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Okay guys, it’s that time again. January is here, and the annual sports show season is almost upon us.  First up is the International Sportsmen’s Exposition (ISE) show at Cal-Expo in Sacramento.  It starts on January 19 and wraps up on the 22nd. I will be there on Thursday and Friday, doing seminars on turkey hunting as I have for the last 29 years.  As usual,...
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Collin's lake had a superb ending to 2016! Thank you to all who have enjoyed our beautiful, bountiful lake and we invite you to return and bring more friends to get out and join us this coming year, and help make 2017 the best year ever! Jim Pack of Marysville was quite happy with his 2 lb. 8 oz. trout which...
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Friday, 12/30/16, I made my way out the door at 8:00 AM give or take a few minutes. The outside temperature was 37 degrees. I planned to fish Shasta Lake and put-in at Jones Valley. When I arrived at Jones Valley the air temperature was 41 and after several minutes I was OTW kayak fishing in my Hobie Outback. I was...
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Kudos to Travis Marshall of Pilot Hill for his great catch, an 8 lb. 8 oz. Rainbow Trout.....from shore even at the boat dock using a worm!! Jim Pack of Marysville was quite happy with his 2 lb. 8 oz. trout which he caught off the beach on PowerBait. Travis Marshall and Rich and Brian hooked five trout total as a...
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It’s not very often that New Year’s Eve falls on the day that this fish column comes out, so you definitely don’t want to be caught red-handed without your new 2017 fishing license ($38.00) and your adult combined angling tag ($35.00).  If you wish to crab or pursue clams, mussels and other shellfish, you will also have to purchase an...
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Question: We have a small orange grove in Ventura County that has been overrun by ground squirrels in the past few years. Is there any legal method of “importing” king snakes or gopher snakes onto our property to help control the squirrel population? (Darrell J., Ventura County) Answer: Unfortunately, we don’t allow the release or relocation of snakes into the wild...
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