The Smith dropped back down to a fishable level on Wednesday, but very few, if any took advantage reports Crescent City guide Mike Coopman. “I didn’t see any boats, and only a few plunkers were out. The reports I heard were that quite a few fresh fish still coming, and good number of downers were in the river as well....
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The Chetco remains high and off color following the recent rains, with no green water in sight. Flowing at 9,200 cfs on Wednesday, it’s predicted to peak at nearly 20,000 cfs on Sunday evening. Arcata resident Mike McCasland landed this nice hatchery steelhead on a recent float down the Chetco River. The Chetco, along with most of the coastal rivers, remain...
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Heavy rain forecasted for the weekend With the “Miracle March” in full swing, options for winter steelhead fishing will remain few and far between over the next week. An atmospheric river that’s set up over the Pacific Ocean is taking aim at the North Coast and will deliver several powerful storms starting Thursday. More than six inches of rain is on...
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Stockton, CA - The federal Securities and Exchange Commission charged California’s largest agricultural water district today with misleading investors about its financial condition as it issued a $77 million bond offering, with one of its managers bragging about using “a little Enron accounting.” California’s largest agricultural water district misled investors who bought $77 million of municipal bonds by using...
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It’s that time of year again at Pyramid Lake when the fishing is off the hook, and the Lahontan cutthroat trout are on the feed. March is a top producing month at the big pond, and April can be very productive as well. The entire season has fished better than normal this year, even with the cold water temperatures during...
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Stockton, CA – At a closed session board meeting this morning, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California authorized the purchase of five islands in the San Francisco Bay-Delta for an undisclosed sum. The deal is highly controversial in Northern California as it would put Southern California’s most powerful water agency in control of a group of Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta islands...
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