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Catfish and trout pair up at Collins Lake
by Kathy Hess, AUGUST 5, 2016
Collins Lake

We are looking forward to a week of double digit weather not triple digits! Pretty soon the nights will be cooling off which brings the trout up closer to the shore for longer periods of time. They have no choice but to stay under 25' when the surface temperature is at the hottest part of the day. Brady &...
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Collins Lake Fishing Report
by Collins Lake Staff, AUGUST 4, 2016
Collins Lake

Looking forward to a week of double digit weather not triple digits! Pretty soon the nights will be cooling off which brings the trout up closer to the shore for longer periods of time. They have no choice but to stay under 25' when the surface temperature is at the hottest part of the day. Brady &...
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Eureka salmon back on the chew
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, AUGUST 4, 2016
Eureka Coast

After a few days of tougher-than-usual fishing, the salmon went back on the chew “big time” on Tuesday. The best bite remains at the tip of both jetty’s, just outside the entrance according to Tony Sepulveda of Shellback Sport Fishing. “They bit really well on Tuesday, and the fish were big too. All the charter boats had easy limits,” Sepulveda...
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Trinidad Coastal salmon, halibut challenge the hook
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, AUGUST 4, 2016
Trinidad Coast

Curt Wilson of Wind Rose Charters reports the super rough water has made the fishing conditions tough for salmon, rockfish and halibut. He said, “The ocean was a little better than forecasted on Tuesday, but I only heard of one salmon caught by the dozen or so boats who were trying. We’ve had to move out to deeper water for...
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Crescent City salmon eludes fishermen
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, AUGUST 4, 2016
Crescent City Coast

The salmon action is still pretty much non-existent reports Leonard Carter of Crescent City’s Englund Marine. He said, “I haven’t heard of any kings caught this week, and the rough ocean isn’t helping. We’ve had a pretty good California halibut bite lately off of South Beach, with a few incidental Thresher Sharks being landed as well. I heard one measured...
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Fall quotas begin Aug. 15 on the Klamath
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, AUGUST 3, 2016


Back in 2012, over 380,000 adult fall king salmon were forecasted to return to the Klamath River basin, giving anglers a sport allocation of over 67,000 fish. Both of these numbers were record highs, but boy, where have those good times gone? Riding the heels of a four-year drought and way too many water diversions to mention, the number of...
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