Fishing Articles

Earth Day Reminder: Everything We Do Affects Wildlife
by CDFW, APRIL 21, 2017

Wetlands bus, interactive booths, native plant stations, a craft booth, food for sale, and more. The event is handicap accessible, held in the north parking lot. For more information, call (714) 846-1114. CDFW will be at the U.S. Forest Service’s Kern River Valley Bioregions Festival at Circle Park in Kernville April 22, to explain the Kern River Hatchery renovation project and the new Kern River...
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ODFW seeks comment on two fish passage exemptions
by ODFW, APRIL 21, 2017
Coyote Creek

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is seeking public comment on two requests to exempt from fish passage requirements at two independent locations, one on an unnamed tributary to W FK Coyote Creek in Lane County and the second on an unnamed tributary to Quedo Creek in Josephine County. Comments are due by May 12, 2017. Tim Payne is...
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Ruth Lake Bass tourney coming in May
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, APRIL 21, 2017
Ruth Lake

The Southern Trinity Volunteer Fire Department is hosting its 11th annual Ruth Lake Bass Tournament on Saturday, May 6. Blast off begins at 6:00 a.m. Entry fees are due May 1. Entries are $150 per team (includes Big Fish). First Place is $1,500 and second place is $1,000. Big Fish will win $100. One in five payback based on full...
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Klamath and Trinity closed for fall-run kings in 2017
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, APRIL 20, 2017
Klamath River - Middle

The fall-run Chinook fishery on both the Klamath and Trinity rivers will be closed in 2017. The California Fish and Game Commission last Thursday voted to close both rivers to the take of any size Chinook salmon after the fall seasons begin — Aug. 15 on the Klamath and Aug. 31 on the Trinity. Many factors led us to this...
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Family Fishing Event featured during Family Fun Day
by ODFW, APRIL 19, 2017
Empire Lake Upper

A Family Fishing Event is set for Saturday, April 29, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Middle Empire Lake as part of Coos Bay’s annual Family Fun Day. Families compete a clinic to learn about fishing. Afterwards, kids can fish an enclosure in the lake that is stocked with 2,500 rainbow trout. ODFW provides loaner rods, reels and tackle. Kids 11 and...
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Hells Canyon Chinook season opens April 22
by ODFW, APRIL 19, 2017
Snake River

Spring Chinook season will open in Hells Canyon on April 22 from the Dug Bar boat ramp to the boundary below Hells Canyon Dam. Snake River spring Chinook are currently making their way up the Columbia River headed for Hells Canyon. “While we don’t expect these fish to arrive for a few weeks, we want anglers to have access as soon as...
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