Fishing Articles

Crab harvesting closure extended on Oregon coast
by ODFW, OCTOBER 24, 2017

The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announce the immediate closure of recreational and commercial crabbing from the north jetty of the Coquille River, which includes the bay in Bandon, to the California border due to elevated levels of domoic acid. This includes crab harvested in bays and estuaries, and on beaches, docks, piers, and jetties....
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GGSA 4th Annual Sonoma Salmon Dinner and Fundraiser
by GGSA Staff, OCTOBER 24, 2017

The Golden Gate Salmon Association (GGSA) will host its 4th Annual Sonoma Dinner on Thursday, November 9 at Cornerstone Event Center. The dinner will honor the Sonoma Valley dairy and wine farmers the Mulas Family who have been using recycled water for decades on their dairy farm and fields. According to Ray Mulas, who is also the fire chief of the Schellvista Fire District, “We are not strangers to water re-use...
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Fire, Rain and Mud
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, OCTOBER 23, 2017

First we had FIRE, then we had Rain, then we had MUD. This has been the usual for the last several years and I hope that this is not going to be the normal weather for the Trinity Valley in coming years. The rain and water for the reservoirs, the rivers, environment and the fish, is needed, but not the...
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Chinook Showing in Chetco Tidewater
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, OCTOBER 21, 2017
Chetco River

The first rains of the season have sparked Chinook to enter upper and lower Chetco River tidewater holes, with most of the kings pulling a pit stop at Social Security Bar. Rain is expected throughout the weekend but not enough precipitation is expected to significantly raise the river for drift boats to deploy their techniques. At the present time, the ground...
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Lake Sabrina Fish Report
by Lake Sabrina Boat Landing Staff, OCTOBER 19, 2017
Lake Sabrina

Lake Sabrina Boat Landing 760-873-7425 October 19, 2017 WATCH OUT FOR DEER! Don’t forget that jacket! Fishing season closes November 15th, 2017 Lake Sabrina Boat Landing will reopen Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 7:00am! Thank you all for another awesome year. Thanks to the Inyo Register for printing our weekly reports – whether they were about fish, the weather, the flowers, and the wildlife or just Lake life...
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California halibut bite keeps rolling
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, OCTOBER 19, 2017
Eureka Coast

If you thought the California halibut season was belly up, you may want to reconsider. The effort has definitely tapered off over the past few weeks, but the bite remains as strong as it’s been all season. “We fished over the weekend, and it was as good then as it’s been all season,” said Tim Klassen of Reel Steel Sport...
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