It’s a beautiful week at Collins Lake. Crowded earlier-than-normal Memorial Day celebrations left a nice quiet mid-week calm as summer starts in earnest. Daytime highs are climbing into the 90’s with surface temperature around 73°F- it’s perfect lake weather! The lake is about 2.5ft below spill, which means we’ll get the south launch, parking & fishing out on the spillway...
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After three years of NO fishing for Fall Chinook Salmon the Trinity River will see a chance to keep a Salmon. Starting July 1 to August 15 you may keep 1 salmon per day with 2 in possession; Aug.15, the Klamath River opens to Fall Chinook Salomon with  2 Salmon per day with 1 adult; The Trinity River will open...
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On Wednesday May 6, 2026 the California Fish and Game Commission passed the CDFW recommendation for a Salmon fishing season. That is wonderful news for the fishing industry and the fishing people! As for the Fall Run Chinook Salmon, we are still not out of the woods for making native Salmon, both Spring and Chinook, natural escapement. This is going...
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On Wednesday May 6, 2026 the California Fish and Game Commission will have a phone conference to determine if they will agree to accept the California Department of Fish and Wildlife recommendation of an In-River Sport Fishing Salmon season. The proposed recommendation is for an In-River Sport Fall Chinook Salmon season quota of 3,248 for the Klamath River Basin. They...
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As the famous saying goes, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” I’ll go out on a limb and add a third — North Coast rockfish. From Shelter Cove north to Crescent City, and just about everywhere in between, the nearshore rockfish bite has been nothing short of outstanding this season. Private and charter...
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A lack of effort, fish, or less-than-ideal ocean conditions — whatever the cause — it’s led to another slow start to the Pacific halibut season, eerily similar to last year. If I had to pin it down, it’s likely a mix of the first two, with the biggest factor being the earlier-than-normal opener. This year’s April 1 start is something few...
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