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Green water and sunshine on the horizon
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Smith River

There’s hope on the horizon for North Coast steelhead anglers. Even though you’ll see off and on rain through the weekend and into Monday, an extended period of sunshine and warmth is expected to arrive early next week. The dry weather will hopefully stick around long enough to give us a shot at some of the other coastal rivers that...
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ODFW Weekly Recreational Report
by ODFW, FEBRUARY 22, 2017
Willamette River

Winter steelhead fishing continues And this may be a great weekend to hit the water. After days (weeks?) of persistent high, muddy waters, many coastal rivers could be falling into shape just in time for the weekend. Check out reports for the NW, SW and Willamette zones for more details. Early season trout stocking is underway It’s not too early to be thinking...
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Fishing is limited
by Gary Heffley, FEBRUARY 21, 2017
Shasta Lake

Last year, everyone was rubbing the magic lamp wishing for a rainy, snow-laden winter. Well, the genie answered that wish, and then some. We now have an overabundance of water that has lakes filled to the brim, causing serious and dangerous infrastructure issues with levees, dams and spillways, as well as blown out and flooded rivers and creeks. Few are thinking they'll...
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Endangered fish among the evacuees of Oroville Dam crisis
by Tara Lohan, FEBRUARY 21, 2017
Feather River

DAYS BEFORE NEARLY 200,000 people downstream of Lake Oroville were ordered to evacuate because of problems with two spillways at the dam, there were millions of other evacuees – residents of the Feather River Fish Hatchery. Last week, rising water levels at Lake Oroville caused dam operators to divert water to its spillway, which runs to the Feather River. High water flows and...
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Oroville Lake at 850′; work continues on erosion and debris
by Sharon Waranius, FEBRUARY 21, 2017
Feather River

Courtesy of Maven's Notebook -- Oroville lake elevation hit 850-feet yesterday but work continues on erosion and removing the debris pile at Oroville Dam, according to a briefing yesterday by Bill Croyle, Acting Director of the California Department of Water Resources. This news was received early yesterday by Maven’s Notebook but could not be posted until today. “We took a little time off from...
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Pacific herring arrive at Crescent City
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, FEBRUARY 18, 2017
Crescent City Harbor

Fishermen of all ages lined up elbow-to-elbow Citizen's Dock in Crescent City Harbor last week, jigging for Pacific herring that make their annual spawning migration into the harbor every year. This year, the silver-sided baitfish arrived at Crescent City Harbor on Saturday, February 11. Full 6-gallon buckets of herring averaging between 8 and 10 inches were the rule, and many...
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