Headline News from Northern California & Southern Oregon

Trinidad Harbor, Humboldt County
The opportunistic river otter looks for fish scraps on the charter boat dock in Trinidad.


 


Excess algae and aging infrastructure likely cause of fish egg loss at Cole Rivers Hatchery
by ODFW, DECEMBER 15, 2018


Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife hatchery staff are reporting an unusual level of loss among spring Chinook eggs and newly hatched fish at Cole Rivers Hatchery. Agency fish health specialists believe an algae overload and aging infrastructure is the likely cause of the loss. Approximately 360,000 spring Chinook eggs and fry died since December 7 due to low dissolved oxygen...
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CDFW Releases Conservation and Management Plan for California Elk Populations
by CDFW, DECEMBER 14, 2018


The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has released a Statewide Elk Conservation and Management Plan. The plan has undergone extensive public review and will help guide state wildlife managers’ efforts to maintain healthy elk herds. The plan builds on the success of efforts to reestablish elk in suitable historic ranges, and management practices that have resulted in robust elk populations...
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ODFW Weekly Recreation Report Highlights
by ODFW, DECEMBER 14, 2018


Help ODFW celebrate the #25DaysOfFishmas Follow #25DaysOfFishmas on Instagram to learn more about some of Oregon’s more interesting and unusual fish. Add bird watching to your holiday to do list Join other birders from around the state in the Audubon Christmas bird count around the holidays this year. Depending on the area, the typical one-day counts start in mid-December and continue into early January. Experienced...
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Lane County man convicted of illegally taken trophy mule deer buck
by Oregon State Police, DECEMBER 13, 2018


[News Release from Oregon State Police  Posted on FlashAlert: December 13th, 2018 11:05 AM] In 2015,  Kevin Howard Noel reported taking an 8-pt mule deer buck in the Steens Mountain Unit during archery season with a valid archery deer tag.  He subsequently presented the buck at a Northwest sportsman show for measurement, resulting in placing 1st that year for Non-Typical Archery Mule Deer,...
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Rain – and hopefully steelhead – on the way
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, DECEMBER 13, 2018
Smith River

Winter steelhead season has yet to kick into gear on the North Coast, but changes are a brewing. We have a couple decent storm fronts headed our way that will put all of the coastal rivers on the rise. If the rain comes as predicted, the rivers will see their highest flows this winter, except for the Smith. The Eel,...
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Good Day On the Sacramento River
Ramblings
by John Higley, DECEMBER 13, 2018
Sacramento River - Upper

With the salmon season winding down on the Sacramento River I fervently hoped to get on the water at least one more time.  My idea was to have a little fun on my favorite northern California river, and introduce my adult daughter Meredith to river salmon fishing under the tutelage of guide Mike Bogue, who’s been guiding full time on...
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