Fishing Articles

Coastal rivers await steelhead
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, DECEMBER 6, 2018
Chetco River

With very little rain over the past week and the rivers on the drop, the end is likely in sight for the late, fall-run salmon season on the North Coast. The season has been somewhat of a disappointment to fishermen as only a couple major storms hit the coast and dropped enough rain to bring the Smith and Chetco up...
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CDFW Awards $13.2 Million for Fisheries Habitat Restoration and Forest Legacy Projects
by CDFW, DECEMBER 5, 2018

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) today announced the selection of 41 projects that will receive funding for the restoration, enhancement and protection of anadromous salmonid habitat in California watersheds, as well as forest legacy restoration. The grants, which total $13.2 million, are distributed through CDFW’s Fisheries Restoration Grant Program (FRGP). They include $994,421 allocated for timber legacy restoration...
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Commercial Dungeness Crab Season to Open in Sonoma County
by CDFW, DECEMBER 3, 2018

California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Director Charlton H. Bonham issued a declaration to open the commercial Dungeness crab fishery from Bodega Head, Sonoma County north to the Sonoma/Mendocino county line. The area from the southern boundary of Bodega Head State Marine Reserve, Sonoma County (38° 18’ N. latitude) north to the Sonoma/Mendocino county line (38° 46.125’ N. latitude) was closed due...
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Chetco River Officially Opens to All Techniques
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, DECEMBER 1, 2018
Chetco River

Gear restrictions were officially lifted on the Chetco and Winchuck Rivers last Tuesday, when an onslaught of back-to-back low-pressure systems in southern Oregon and northern California created numerous freshets, raising the streams and allowing stranded salmon and steelhead to escape upriver. It also beckoned late fall Chinook and early winter steelhead to enter the river as well. “We are back on track...
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Telling weekend for late fall king run
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, NOVEMBER 29, 2018
Chetco River

The season for late fall kings finally got going last week following the first significant storms of the year. For the Smith and Chetco, I’d say the fishing was fair. While there were some big, bright fish caught on both rivers, the overall scores were pretty underwhelming. Now granted, conditions weren’t exactly perfect, but we were all hoping to see...
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ODFW Salmon and Trout Advisory Committee to meet at Salem Airport on Dec. 6
by ODFW, NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program (STEP) Advisory Committee will meet in Salem on Thursday, Dec. 6 beginning at 8 a.m. The meeting will occur at the Salem Municipal Airport located at 2990 25th Street SE, Salem. The agenda is available at http://www.dfw.state.or.us/fish/STEP. The agenda includes review of mini-grant applications, STEP program planning and program updates. The...
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