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Last Sunday morning I hiked into the Thousand Lakes Wilderness, which is located off Highway 89 in the Lassen National Forest roughly between Old Station and Burney. Along for the adventure was my buddy Terry Catechi who claims to live somewhere between Shingletown and Viola. Terry met me at the Tamarack Trailhead at 7:30 in the morning, and...
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Fisherman Dan Hofbauer won the $1000 first prize for the biggest salmon in last Saturday’s annual Golden Gate Salmon Association Red Bluff Salmon Derby held at the Durango RV Resort in Red Bluff. Hofbauer’s king weighed in at 16.88 pounds, gutted and gilled. All three winning fish placed within a pound of each other. Second place went to Garland Hoffman....
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Hat Creek after Labor Day continues to receive CDFW plantings. This is great news for those anglers looking for uncrowded conditions with plenty of fish to go around. I stopped by Rim Rock Ranch for information on the continuing plantings and the news was good. Anglers are catching their limits including a few 3 plus pound brooders. California Fish and...
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Mother Nature spit the white stuff at us a little bit on Tuesday and, yup, we had our first woodstove fire of the Fall. And the trees, oh my, the trees are turning quick, lots of yellow, oranges and reds showing. Looks like we have cooler weather coming in in the middle of the week then temps should rebound into...
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