Fishing Articles

Ocean Alive with Bottom Grabbers
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Pacific Herring Still in Crescent City Harbor I just love living in this little slice of heaven called Brookings. It has everything an angler could ever hope for - steelhead and salmon rivers galore, ocean fish aplenty, tuna when in season, crab fishing fiestas - you name it, it's got it. And if it isn't readily available, you can drive within...
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Incident At Shasta Lake
Ramblings
by John Higley, FEBRUARY 9, 2018
Shasta Lake

In case you haven’t noticed, the weather lately has been way too good to keep us inside for any length of time. That being the case, my friend Russ Herrick and I headed for Jones Valley and the shores of Shasta Lake the other day. Our goal was to do a little bank fishing for trout which, I heard from...
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CDFW Seeks Input on 2018 Recreational Pacific Halibut Season Dates
by CDFW, FEBRUARY 9, 2018

California anglers interested in the recreational Pacific halibut fishery are invited to provide input to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) via an online survey. The short survey, which will be open through Feb. 23, will help inform CDFW biologists about angler preferences for open fishing dates during the upcoming 2018 season. Results of the survey will be used...
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Rivers are green, but bite is slow
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, FEBRUARY 8, 2018
Chetco River

This past weekend saw all of our coastal steelhead rivers turn some shade of green – some emerald and some olive. Condition-wise, it was probably the best we’ve had this season. But pristine conditions only last so long. And now, as we go another week deeper into a disheartening dry spell, some rivers are getting too low to drift and...
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CDFW Awards $14.4 Million for Fisheries Habitat Restoration and Forest Legacy Projects
by CDFW, FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) today announced the selection of 38 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 $14.4 million, are distributed through CDFW’s Fisheries Restoration Grant Program (FRGP). They include $480,605 allocated for timber legacy restoration...
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Commission Suspends License of Sportfishing Charter Boat Operator for Poaching
by CDFW, FEBRUARY 7, 2018

The California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) today ordered a five-year suspension of the license of Pacific Star Sportfishing, Inc., a recreational sportfishing vessel operator. The decision was made following oral arguments heard at the Commission meeting today in Sacramento. In an undercover operation and subsequent boarding by officers in 2013, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) wildlife officers observed...
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