Federal Boating Infrastructure Grant program pays for transient slips, moorings, fuel docks, navigation aids, restrooms, utilities and breakwaters   SPRINGFIELD, Va., June 19, 2019 – The Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) program, which funnels federal fuel taxes paid by recreational boaters back to the states to attract visiting boaters with amenities such as secure overnight dockage, has $24.7 million in funds available to local...
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More fish released at Ft. Baker After advocacy by GGSA, an extra 900,000 hatchery salmon were released at Sausalito's Ft. Baker this year, bringing the total to just under two million.  This should go a long ways towards helping fill the ocean with adult salmon in two years. Early data shows that survival of fish released there is considerably higher than fish released...
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We’ve got boats on the water, more fish in the Lake and the Aspen are quaking with the growth of new leaves, the CrabApple is starting to bloom and the first StrawBerry-Rhubarb Pie hit the oven. The creeks are ripping so be extra careful when fishing that flowing water. Southern California Edison finished the work on the Dam (icebergs up...
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Saturday's Free Kids Fishing Day at the Mt Shasta Fish Hatchery was a  glowing success with full stringers and smiling faces for all the young anglers.  The CDFW provided a great setting in the shadow of Mt Shasta with the ponds filled with willing and hungry rainbow trout. Some of the trout  in the ponds were pushing over 10 pounds,...
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Coho salmon (Onchorynchus kisutch) may be the overshadowed cousin of “king” Chinook in California, but are certainly deserving of some time in the spotlight. Like Chinook, coho face an array of challenges in the form of habitat loss and human-caused changes to their home rivers. However, unlike Chinook, which have had their populations boosted by billions of hatchery-produced fish, coho have not been...
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64.5F surface temp. East side pretty clean today. Stay tuned. Continued update from west side & middle when I get there! 61-63F west side. Big drift of algae several hundred yards from shore. Pretty clean around it and inside. Fishing very good on orange off Lake of the woods 5-20ft of water at the moment. Some grunge at Wildcat Pt...
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