Fishing Articles

Hell Hole, the Best Kind
Backcountry Travels
by Phil "Flip" Akers, JULY 28, 2017

If you like camping and fishing in extremely remote locales, Hell Hole Reservoir is for you. It's located in the Eldorado National Forest, reached by very long, sinuous roads, and there's rainbows, browns, mackinaw, and kokanee to fish for. Like many other Sierra lakes, Hell Hole also contains a healthy population of crawdads. My cohort, Kevin Ogg, and I visited Hell...
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Snake River Chinook season below Hells Canyon Dam closes July 30
by ODFW, JULY 28, 2017
Snake River

The spring Chinook fishery on the Snake River below Hells Canyon Dam will close at sundown (8:18 p.m.) on Sunday, July 30. Idaho Fish and Game, who monitors the Snake River fishery for both states, noted that angler interest and catch rates have dropped dramatically during the past two weeks. Last week, they documented only a few people fishing and an estimated harvest...
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Gamble pays off for Cove tuna seekers
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, JULY 27, 2017
Shelter Cove

Captain Jake Mitchell of Sea Hawk Sport Fishing had a hunch, and it paid off in a big way. On Tuesday, despite a mediocre forecast, he ventured from Shelter Cove out to the Gorda Valley where the water was warm, and hopefully loaded with tuna. “The wind was forecasted to stay outside of the 125 line, so I figured it...
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Lake Sabrina Fish Report
by Lake Sabrina Boat Landing Staff, JULY 24, 2017
Lake Sabrina

Lake Sabrina Boat Landing 760-873-7425 July 24, 2017 Twas another outstanding week and weekend in the high country. Thought we might get some ThunderBoomers over the weekend, but they held off till Monday. The Lake is back on the rise and is getting close to spilling. Fishing is fairly good – lots of bigger fish came out thru the week. The afternoon has been...
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Fish Trafficking Ring Sentenced Following CDFW Bust
by CDFW, JULY 24, 2017

Three Fresno men face jail time and fines after being caught poaching and unlawfully trafficking sport-caught fish, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced. Kue Her, 36, Leepo Her, 33, and Michael Vang, 31, all of Fresno, all pled guilty to charges of illegal poaching of wildlife for profit. Kue Her was sentenced to 52 days in county jail...
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Delta Water Tunnels
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, JULY 23, 2017
Klamath River - Lower

Yes we are back to the Delta Tunnels again. It appears that the Governor has received the “OK” to build the tunnels that will go around the delta and deliver water from the Sacramento River to the pumps at the San Joaquin station. Currently the CVPA delivers an average of 4.7 million acre feet per of water per year to...
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