Fishing Articles

Lake Sabrina - Weekly Fishing Report
by Lake Sabrina Boat Landing Staff, JUNE 19, 2017
Lake Sabrina

Lake Sabrina Boat Landing 760-873-7425 June 19, 2017 Happy PaPa’s Day What a difference a week makes. Nineteen degrees with the windchill last week – 86 degrees this weekend and with the increase in temps – there is water all over the place. There are about 6 new creeks pouring water into the Lake and with that SCE has shut us down to one...
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Quality Kokanee are the highlight of this year's Whiskeytown Lake season!
by Jeff Goodwin, JUNE 19, 2017
Whiskeytown Lake

Last week provided some excellent Kokanee fishing on Whiskeytown Lake. Easy limits for our clients were had for most of the week, but the weekend saw a dramatic change in the bite. Federal water managers released over 6,000 acre feet of water from Whiskeytown, dropping the lake by nearly a foot. We still caught some quality fish on Saturday and...
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Lower Rogue delights anglers
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, JUNE 17, 2017
Port of Brookings Harbor

When I was a lad, I was always the last person to leave the lake, river or ocean because I wanted to squeeze in every fishing moment that I could. If truth be told, I am still that very same person. Which makes this coming Wednesday especially near and dear to my heart. It's my favorite day of the year because it's the...
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States close one Columbia River sturgeon season, set another
by ODFW, JUNE 15, 2017
Columbia River

Columbia River fishery managers today closed one recreational white sturgeon season and scheduled another. Higher than expected effort and catch prompted fishery managers to close the sturgeon season planned for Saturday June 17 from the Wauna power lines downstream to the river mouth. Recreational anglers exhausted their harvest quota of 3,000 legal-sized sturgeon during the first five days of this fishery,...
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Two-week halibut closure begins Friday
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, JUNE 15, 2017
Eureka Coast

The first of four sport Pacific halibut seasons off of California will come to a close after today, June 15. So far, the halibut fishing has been spectacular out of Eureka and Trinidad. The North Coast has always been known for its salmon, but it’s quickly becoming a halibut mecca as well. The first season, which opened on May 1,...
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Free Fishing Days for 2017 will be July 1 and Sept. 2
California Outdoors Q&A
Carrie Wilson, JUNE 14, 2017
Klamath River - Middle

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) encourages all Californians to give fishing a try for free on July 1 and Sept. 2. CDFW annually offers two Free Fishing Days, typically around the Fourth of July and Labor Day weekends. On these two days, people can fish without having to buy a sport fishing license. Free Fishing Days also provide...
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