Fishing Articles

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) reminds anglers that the north coast red abalone fishery will be closed in 2018. In December 2017, the Fish and Game Commission voted to close the 2018 season. The closure is the result of extreme environmental conditions, including a widespread collapse of northern California kelp forests (cdfwmarine.wordpress.com/2016/03/30/perfect-storm-decimates-kelp/). CDFW surveys in 2017 found low...
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During the first week of April, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Feather River Hatchery will stock 51,800 yearling steelhead into the Thermalito Afterbay near Oroville.  This is the second juvenile steelhead release of the year and brings the total number of steelhead stocked in the Afterbay this season to 234,000. The practice of stocking the Afterbay with steelhead...
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The construction of a new boat-launch facility is scheduled to begin May 15 at Trout Lake in Siskiyou County. This project will make access to Trout Lake easier and safer for anglers and other recreationalists. In February 2017, the Wildlife Conservation Board awarded the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) $900,000 for improvements to fishing access to Shasta Valley Wildlife...
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The weather started getting progressively nicer outside the Port of Brookings Harbor, which begged bottom-grabbing hunters to cross the Chetco River bar and limit or near-limit out most of the week on Dungeness crab, rockfish and some pretty hefty lingcod. With local rivers still high, that prompted anglers to head south for their limits.  Anglers need to be aware not to...
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Following the recommendation of state health agencies, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced today that it has extended the area open to commercial rock crab fishing from the Sonoma/Mendocino County line (38° 46.1′ N. Lat., near Gualala, Mendocino County) south to the California/Mexico border. At the recommendation of the state Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), CDFW Director...
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This is one of those “It's a small world” and “you just never know” kind of a fishing story. One that proves that some kindness on the water is often remembered and can influence how others pay it forward. I have become friends in recent years with Redding area guide Lou Hubert. A most friendly, patient, helpful, not to mention skilled,...
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