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Pacific Herring Arrive in Crescent City in Full Force
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, FEBRUARY 3, 2018
Chetco River

Fishermen - start your sabikis! Pacific herring have made their annual appearance on January 31 in Del Norte Harbor in Crescent City, but they arrived in full force on February 1. "Today was the big day," said Loren Taylor from Englund Marine Supply in Crescent City on Thursday. "They're big and they're in there pretty thick." Hordes of Pacific herring were being...
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Commission meets Feb. 9 in Portland to consider uplisting marbled murrelets
by ODFW, FEBRUARY 3, 2018

The Fish and Wildlife Commission will host a reception Thursday, Feb. 8 at the Pacific Northwest Sportsmen’s Show in Portland and then meet Friday, Feb. 9 at the Sheraton Hotel, Portland Airport, 8235 NE Airport Way. Thursday’s reception is in the Green Theater at Portland Expo from 4:30-5:30 p.m. and is a great opportunity to meet Commission members, ODFW Director Curt...
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Whiskeytown Lake Kokanee bait
by Jeff Goodwin, FEBRUARY 2, 2018
Whiskeytown Lake

Winter in Northern California can be both beautiful and brutal depending on what kind of weather patterns Mother Nature sends our way. This winter has been relatively mild and we've seen weather that resembles springtime more than it does our typical winter. On a positive note, some of our local fishing opportunities do very well in the spring, so it's...
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Steelhead Days Angling, Year #5 2018
by My Outdoor Buddy, FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The 5th annual Humboldt Steelhead Days Expo When: Saturday, Feb. 3 • 11am to 3:30pm • FREE! Where: Prasch Hall Community Center is located on the Perigot Parks grounds, Blue Lake, CA What: A family-friendly watershed education day! Bring the kids and learn all about steelhead, fishing, river ecology and restoration, the outdoors and wildlife, trails, and general education and awareness about our North Coast watersheds. Sign up for the HSD fishing...
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Entire Oregon coast now open for crabbing
by ODFW, FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announce that recreational 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. Commercial crabbers in this area can set gear for a...
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Death Valley
Before and After
by Don Stec, FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Recently, when I mentioned to friends that I am going to Death Valley for a short vacation, the reply I usually got was, "Why? It’s so hot there.” People seem to be shocked that I would consider going to a place where the heat is often over 120 degrees in the summer. Some say it's desolate and there's nothing to...
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