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Anglers Hookup at Collins Lake
by Kathy Hess, SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
Collins Lake

Fall is on its way and Lake Collins anglers are making the most of it. Here’s a few of our outdoor buddies that hooked up this last week! Pictured above, David & Angela Gray from Sacramento fished the east side of our lake and hooked a 7 lb. & an 8 lb. catfish. And, though we don't have photos,...
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Collins Lake Fishing Report
by Collins Lake Staff, SEPTEMBER 25, 2016
Collins Lake

David & Angela Gray from Sacramento fished the east side of our lake and hooked a 7 lb. & an 8 lb. Catfish. Mark Okasaki from Sac. caught a 7 lb. 4 oz. Catfish near the dam using worms for bait. Mike Woolf from Santa Rosa caught three Cats also on the east side but he used live crawdads. His...
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Collins Lake Fishing Report
by Collins Lake Staff, SEPTEMBER 25, 2016
Collins Lake

David & Angela Gray from Sacramento fished the east side of our lake and hooked a 7 lb. & an 8 lb. Catfish. Mark Okasaki from Sac. caught a 7 lb. 4 oz. Catfish near the dam using worms for bait. Mike Woolf from Santa Rosa caught three Cats also on the east side but he used live crawdads. His...
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Chetco Ocean Bubble Season Opens
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

Chetco River

The second to the last ocean salmon season, what ODFW calls the “2016 Chetco River Fall Chinook State Waters Terminal Area Season” will open exactly one week from today on Saturday, October 1. This year’s season will be split up over two weekends. The first season will last from October 1 through October 3, on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. ...
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Ultra-lights, Fixed Wing...Harassing Wildlife
California Outdoors Q&A
Carrie Wilson, SEPTEMBER 24, 2016



Question: We live around the Imperial Wildlife Area (Wister Unit) and over the past two years we’ve seen an influx of ultra-light air craft flying over the Imperial Wildlife Area, sometimes very low. For example, on June 15 we saw three ultra-light crafts fly from a local airport and circle all of the wildlife area where there’s water, sometimes getting...
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Pacific Halibut Closes Friday
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Eureka Coast

North Coast offshore adventures will be limited to just rockfish come Saturday morning as the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced on Wednesday the closing of the recreational Pacific halibut fishery on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 12:01 a.m. for the remainder of the 2016 season. The quota of 29,640 pounds will be surpassed according to CDFW unless the fishery...
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