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Happy New Fishing Year
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, JANUARY 8, 2018
Trinity River

2018 starts the New Fishing Year so don’t forget to turn in your harvest cards and report cards to CDFW by January 31, 2018. To report online, click here, and enter your information, or you can snail mail in you report /harvest cards to the address on your fishing license. Until April of 2018 you will not need a salmon harvest card...
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ODFW seeks Chair for Access and Habitat Board – Apply by Jan. 26
by ODFW, JANUARY 7, 2018

ODFW is currently seeking a Chair for the statewide board of its Access and Habitat Program, which helps provide hunter access and improve wildlife habitat. The deadline to apply is Friday, Jan. 26, 2018. This is a volunteer position. People with experience leading boards or commissions, as well as experience in forestry, agriculture or ranching, hunting and wildlife conservation are encouraged to...
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Lingcod Opener Totally Off the Hook
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, JANUARY 6, 2018
Chetco River

Anglers who had their sights set on catching their first lingcod of 2018 on Monday's opener came back to the Port of Brookings Harbor cleaning tables humming the tune of buzzing electric fillet knives, and went home with plenty of meat to fill their stomachs and freezers. The lingcod bite was said to be off the charts. They were everywhere -...
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Volunteers needed to help with fishing study
by ODFW, JANUARY 5, 2018

If you have a flexible schedule, love to fish and chat with other anglers, ODFW has a volunteer opportunity for you. “We need volunteers to informally interview winter steelhead anglers on the North and South Umpqua rivers. Volunteers can work a very flexible schedule and will be stationed at boat ramps in Canyonville and between Glide and Winchester,” said Evan Leonetti,...
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What’s the Purpose of the New Elk Management Plan?
California Outdoors Q&A
Carrie Wilson, JANUARY 4, 2018

Question: I have been elk hunting with my father and brother out of state for years. My father was drawn for an elk hunt in California in the 1990s but none of us have been drawn since. We have been putting in for the draw since the preference point system started. What is the new elk management plan for, and is...
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Rain on the way, hopefully steelhead too
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, JANUARY 4, 2018
Chetco River

Coming off one of the driest December’s in history, we really have nowhere to go but up as far as rainfall totals go. Eureka checked in with a measly 1.94 inches of rain for December, well below the 8.12-inch average. But there is a change on the horizon as the forecast is finally calling for some well-needed rain. The lack...
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