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Things are Looking Up: The 2018 Salmon Season
by FISHBIO, MAY 6, 2019

It’s time for our yearly review of the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (PFMC) Review of Ocean Salmon Fisheries. This is the report that PFMC publishes annually on the previous year’s salmon fisheries along the West Coast. The report details harvest totals and socioeconomic benefits for the California ocean fishery, as well as escapement totals, or the number of salmon that...
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Trinity River Fishing Report
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, MAY 5, 2019
Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

Salmon Quotas & Limits: Finally I have news of the NEW Klamath River Basin Quotas and Limits. I will try to attempt to put this in plain English. The Klamath River Basin In-River Sportfishing total Fall Chinook salmon Quota is 7,637. A substantial increase over last year. Klamath River Spring Chinook salmon season opens July 1; limits, 2 salmon only 1 adult. Upper...
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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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