Despite moderate January precipitation in the Sierra Nevada after an historically dry December, this week's Department of Water Resources (DWR) manual snow survey east of Sacramento found little snowpack there, two months into what is typically California’s wettest three months. Measurements at Phillips Station revealed a snow water equivalent (SWE) of 2.6 inches, 14 percent of the early-February average at Phillips as measured there...
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Fishermen - start your sabikis!  Pacific herring have made their annual appearance on January 31 in Del Norte Harbor in Crescent City, but they arrived in full force on February 1. "Today was the big day," said Loren Taylor from Englund Marine Supply in Crescent City on Thursday. "They're big and they're in there pretty thick." Hordes of Pacific herring were being...
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Winter in Northern California can be both beautiful and brutal depending on what kind of weather patterns Mother Nature sends our way.  This winter has been relatively mild and we've seen weather that resembles springtime more than it does our typical winter.  On a positive note, some of our local fishing opportunities do very well in the spring, so it's...
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The 5th annual Humboldt Steelhead Days Expo When: Saturday, Feb. 3 • 11am to 3:30pm • FREE! Where: Prasch Hall Community Center is located on the Perigot Parks grounds, Blue Lake, CA What: A family-friendly watershed education day! Bring the kids and learn all about steelhead, fishing, river ecology and restoration, the outdoors and wildlife, trails, and general education and awareness about our North Coast watersheds. Sign up for the HSD fishing...
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