Fishing Articles

Klamathon Fire Forces Closure of Three CDFW Northern Region Properties
by CDFW, JULY 6, 2018
Iron Gate Reservoir

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has announced the temporary closure of three public facilities and properties in Siskiyou County as a result of the Klamathon Fire. CDFW’s Iron Gate Hatchery along the Klamath River, the Klamathon Road fishing access below Iron Gate Hatchery, and the Horseshoe Ranch Wildlife Area north of Yreka between Interstate 5 and Iron Gate...
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CDFW Launches Electronic Reporting System for Commercial Fish Landings
by CDFW, JULY 6, 2018

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announces the availability of E-tix, a new electronic reporting system for commercial fishery landings that came online July 1, 2018. With the cooperation of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC), the E-tix application has been adapted to allow electronic reporting of all California landing records. Since 1933, CDFW has relied on paper...
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States close summer Chinook season above Bonneville
by ODFW, JULY 6, 2018
Columbia River

Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington today announced that retention of adult Chinook will close effective Saturday, July 7 at 12:01 a.m. and continue through July 31. The effective area is the mainstem Columbia River from Bonneville Dam upstream to the Oregon/Washington border. The action was approved after reviewing the latest run forecast, which biologists recently downgraded from 67,300 to 44,000 adult fish. The two...
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Kids can learn to fish July 10 at Shevlin Park in Bend
by ODFW, JULY 5, 2018

Kids age 17 and under are invited to learn to fish at a Kids Fishing Event on Tuesday, July 10 from 9 a.m.-noon at Shevlin Park Pond in Bend. ODFW staff and volunteers will be on hand to loan out rods, reels and tackle and show new anglers how to rig their line, land a fish and identify their catch. Younger children who...
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Mystery Tag Washed Ashore
California Outdoors Q&A
Carrie Wilson, JULY 5, 2018

Question: My Boy Scout troop was recently hiking at Pirate’s Cove in the Marin Headlands, and we found this tag washed ashore. We packed it out, but we’re still wondering what it is. Do we need to return it to the department, or report that we found it? (Hunter Pinkstaff, Boy Scout Troop 227) Answer: What you’ve found is a buoy tag issued...
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Salmon Are Booming in Oregon’s Rogue River. Dam Removal May Be Why.
by Matt Wieser, JULY 4, 2018
Rogue River - Middle

AFTER CHASING SALMON along the southern Oregon coast for 48 years, commercial fisher Duncan MacLean has developed a strong sense of who’s who at the end of his hook. This year, he says, most of the Chinook salmon he’s catching are likely from the Rogue River, where the state of Oregon and conservation groups have worked for years on one of...
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