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CDFW Invites Artists to Enter Annual California Duck Stamp Art Contest
by CDFW, MARCH 7, 2018

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is seeking talented waterfowl artists to submit their original artwork to the 2018-2019 California Duck Stamp Art Contest. Submissions will be accepted from May 11 through June 11. The contest is open to U.S. residents who are 18 years of age or older as of March 5, 2018. Entrants need not reside in...
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Anglers, Wanna have some fun?
by Gary Heffley, MARCH 6, 2018

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is looking for volunteers to assist with the upcoming free kid's fishing day events. The day is rewarding and easy; some handing out loaner fishing rods and bait, others baiting and casting lines, helping net fish, and offering help to remind a new angler that they might want to set the hook on...
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Entire Oregon coast now open for crabbing
by ODFW, MARCH 6, 2018

The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announce that recreational and commercial crabbing is now open from Cape Blanco, north of Port Orford, to the California border. Crab samples taken from the area indicate that levels of the marine biotoxin domoic acid have dropped below the alert level. As a result, the entire Oregon coast is now open for recreational...
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Fishing Basics: Sunfish/Bluegill
by Gary Heffley, MARCH 6, 2018

Depending on the part of the country an angler was raised, there is a better than average chance that the first fish they ever caught was some type of Sunfish. For California anglers that sunfish was probably a Bluegill, although there are a number of other species of Sunfish throughout the state including Redear Sunfish, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed and Warmouth....
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Looking ahead to rain
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, MARCH 5, 2018
Trinity River

The snowpack in the Sierra’s and the Trinity Alps is looking good for right now. What we really need is a continuing build up of it to assure us of enough water in the reservoir system to supply farmers and the rivers of the water we will need for the summer and fall to stave off another drought. Like I...
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Elusive Sierra Nevada Red Fox Captured in Tehama County
by CDFW, MARCH 5, 2018

A Sierra Nevada red fox was captured in Tehama County last month by California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) biologists researching this rare sub-species of red fox. The 10-pound male fox was captured on national forest land just outside of Lassen Volcanic National Park, near the town of Mineral. The fox was collared and released at the capture location, and...
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