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Winter on the Upper Klamath River, Siskiyou County
Anglers drift-fish this river daily in fall and winter often in widely fluctuating weather.


 


Big Storm Moving Trough
by Valerie Aubrey, DECEMBER 3, 2015
Eagle Lake

Lake conditions; Temp mid 40's. Dirt roads in muddy now that we have had a couple days of warmer ambient temperatures. Big wind today. No way to shore fish, float tube or be in a boat when gusts are topping 38MPH!! Looks like we have a storm blowing in that might bring some snow or a...
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California Outdoors Q&As
California Outdoors Q&A
Carrie Wilson, NOVEMBER 26, 2015



Keeping Homes Inhospitable to Nuisance Raccoons Question: Raccoons come up through the culverts in our neighborhood and are causing a lot of trouble. Last year, there was one that tore a vent off our house and got in the subfloor and tore up our ducts under there. This year one of them attacked my dog in our back yard....
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Collins Lake Fishing Report
by Collins Lake Staff, NOVEMBER 21, 2015
Collins Lake

How fast things can change in only two weeks!! Trout ‘catching’ is definitely speeding up to an all time high this week. Fish Sniffer had their T.O.C. Derby last weekend and the list of contestant’s catches was very lengthy! Carl McCune took the prize for the overall Biggest Trout catch, a whopping (7.52 pounds). In the...
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Upper Trinity Fish Report
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Trinity River

Not much rain has fallen in the Trinity area, and it remains low and clear reports Steve Huber of Steve Huber’s Guide Service.” Conditions aren’t perfect, but there are a few fish around. Junction City continues to be the spot where most of the boats and bankies are concentrating, and the pressure is pretty high. We definitely need some rain...
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Smith River Update
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Smith River

The Smith peaked at just over 5,400 cfs around noon on Wednesday on the Jed Smith gauge, and a bunch of brand new fish made their way into the lower river reports Mike Coopman of Mike Coopman’s Guide Service. He said, “The river came up quite a bit, and brought with it a pretty good slug of fish. The bright...
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Chetco River Fishing Report
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Chetco River

Prior to yesterday’s rise, salmon fishing on the Chetco had been slow. Reports indicated the fishing was good on Tuesday during the rise, but muddied up pretty good on Wednesday with only a handful of people trying. It was predicted to peak at just over 3,000 cfs on Wednesday evening and will be on a slow drop through the weekend.
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