Fishing Articles

Klamath Management Zones Get Long Ocean Salmon Seasons
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, APRIL 15, 2018
Sacramento River

Salmon fishermen of the KMZ, it's time to start counting backward and marking days off your calendar. Due to a decision that finalized salmon alternatives at a recent PFMC meeting held in Portland, Oregon, both California and Oregon Klamath Management Zones (KMZ) will be fishing long and hopefully productive ocean salmon seasons this year. The reason for the long salmon seasons was...
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ODFW releases draft plan to conserve redband trout near Malheur Lake
by ODFW, APRIL 14, 2018
Blitzen River

ODFW is soliciting public comment on a draft plan to protect, conserve, and manage redband trout in the Blitzen and Silvies rivers, Silver Creek and other streams surrounding Malheur and Harney lakes in southeast Oregon. Redband trout of the Malheur Lakes area are uniquely adapted to the desert conditions of the Great Basin—able to persist through dry years, yet resilient enough...
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New 'Eco Line Weights' by Trinidad Tackle Co.
by Jeff Goodwin, APRIL 13, 2018
Shasta Lake

Redding Area Lake Fishing I've made a lot of changes to my fishing style in recent years, especially when fishing the lakes here in the Redding area. I've spent the majority of my adult life fishing and guiding for salmon and steelhead in both the Washington and California river systems. With uncertain times in the fishing industry, fishing guides have to...
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Game (back) on! Salmon opener slated for June 1
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, APRIL 12, 2018

After suffering through a complete shutdown of our salmon season in 2017 within the KMZ, one thing is for certain – absence truly does make the heart grow fonder. Halibut and rockfish are fun, but salmon is king in Eureka – always has been, always will be. And not being able to fish for them last year really stung. Needless...
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Plenty of trout for youth fishing event Saturday in Umatilla
by ODFW, APRIL 12, 2018
Umatilla River

Youngsters 12 years old and younger are invited to participate in a youth fishing event from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 14 at McNary Channel Ponds in Umatilla. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will stock the ponds with plenty of rainbow trout prior to the event to give kids a great opportunity to have a successful angling experience, according to Bill...
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Oregon ocean salmon fishing looking up for 2018 with opportunities coastwide
by ODFW, APRIL 12, 2018

Ocean salmon anglers can look forward to more opportunity this year based on recommendations made yesterday for federal waters (outside three miles) during a Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in Portland. Sport salmon fishing in the ocean off the Columbia River will open June 23 and is expected to run through Labor Day, Sept. 3, unless salmon quotas are reached earlier. The area from Cape...
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