The CA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife believes there are about 473,183 adult salmon swimming around in the ocean now.   This is better than their prediction last year at this time of 379,600 and should lead to a decent fishing season.   The forecast of 379,600 salmon in 2019 ended up being about 136,000 shy of what was eventually counted after...
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A couple of weeks ago, when the winter weather was almost spring like, the urge to go fishing somewhere was too strong for me to ignore.  Plans involving my daughter Meredith, her husband Robert Feamster and their four kids, who were out of school for the week, took shape. After briefly discussing where to go we settled on Iron Canyon Reservoir,...
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As you know I attended the salmon meeting in Sana Rosa last Thursday February 27th. It was very enlightening and the prognosis was not very good for the Klamath River Basin In-River Sports Fishermen. The beginning estimate for In-River Sports Fishing for the Klamath River Basin was 900 to a 1,000 returning fall salmon to be split up amongst all river segments. Using...
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As delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) continue to decline throughout the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, with recent population estimates numbering in the low thousands, novel approaches are being implemented to open up additional habitat for these imperiled fish. While many proposed conservation actions focus on habitat restoration, others focus on various environmental conditions preferred by delta smelt. As recommended in the California Natural...
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A frozen river can make the perfect photo-op, inspire the urge to go for a skate, or even serve as an important seasonal transportation route to otherwise inaccessible areas. Not only do ice-covered rivers benefit people, they also play an important role in surrounding river habitats. Ice jams, or build-ups of ice that inhibit normal flow, play valuable roles when they form...
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Antelope lake. Probably still 10% ice but very doable. Ramp was open today. Dock was in the water. Released 2 missed 5. Mike (my yak partner) did well too. 37.7-39.2F surface temperature. High ambient reached 38F. Yummy cold water fatties. Throwing & trolling rainbow trout 2” flicker shad & rainbow Thomas buoyant. Gold with red got a few. But the...
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