As the Western drought comes to the end of its fifth year, forests are revealing the toll the drought has taken. While trees have been dying off in massive numbers throughout the Sierras and Coast Ranges since 2010, the pace has accelerated greatly in recent years. The Forest Service recently released new estimates that more than 100 million pine, fir, and oak...
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Whiskeytown Lake saw a banner year of Kokanee salmon fishing in 2016.  As early as May this year, every trip I made to Whiskeytown Lake resulted in full limits of Kokanee salmon.  The sheer numbers of adult size Kokanee was simply staggering and as the season wore on, it became clear that there were more Kokanee in the lake than we had seen...
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Wildlife biologists for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife have recently noted an increase in the number of coyote sighting calls in Portland and the surrounding areas.    Many people expressed surprise at seeing coyotes in an urbanized area. However, abundant green space in the Portland area provides not only a welcome respite for people but also some excellent habitat...
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I just love the month of December.  It's the time of the year when the thought of catching a silver-bright metalhead is not just a fanciful pipe dream, but a sensible rationality that can start dominating your reality. Take last week for instance.  I had just pulled up to a spot where a group of plunkers were gathering at Social Security...
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December has arrived here in the north state and I'm happy to report that we are still seeing fishable flows from Keswick Dam here in the Redding area.  Flows are currently at 5070 cfs with no reductions currently scheduled.  Of course that can change any day, but until that time comes, I will be enjoying an extended steelhead fishing season...
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