Headline News from Northern California & Southern Oregon

Winter on the Upper Klamath River, Siskiyou County
Anglers drift-fish this river daily in fall and winter often in widely fluctuating weather.


 


Shasta Lake bass fishing remains solid
by Jeff Goodwin, JANUARY 10, 2017
Shasta Lake

At the time of this report, Shasta Lake is sitting at roughly 35' feet from full pool and is seeing an inflow of around 45,000 cfs.  Last Saturday's storms fed Shasta at one point, over 100,000 cfs of water into the lake giving it a significant weekend rise.  BOR water managers have been releasing additional water from Shasta Lake via...
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Access and Habitat board teleconference meeting today
by ODFW, JANUARY 10, 2017


ODFW’s Access and Habitat Board will meet today, Tuesday, Jan. 10 from 10 a.m.-noon via teleconference call due to weather. To listen to the meeting, call in to 1-877-336-1831 and use the passcode 804246. Members of the public can also listen to the meeting at ODFW Headquarters, 4034 Industrial Drive SE. The meeting agenda includes a regional and budget reports, a review...
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RMEF marks year of record membership
by RMEF, JANUARY 9, 2017


The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation rings in 2017 with an all-time record of 222,235 members.  “We are extremely grateful for all our members, volunteers, partners, and other sportsmen and women who support our conservation mission,” said David Allen, RMEF president and CEO. “This continual growth is a strong indicator of the values and importance we all share in maintaining and improving...
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North coast abalone season update
by CDFW, JANUARY 9, 2017


Regulations for California’s popular red abalone sport fishery have changed in 2017. Due to concerns about the declining population, the season will be shortened and the take limit reduced. The 2017 season will be shortened by two months, with the traditional opening date of April 1 now delayed until May 1. The fishery will also close a month earlier than usual,...
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More rain and snow for the new year
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, JANUARY 8, 2017
Trinity River

This is the New Year and you need to turn in you 2016 steelhead report card and salmon harvest card. You can mail them in or do it by email, look on the back of the cards for instructions. The information on the cards are important for CDFW as they use it to help project the 2017 salmon harvest and...
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Flat seas and aggressive lingcod beckon salty dogs
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, JANUARY 7, 2017
Port of Brookings Harbor

Seas as flat as a sheet of liquid mercury beckoned anglers to trip the lingasaur fantastic out of the Port of Brookings Harbor last week.  The extra-calm ocean conditions also tempted a few surfperch aficionados to slay the fatted redtail in beaches ranging from Crissey Field near the California/Oregon border clear up to the Nesika Beach Wayside north of Gold...
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