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Woodley Island Marina, Humboldt County
Dawn always brings the promise of a new day but dawn over a marina brings hopes of a good catch.


 


Plenty of green water for steelhead anglers
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, DECEMBER 28, 2016
Eel River - South Fork

If you’re looking to get on the water this weekend and chase some winter steelhead, you shouldn’t have any trouble finding a fishable river. Just about every coastal river will be some shade of green — and likely fishable — come Saturday morning. This many green river options doesn’t happen often, and I’m having a hard time thinking of any...
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ODFW Weekly Recreational Report
by ODFW, DECEMBER 28, 2016


Celebrate the New Year with free fishing Dec. 31-Jan. 1 Make a New Year’s resolution to fish more in 2017. ODFW will get you off to a good start with a free fishing weekend on Saturday, Dec. 31 and Sunday, Jan. 1. On those two days you won’t need a license, tag or endorsement to fish anywhere in Oregon. Check out...
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GGSA: Support Salmon and save on taxes
by GGSA Staff, DECEMBER 27, 2016
San Francisco Bay

If you caught a salmon in 2016, you can thank GGSA. Others helped, but we almost certainly would not have had an ocean fishing season last year without the extra trucking of hatchery fish GGSA convinced the hatcheries to do in 2014.   We know it wasn't a great season for many, but at least we fished! Same goes for this coming year, 2017, where again...
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Lava Beds NM Crystal Ice Cave tours
by Lava Beds National Monument Staff, DECEMBER 27, 2016


Lava Beds National Monument staff have determined that Crystal Ice Cave will be ready for public tours beginning on January 7, 2017. Overnight low temperatures have been dropping into the single digits, which allows cold, dense air to sink into the cave entrance and cool the depths of the cave, solidifying ice resources and furthering their growth with adequate precipitation. Recently, monument...
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Sacramento River steelhead get Shasta water
by Jeff Goodwin, DECEMBER 27, 2016
Sacramento River - Lower

The Sacramento River is receiving a boost of water releases from Keswick Dam this week, presumably because of the amount of rainfall the region has received since October.  As Shasta Lake reaches 45' feet below full pool, water managers began to release 10,000 cfs on the 21st from 5,000 cfs which has essentially taken the flows back to the summer...
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Modoc hosts wild horse management plan workshop
by Ken Sandusky, DECEMBER 27, 2016


The Modoc National Forest and Modoc County invite anyone interested to a community meeting to discuss implementation of the Devil’s Garden Plateau Wild Horse Territory Management Plan, which is available at http://1.usa.gov/1PxhnVA. The purpose of the meeting is to describe the plan implementation actions that have occurred to date. The forest and county would also like to solicit ideas regarding potential...
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