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Sacramento River steelhead get Shasta water
by Jeff Goodwin, DECEMBER 27, 2016
Sacramento River - Lower

The Sacramento River is receiving a boost of water releases from Keswick Dam this week, presumably because of the amount of rainfall the region has received since October. As Shasta Lake reaches 45' feet below full pool, water managers began to release 10,000 cfs on the 21st from 5,000 cfs which has essentially taken the flows back to the summer...
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Modoc hosts wild horse management plan workshop
by Ken Sandusky, DECEMBER 27, 2016

The Modoc National Forest and Modoc County invite anyone interested to a community meeting to discuss implementation of the Devil’s Garden Plateau Wild Horse Territory Management Plan, which is available at http://1.usa.gov/1PxhnVA. The purpose of the meeting is to describe the plan implementation actions that have occurred to date. The forest and county would also like to solicit ideas regarding potential...
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Water, will we have enough for fish?
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, DECEMBER 24, 2016
Trinity River

This is the day before Christmas and winter steelhead are coming up the river. I hope everyone has a good Christmas. Do you hear that big swoooosh? That’s the water rushing down south. Last week Obama signed the finance bill which Senator Feinstein attached the water bill and the controversial rider to. About the same time, the courts ruled that Governor...
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ODFW celebrates with free fishing and crabbing
by ODFW, DECEMBER 24, 2016

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife wants to make it easy for anglers to kick off the fishing new year with a free fishing weekend on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. On Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, fishing, crabbing and clamming in Oregon will be free. That means no licenses, tags or endorsements are needed on those...
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Rockfish Recompression Devices Part III
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, DECEMBER 23, 2016
Chetco River

As of January 1, 2017, anglers fishing for bottomfish will be required to have on board their vessel, a functional descending device. So for the last two issues of On The Water, I featured several rockfish recompression devices which included the BlackTip recompression device ($49.99; presently on sale for $9.55), the Shelton Fish Descender ($6.00) and the SeaQualizer ($55.00). There are three other...
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Shasta County road trip
by Mike Mogler, DECEMBER 23, 2016

My wife Dru and I made the loop from Redding up Hwy 5 to Mt. Shasta City. Mt Shasta was as white as can be with copious amounts of snow. A stop at Bartles on Hwy 89 for lunch then a stop at Baum Lake. The fishing was slow according to one lucky angler fishing Powerhouse One. We then drove through...
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