Golden Gate changing to Golden State We recently decided to change the name of the organization to the Golden State Salmon Association. The change comes as a way to signal our interest in restoring Central Valley salmon runs throughout their entire habitat stretching all the way up the Sacramento Valley to Keswick Dam and all the way down the San Joaquin...
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I fished the 33rd Annual Bassin’ for Bucks tournament May 4 at Ten Mile Lakes, Oregon. I had a great time on the coast eating fish-and-chips and hanging with my brother-in-law, Steve Breth, but we got clobbered with a five fish limit of 11.56 pounds. The event was won by Jay Burford and Charles Adams from the Umpqua Valley Bassmasters club,...
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69.1cfs at 4.5 on the gauge. Official elevation is 5097.15ft as per Don Willis Lassen County surveyor. The lake has barely raised an inch since 4-23-19. We are about as high as we are going to get. Flow will be ok for the fish upstream for a while but won’t help the lake elevation now but could stave off some...
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What a difference a few weeks makes – the snow in the parking lot is almost gone. The open water showing is getting larger and larger and the Inlets are starting to go ice-free, but it’s still tough fishing. Jared of Parchers Resort & South Lake is reporting bad ice at South Lake. Not sure if there is any fishable open...
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It’s time for our yearly review of the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (PFMC) Review of Ocean Salmon Fisheries. This is the report that PFMC publishes annually on the previous year’s salmon fisheries along the West Coast. The report details harvest totals and socioeconomic benefits for the California ocean fishery, as well as escapement totals, or the number of salmon that...
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