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ODFW seeks candidate for Fish Screening Task Force
by ODFW, JUNE 20, 2017

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking a candidate to represent agricultural interests on the state’s Fish Screening Task Force. The ODFW Fish Screening Program helps water users install and maintain fish screens to prevent fish from entering water diversions. The Task Force advises ODFW on program development, implementation, monitoring, technology, funding and reporting. “Task Force members represent a variety...
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Lake Sabrina - Weekly Fishing Report
by Lake Sabrina Boat Landing Staff, JUNE 19, 2017
Lake Sabrina

Lake Sabrina Boat Landing 760-873-7425 June 19, 2017 Happy PaPa’s Day What a difference a week makes. Nineteen degrees with the windchill last week – 86 degrees this weekend and with the increase in temps – there is water all over the place. There are about 6 new creeks pouring water into the Lake and with that SCE has shut us down to one...
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Quality Kokanee are the highlight of this year's Whiskeytown Lake season!
by Jeff Goodwin, JUNE 19, 2017
Whiskeytown Lake

Last week provided some excellent Kokanee fishing on Whiskeytown Lake. Easy limits for our clients were had for most of the week, but the weekend saw a dramatic change in the bite. Federal water managers released over 6,000 acre feet of water from Whiskeytown, dropping the lake by nearly a foot. We still caught some quality fish on Saturday and...
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Lower Rogue delights anglers
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, JUNE 17, 2017
Port of Brookings Harbor

When I was a lad, I was always the last person to leave the lake, river or ocean because I wanted to squeeze in every fishing moment that I could. If truth be told, I am still that very same person. Which makes this coming Wednesday especially near and dear to my heart. It's my favorite day of the year because it's the...
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SHARE Program Offers Elk Hunts, Including New Properties
by CDFW, JUNE 16, 2017

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is accepting applications for 31 elk hunting opportunities offered through the Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) program. The hunts will occur at various times between Aug. 15 and Dec. 24, 2017 on 28 select properties in Colusa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino and Siskiyou counties. Specific details for all 31 elk hunts...
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Stakeout at Battle Creek
On Patrol
by Steven T. Callan, JUNE 16, 2017

This is an excerpt from “Stakeout at Battle Creek,” a chapter in my recently released sequel, The Game Warden’s Son. I’m sometimes asked if I had any favorite places to work during my twenty-one years supervising the warden force in western Shasta County. Lower Battle Creek immediately comes to mind—from the mouth, where Battle Creek flows into the Sacramento River, to...
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