Fishing Articles

Humboldt Tuna Club site under repair
by Frank Galusha, SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Bob Taylor, webmaster for the Humboldt Tuna Club fishing forum, says a new temporary website www.humboldttunaclub.com/smf has been established for forum users. The old site www.humboldttuna.com went down on September 4th. “This new temporary site is a work in progress but is definitely usable until we can get the old site up and running again. Until then, all users will need to re-register as new...
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Helena Fire/Trinity River
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
Trinity River

The fires along the Upper Trinity have been devastating to many of the small communities along the Trinity. Several of the lodges and campgrounds that operated in that area are gone. What that will do to fishing on the Upper Trinity economy is unknown at this time, but will be noticed in years to come. Right now there is limited...
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Monster Salmon Caught in Rogue Bay
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, SEPTEMBER 9, 2017
Port of Brookings Harbor

This is the time of the year when multiple fisheries can be expected on the southern Oregon coast. The crabbing has been very good, fishing for lingasaurs has been stellar, rockfishing has been ridiculous, the tuna fishing has been excellent and then there are the hawg Chinook of the Rogue Bay. Why don't I have 10 arms? But let's start with the Port...
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Recreational Pacific Halibut Fishery to End Sunday, Sept. 10
by CDFW, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The recreational Pacific halibut fishery will end Sunday, Sept. 10 at 11:59 p.m. for the remainder of 2017. Based on the latest catch projections, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) expects to have met the 2017 California recreational quota of 34,580 pounds. California’s 2017 quota was approximately 5,000 pounds greater than the 2016 quota. The fishery lasted 86 days...
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101.6 Million Americans Participated in Hunting, Fishing & Wildlife Activities
by DOI, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced a new report by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that shows that 101.6 million Americans—40 percent of the U.S. population 16 years old and older—participated in wildlife-related activities in 2016, such as hunting, fishing, and wildlife-watching. The survey illustrates gains in wildlife watching—particularly around the home—and fishing, with moderate declines in the number...
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CORPS, ODFW Sign Hatchery Contracts
by ODFW, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued two contracts recently to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife for the operation of five hatcheries and the production of salmon and steelhead to offset impacts of the Corps’ dams in Oregon. The Corps will pay ODFW about $4.8 million to operate the Marion Forks, South Santiam, McKenzie and Willamette hatcheries in the...
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