Fishing Articles

Northern Commercial Dungeness Crab Season Further Delayed in Ocean Waters North of Patrick’s Point, Humboldt County
by CDFW, JANUARY 8, 2019
Humboldt County Coast

California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Director Charlton H. Bonham delayed the opening of the commercial Dungeness crab fishery from Patrick’s Point, Humboldt County north to the California/Oregon state line after state health agencies recommended to delay the fishery in the area due to elevated levels of domoic acid. The commercial Dungeness crab fishery in the area south of Patrick’s Point, Humboldt County to...
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Rain and snow expected for the weekend
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, JANUARY 6, 2019
Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

I hope everyone had a good and safe New Year’s weekend. I have to apologize to all my readers for not having a Fishing Report for the last several weeks. My computer crashed. I had to try and recover my data then buy a new compute and transfer the data into the new computer. Not easy, as I am still...
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The Dalles Pool sturgeon season to close January 7
by ODFW, JANUARY 5, 2019

The recreational sturgeon season in The Dalles Pool (The Dalles Dam upstream to John Day Dam) will close effective 12:01 a.m. Monday, Jan. 7, under rules announced today by fishery managers from Oregon and Washington. The states decided to close the sturgeon sport fishery based on catch projections which indicate the 135 fish guideline may be achieved by Friday evening. Catch...
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Anticipated Storms Should Help Steelhead Fishing
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, JANUARY 4, 2019
Chetco River

Chetco River flows have lowered to nearly 1,100 cfs, making the fishing ‘tough’ at best. But according to Harvey Young, owner of Fishawk River Company, the numbers of steelhead have not been as high as they usually are in early January. “There are some of the best fishermen hitting the river,” says Young. “If they only get one fish a day,...
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Great start to the New Year
by Gary Heffley, JANUARY 3, 2019

The brown trout are still stacked in the bay adjacent to the ramp at Baum Lake, the proof being the 27 I caught and released in about an hour and a half using Cripplures. It was definitely a nice way to start the new year, but an omen for sometime later in 2019! The fishing gods always have a way to even...
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Slow start to the steelhead season
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, JANUARY 3, 2019
Chetco River

It’s been somewhat of a sluggish start to the winter steelhead season on the North Coast, and it’s hard to put a finger on exactly why. All of the coastal rivers saw a good rise on Christmas Day, but that influx of water didn’t bring much in the way of steelhead numbers. Granted, a handful of steelhead have been caught...
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