Free Kids Fishing Days Set
by Gary Heffley, MAY 5, 2019


The CDFW is partnering with a number of sponsors in offering a couple Free Kids Fishing events during the month of May in Northern California.  These events offer trout fishing opportunities for youth under the age of 16 that are old enough to help hold a fishing rod and help reel in a fish. With bait provided and a limited...
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Share Secretary Bernhardt Announces $10.7 Million in Public-Private Support for Big Game Migration Corridors
by DOI, MAY 3, 2019


WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced the award of $2.1 million in grants to state and local partners in Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming for habitat conservation activities in migration corridors and winter range for elk, mule deer, and pronghorn. The targeted big game species will benefit from the conservation actions funded by...
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Slow Start For Pacific Halibut Anglers
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, MAY 2, 2019


Day one of the 2019 Pacific halibut season is in the books, and the reports from Wednesday’s opener weren’t quite as good as expected. A few of the Eureka charter boats made the run straight out, fishing between the 51 and 47 lines, hoping to land on a bunch of hungry halibut that haven’t seen a bait in six months....
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Lake Sabrina Boat Landing April 29, 2019
by Lake Sabrina Boat Landing Staff, APRIL 29, 2019
Lake Sabrina

Quite a few people at the Lake on Opener. Luckily, most brought their common sense with them and no one went out on the ice. A few went down to the open water and we did see a few fish come up the ramp. Fishing was definitely on the slow side. A few others made the hike to DingleBerry Inlet...
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Trucking is Mucking Up Chinook Salmon Diversity
by FISHBIO, APRIL 29, 2019


We’ve all heard that “variety is the spice of life,” but a conservation biologist might suggest “variety is essential for life.” It’s understood that the more genetic diversity a population has, the more likely it will be to be able to adapt to future changes. A loss of diversity may occur as a result of a bottleneck, in which a...
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Fishing the North Coast: Recreational saltwater season set to begin
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, APRIL 25, 2019


Next Wednesday kicks off another ocean sport fishing season on the North Coast as both rockfish and Pacific halibut are set to commence. And with a lengthy salmon season only a month away, we’ll be going full bore before you know it. Without abalone or razor clams to fill in the gaps, it will feel good to be back on...
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