Fishing Articles

KMZ ocean salmon season closure finalized
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, APRIL 15, 2017
Klamath River - Upper - OR

Did you feel the earth shake last week? That was because officials representing ocean salmon seasons for specific zones from the Washington/Canada border to Mexico sat around a table at a PFMC meeting held in Sacramento, California and amicably crunched numbers for six solid days from April 6-11. Their goal was to try and reasonably distribute Chinook and coho seasons between...
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ODFW will host Family Fishing Event at Devils Lake April 22
by ODFW, APRIL 15, 2017
Devils Lake

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a Family Fishing Event Saturday, April 22 at Devils Lake in Lincoln City. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Regatta Park. ODFW will stock the lake with rainbow trout prior to the event, including 3,000 fish that will be released in a large net pen reserved for...
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ODFW will host Family Fishing Event at Devils Lake April 22
by ODFW, APRIL 14, 2017
Devils Lake

Low salmon projections lead to restrictions/closures
by CDFW, APRIL 14, 2017
Klamath River - Lower

Historically low numbers of fall-run and winter-run Chinook salmon have prompted the California Fish and Game Commission (FGC) to drastically limit the state’s salmon fishery for the remainder of 2017. In the Klamath Management Zone, which is the area between the Oregon/California border and Horse Mountain (40° 05’ 00” N. latitude), the entire ocean salmon fishery will be closed, as will...
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Anglers cast into a full Shasta Lake for bass tournament
by Visit Redding, APRIL 14, 2017
Shasta Lake

A trip to the Bassmaster national championships is at stake for 210 anglers as they gear up for the Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Western Regional presented by Magellan at Shasta Lake on Wednesday. Bassmaster returns to Shasta Lake for the first time in more than a decade while B.A.S.S. Nation is making its first appearance on the lake – both...
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Bobberin’ down the Upper Klamath
On the Trail
with Gary Lewis, APRIL 13, 2017
Klamath River - Upper - CA

When I started fly-fishing, I took a lot of guys with me. We were all 12 and 13 and lived then on the banks of the Columbia. We’d fish the mouths of tributary streams for trout and panfish then prospect up the little creeks for wild rainbows. We heard of people getting in on big dry fly hatches, but we...
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