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Oregon KMZ Salmon Season Opens This Weekend
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, MAY 27, 2016


Southern Oregon ocean salmon aficionados are all trembling like the shaky legs of a newborn fawn, full of nervous energy whose outcome is yet uncertain. That is because today, May 28, marks the beginning of the salmon season in the Oregon KMZ, officially the opening day of the all-salmon-except-coho season for the area from Humbug Mountain south to the Oregon/California...
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Turtles from pet stores
California Outdoors Q&A
Carrie Wilson, MAY 26, 2016


Question: I know it’s against the law for pet stores to sell baby turtles, as they can carry salmonella and other dangerous bacteria, plus children can swallow and choke on them. The other day I saw something in my local pet store that confused me. The store was offering a free baby turtle with the purchase of their turtle habitat...
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Replacing abalone back to same rock?
California Outdoors Q&A
Carrie Wilson, MAY 26, 2016


Question: If an abalone diver takes a legal-sized abalone, is it legal for him to return it to the same rock if he does not remove more than three abalone during the day? I know some divers that will dive for several hours and may “pop” one to three abalones without damaging them, and keep none of them, returning all...
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Transporting legal black bass to my home?
California Outdoors Q&A
Carrie Wilson, MAY 26, 2016


Question: Is it permissible to catch a legal black bass, keep it alive while fishing, and then transport it alive to one’s home? (Jim E.) Answer: While on the water, you can keep the black bass alive either in your live well on the boat or on a stringer in the water from where it was taken. However, you cannot then...
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Hunting with Drones
California Outdoors Q&A
Carrie Wilson, MAY 26, 2016


Question: What laws apply to big game hunting with camera equipped, radio controlled, drone aircraft? (Terry B.) Answer: The use of drones to hunt or pursue wildlife is prohibited in California. “No person shall pursue, drive, herd, or take any bird or mammal from any type of motor-driven air or land vehicles, motorboat, airboat, sailboat, or snowmobile. Additionally, no person shall use...
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Collins Lake Fishing Report
by Collins Lake Staff, MAY 26, 2016
Collins Lake

We continue to see trout catches of 5 pounders and lots of limits this week and expect this Memorial Day Weekend to produce the same with temperatures in the 70’s and 80’s. Shane, Austin, & Allen caught 11 trout total and their two biggest were 5 lbs. & 4 lbs. using PowerBait along the Open Area shoreline. The Urich...
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