The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will offer free swan tours near Marysville on Saturdays beginning in November and extending through January. Co-hosted by local rice farmers, the naturalist-led tours will focus on tundra swans in one of the premier locations for viewing swans in California. Ducks, geese, ibis, shorebirds, herons, egrets and raptors are also commonly seen in...
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The Rogue bay is still producing enough Chinook to keep boaters trolling in the estuary.  The sizes have ranged to jacks to 20-plus pounders.  Jacks are by nature, mostly 2-year-old male Chinook under 24 inches.  Anything bigger than a jack could be male or female. On Tuesday, I spent the day on the Rogue observing anglers trolling the bay, and catching...
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ODFW will delay the opening of fall razor clam harvest along the Clatsop beaches from the traditional date of Oct. 1 to Nov. 1 at the earliest, to allow time to collect public feedback on management options in light of a recent stock assessment Extension of the annual conservation closure only applies to Clatsop County beaches, and prohibits all harvest of...
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Question: I’m new to lobster diving and have a couple of questions. We are planning an overnight trip to Catalina and are planning on diving one night and then an early morning dive the next day. Are we allowed to keep our catch in an underwater live fish box to keep our catch alive? Would we also be allowed to share...
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