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.


 



Turkey Hunting in Old Mexico
Ramblings
by John Higley, MAY 7, 2017


Last winter I couldn’t imagine where I would end up hunting wild turkeys this spring, other than here in northern California.  Then, in February, my vision was expanded by an offer to hunt in Florida for Osceola turkeys, a wild turkey subspecies that I never hunted for in the past.  I did that, and told you about the experience a...
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Applicants Sought for Klamath River Coho Habitat Restoration Projects
by Bureau of Reclamation, MAY 6, 2017
Klamath River - Middle

The Bureau of Reclamation, PacifiCorp and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) are seeking applications for funding to implement coho habitat restoration projects within the Klamath River and its tributaries downstream of Iron Gate Dam. The joint Request for Proposals (RFP) will make available $1.1 million in grants during 2017 through Reclamation’s Klamath River Coho Habitat Restoration Program ($645,000) and...
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Descending devices now required for Oregon halibut fishermen
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, MAY 6, 2017
Port of Brookings Harbor

The Pacific halibut season in the Southern Oregon Subarea (SOS) from Humbug Mountain south to the Oregon/California border started last Monday, May 1, and will continue through October 31, or until the quota of 10,039 pounds of dressed-weight halibut is attained, whichever comes first. With a little bit of luck and moderate seas, anglers may even get a chance or two this...
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Fishmas Weekend
by Lake Sabrina Boat Landing Staff, MAY 5, 2017
Lake Sabrina

What an Opener – lots of anglers out on the ice early and that was a good thing. Fisher people started hitting the parking lot at about 2AM. About 4AM, a party of 4 went started to the DingleBerry Inlet. At 6AM, the temp was 19°. The ice was turned out to be about 3” – 5” of ice, then about 10” of...
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ODFW seeks public input on summer steelhead seasons
by ODFW, MAY 5, 2017


The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a public meeting on May 11 to solicit input for recreational summer steelhead fisheries upstream of Bonneville Dam in the mainstem Columbia River and adjacent streams, including the lower Deschutes and John Day rivers. The meeting that will be held at the ODFW Screen Shop, 3561 Klindt Drive, in The Dalles. ...
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Halibut evade and rockfish pickup
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, MAY 5, 2017
Crescent City Coast

Chris Hegnes of Crescent City’s Englund Marine reports the rockfish season got off to a slow start, but it picked up on Wednesday. He said, “One of the local charter boats went out to Big Reef and did really well on lingcod. They caught a few over 20 lbs, and had three limits of nice fish within an hour. I...
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