The transition to steelhead season is taking a bit longer than we had hoped. To date, steelhead fishing has yet to really take off on popular rivers like the Smith and Chetco. The lower Eel has yet to see big numbers of steelhead as well. The lone bright spot has been the Mad River. It’s probably a safe bet that...
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Collins Lake will be closed on Christmas Day After a knockout November we saw a strong first half of December. Fall planting is finished and while we aren’t seeing as many limits these days, the relatively warm weather and calm winds have made for great days to be out on the lake and there’s still some good trophy-sized trout coming in. Catfish...
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Following a weekend that saw slightly less rain than predicted, conditions on our steelhead rivers are starting to improve. Storms impacting our coast one after the other are what’s really needed to kick off the winter steelhead run, and that looks to be the case through the weekend. A good soaking is forecasted for Wednesday with another coming late Saturday...
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We are seeing more rain and the rivers are finally showing some changes. The Trinity did not come up a lot but enough to see a difference and possibly start the winter run of steelhead moving. At least I hope so. I was down to the river this morning and there is some color to it but not a lot....
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Winter steelhead season has yet to take off on the North Coast but that could soon change. A pretty sizeable storm is headed our way this weekend that should put all of the coastal rivers on the rise, and hopefully open them up to fishing. And more rain is on the way next week according to the National Weather Service....
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The full diversity of life doesn’t fit neatly into categories, but that hasn’t dissuaded humans from trying to split animals into manageable groupings like species, often on the basis of differences in physical appearance or behaviors. For salmon, species are further divided into “runs” or “ecotypes” based on their migration timing. For example, the Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) that migrate...
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