Fishing Articles

Whiskeytown Kokanee cool off
by Jeff Goodwin, MAY 15, 2017
Whiskeytown Lake

Whiskeytown Lake Kokanee fishing had been off to another great start this year and easy limits were the rule for many. Last week saw a dramatic change in the weather with daytime temperatures cooling down into the mid 60's. Nighttime temps dipped into the 40's and Whiskeytown lake water temps quickly followed suit. Lake temps of 58 degrees were noted...
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Trinity River Fishing Report
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, MAY 14, 2017
Trinity River - Upper

Spring water releases are in the process and most reservoirs are releasing as much water as possible because the snowpack in both the Sierras and Trinity Alps are abnormally high for this time of year. Right now as I write this column, it is raining here in the Trinity Valley and snowing up in the Marble Mountains and probably in...
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"Hatchery Hole" at Cole Rivers Hatchery closed to all angling
by ODFW, MAY 14, 2017
Rogue River- Lower

An emergency angling closure at the “Hatchery Hole” at Cole Rivers Hatchery Dam begins Monday, May 15 through July 31, 2017. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists need to protect hatchery spring Chinook broodstock collection and maximize future angler benefit throughout the Rogue River. Russ Stauff, ODFW’s Rogue Watershed Manager said Cole Rivers Hatchery’s spring Chinook program is very successful, particularly when compared to...
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Rockfish and Lingcod back on the bite
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, MAY 13, 2017
Port of Brookings Harbor

After several weeks of rainy weather and high seas, local-area seafarers once again slew the fatted bottom grabber last week during a stretch of semi-calm days out of the Port of Brookings Harbor, with most anglers’ luck favoring either rockfish or lingcod. When I arrived at the port’s cleaning station last Wednesday, several groups of anglers were filleting some very large...
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Main Stem Eel update
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, MAY 12, 2017
Eel River

“The main stem Eel is looking better every day,” said Paul Grundman of Rio Dell’s Grundmans Sporting Goods. “The water level has dropped considerably this week, and it should be fishable by the weekend. I wouldn’t be surprised if there wasn’t some downrunners around and you may even run into some fresh ones as well.” As of Wednesday, flows were...
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States delay lower Columbia River steelhead fishery opening
by ODFW, MAY 12, 2017
Columbia River

Fishery managers have postponed the annual fishery for hatchery steelhead and jack Chinook salmon from Tongue Point upriver to the Interstate 5 Bridge set to begin May 16. Lower than expected passage of spring Chinook salmon over Bonneville Dam coupled with the spring Chinook catch to date in the recreational fishery downstream of Bonneville Dam are the primary causes of the...
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