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Fly fishing from shore allows the angler to enjoy the tussle, revive the fish and let it go free. Photo by Mark Traugott

Fly fishing from shore allows the angler to enjoy the tussle, revive the fish and let it go free. Photo by Mark Traugott

Columbia River at Deschutes River mouth reopens to fishing beginning Sept. 6
by ODFW, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
Columbia River

The combination of cooling water temperatures in the Columbia River and additional protections in the form of a river-wide steelhead retention closure have allowed managers to re-open the closed area adjacent to the mouth of the Deschutes River effective Thursday Sept. 6. The Columbia River section outside the Deschutes mouth had been closed to angling since Aug. 9 based on direction...
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North Umpqua River afternoon angling closure lifted beginning September 6
by ODFW, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
Umpqua River

Beginning Thursday, September 6, the North Umpqua River fly area reopens to afternoon angling. Fishing hours return to one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset. An emergency regulation began August 6 to close afternoon fly angling from the fly area boundary at Deadline Falls to the marker below Soda Springs Dam to protect wild summer steelhead. The closure, due...
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Plenty of Klamath salmon left to catch
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
Humboldt County Coast

The Labor Day weekend is typically the busiest weekend of the fall season on the Klamath River. And this year was no exception. The river was crowded, with plenty of boats and bank anglers trying to land the prized king salmon. Here’s what we know after the dust has settled. The Klamath “spit area”, which is within 100 yards of...
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On Safari
On Patrol
by Steven T. Callan, SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

With camera in hand, Kathy and I have spent much of the last thirty years enjoying nature and searching for wildlife wherever we could find it. We’ve meandered through mountains, marshes, and meadows in seven states; we’ve trekked across deserts in California, Arizona, and Nevada; we’ve kayaked with great whales in Monterey Bay; and we’ve dived to the depths of...
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California’s General Tree Squirrel Season to Open Sept. 8
by CDFW, SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The 2018-2019 general tree squirrel season will be open from Saturday, Sept. 8 through Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019. Tree squirrels may be taken only in the open zone during the open season, from between one half hour before sunrise to one half hour after sunset. A map of the state’s tree squirrel hunt zones can be found on the California Department...
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Fish for Food: A History of Non-Native Fish Stocking in California
by FISHBIO, SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Sacramento River - Red Bluff

Fish make good food – that’s arguably the main reason humans have concerned themselves with catching, raising, or stocking fishes since time immemorial. From this focus on fish as food came the practice of moving fish from one place to another. Early fisheries management in the United States typically sought to “improve” upon local food resources in a given area by introducing...
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