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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The temperature isn’t the only thing heating up on the North Coast. The salmon bite out of Eureka and Trinidad sizzled this week. Tuesday was good, but it went wide-open on Wednesday. The Eureka charters had full limits by 10 a.m. and the Trinidad boats did equally as well, if not better. And for the first time since the season...
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And just like that we have a Lake! Temperatures started heating up last Tuesday and DingleBerry Creek picked up. Had a bit of Thunder and a few sprinkles Wednesday evening and about 10 sprinkles more on Thursday along with breezy weather. Weekend temps dipped a bit but look to be on the rebound this week.   With the rise in the Lake,...
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Salmon are an iconic species in California, with an intrinsic value for both ecological and cultural reasons. Despite population declines over the last decade, salmon are also economically important, although assigning them a dollar value is not always easy. Surprisingly, information on the economics of California’s commercial and recreational salmon fisheries is generally lacking, hampered by a dearth of suitable analyses specific...
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At the April Fish & Game Commission meeting in Sacramento, the commissioners accepted a petition for listing the Spring Chinook salmon as a threatened species from the Tribes and notified the public that the spring salmon fishery was closed to the take of any salmon. That meant NO FISHING FOR SALMON! Later the commission, with the recommendation from CDFW, set...
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Volunteers are being sought for this coming Saturday's Free Kids Fishing Event at the Mt Shasta Hatchery.  Volunteer duties include assisting in registering youngsters and families for the event, passing out loaner fishing outfits,  passing out bait and assisting young anglers at the ponds.   As a regular volunteer I can attest to enjoyment in helping the many young anglers who...
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