Fishing Articles

Columbia River nearshore halibut fishery opens seven days a week
by ODFW, JUNE 7, 2017
Columbia River

The Pacific halibut nearshore sport fishery in the Columbia River Subarea will open to seven days per week, starting this week. The all-depth fishery closed, with approximately 1,000 pounds remaining on the quota. That is not enough to open for additional all-depth days. That remaining quota has been transferred to the nearshore fishery, allowing the additional days per week to be...
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Whiskeytown Lake Kokanee action improving
by Jeff Goodwin, JUNE 6, 2017
Whiskeytown Lake

Last year, there were a lot of NorCal Kokanee anglers out there who got to experience some of the fastest action Kokanee fishing on Whiskeytown Lake in many recent seasons. Just about everyone who fished Whiskeytown Lake last summer caught at least a few Kokanee if not full limits. For many, it was the first season they had fished Whiskeytown...
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Dredging up an answer
by Casey Allen, JUNE 6, 2017
Eel River - South Fork

We have two serious yet separate dredging issues in Humboldt Bay. Both are largely caused from sediment produced by the Eel River. The first is the heavy, large particles that flow on the winter currents that surge north. The heavy sediment collects in the entrance of Humboldt Bay after confronting the jetties. This results in shoaling where sand piles up...
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Trinity weather - water - fish
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, JUNE 6, 2017
Trinity River

We are approaching summer and days are getting longer and warmer. The Memorial Day Holiday has passed and there were NO serious incidents which made for a great Holiday. Thank goodness. The Weather: This winter was recorded as one of the wettest in the last 100 years. This was good news for 54 of the 58 counties of California. The other 4...
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Aggressive strategies to protect iconic species
by California Natural Resources Agency, JUNE 5, 2017
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

With the latest science showing that nearly half of California’s native salmon and trout species face extinction in the next 50 years, state agencies have committed to a suite of actions to improve survival rates, including restoring habitat, improving stream flow, removing stream barriers and reintroducing species to ideal habitat. These actions and more are described in a Sacramento Valley...
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Wild Chinook allowed on Lower Rogue
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, JUNE 3, 2017
Gold Beach

Both wild and hatchery Chinook may now be retained on the lower Rogue as part of an angler's 2-salmon daily limit, and although the action may not be red hot, the wild-fish retention will definitely have an effect on angler harvest picking up across the board by at least 30 percent. "We did get some wild fish today," said Jim Carey,...
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