Fishing Articles

Steelhead season showing signs of life
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, JANUARY 11, 2018
Chetco River

That little shot of rain seems to have done the trick. For the first time this season, just about all of the coastal rivers are starting to see winter steelhead show up in decent numbers. From the Chetco to the Eel, the reports have all been good. Boats drifting the Chetco are landing one to three fish a day, with...
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Commercial Dungeness Crab Season to Open in Northern California
by CDFW, JANUARY 11, 2018
Humboldt County Coast

The northern California Dungeness crab fishery in Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte counties will open 12:01 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. The opener will be preceded by a 64-hour gear setting period that will begin at 8:01 a.m. Jan. 12, 2018. California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Director Charlton H. Bonham had delayed the season a total of three times after crab quality...
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Trolling Flies for Rainbows and Browns
by Jeff Goodwin, JANUARY 10, 2018
Shasta Lake

There are hundreds of techniques trout anglers utilize to effectively catch trout and there are no limits to the number of combinations and presentations we see people fishing all the time. It can be a bit overwhelming for some of you out there who find a way to spend the time to look for new ways to improve your catch...
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Anglers: Turn in 2017 Combined Angling Tags, Hatchery Harvest Cards
by ODFW, JANUARY 10, 2018

ODFW reminds anglers to turn in their 2017 Combined Angling Tags and/or Hatchery Salmon/Steelhead Harvest Cards (aka Hatchery Harvest Tags) as soon as possible. The documents should be returned even if you didn’t catch any fish or go fishing. Anglers with an annual fishing license are required to use the Combined Angling Tags and/or Hatchery Harvest Cards to track the number, type and...
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Razor clamming reopened on part of the Oregon coast
by ODFW, JANUARY 8, 2018
Umpqua River

The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) announce the reopening of razor clamming from the south jetty of the Umpqua River, south of Reedsport, to the south jetty of Coos Bay as domoic acid levels have dropped below the alert level. The harvesting of razor clams remains closed from Cascade Head, north of...
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Happy New Fishing Year
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, JANUARY 8, 2018
Trinity River

2018 starts the New Fishing Year so don’t forget to turn in your harvest cards and report cards to CDFW by January 31, 2018. To report online, click here, and enter your information, or you can snail mail in you report /harvest cards to the address on your fishing license. Until April of 2018 you will not need a salmon harvest card...
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