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Trinity River Fishing Report
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, FEBRUARY 21, 2016


MORE WATER STORAGE? On February 10th Senator Feinstein introduced a water bill that would provide $1.3 billion for long term-water storage, desalinization and recycling. The bill would authorize $600 million for CALFED water storage projects. It would allow increase water storage in reservoirs such as Shasta, Temperance Flat, Los Vaqueros and others....
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Greg Gutierrez Takes Shasta FLW
by Gary Heffley, FEBRUARY 21, 2016
Shasta Lake

Red Bluff's Greg Gutierrez rode his second day limit of 15lb 13 oz in tough rainy and windy conditions to lead the Costa FLW Western Series presented by Minn-Kota event at Lake Shasta. Greg followed the Friday success into Saturday's top 10 final showdown with a solid 5 bass limit of 13 lbs 5 oz. to solidify the lead and...
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Moon Over My Crabbies
Jerry Back
by Jerry Back, FEBRUARY 20, 2016
Baker Beach

With a late afternoon low tide, I thought I would try to build upon the fantastic start I had on President’s Day (when I caught 7 crab). My only concern with starting at 3 PM is the potential offshore wind, which if blowing hard enough causes the line to billow making it difficult to feel whether or not you...
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Collins Lake Fishing Report
by Collins Lake Staff, FEBRUARY 19, 2016
Collins Lake

How high is the water Mama? It’s 60% full and rising!!! Only 22 more feet to go before the water is going over the spillway….. Last week’s 1800 lb. fish plant came at a very appropriate time, when the lake had 3 ft. of visibility and the weather was in the mid 70’s. Lots of people took to the...
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Richard Dobyns tops Day 1 FLW
by Gary Heffley, FEBRUARY 19, 2016
Shasta Lake

Wind and rain greeted Day 1 anglers of the Costa FLW Western Series Event presented by Minn-Kota on Shasta Lake. 26 pro anglers managed to best a 10lb bag limit on a lake known for numbers of bass as opposed to size of bass. The adverse conditions did not keep Richard Dobyns of Marysville from scoring an impressive 16.2...
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Uppers, Downers Plug Local-Area Rivers
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, FEBRUARY 19, 2016
Chetco River

The Chetco River fished quite well last week with the river maintaining between 1,500 and 1,800 cubic feet per second. The upper river holes were running quite clear but surprisingly some of the lower runs, say from Loeb State Park down to Social Security Bar were colored up enough for a few drift-boaters like Andy Martin from Wild Rivers...
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