Fishing Articles

Trinity River Slide
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, FEBRUARY 26, 2019
Trinity River

On Thru. Feb. 21 and Fri. Feb. 22, just west of the Salyer rest stop where Highway 299 was changed over the river from a previous slide, a new slide came down and went over the old highway clear down into the river and dammed up the Trinity River for several hours until the pressure from the water building up...
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Steelhead Planted in Feather River
by Denis Peirce, FEBRUARY 23, 2019
Feather River

Over the past ten days the Feather River Hatchery has been planting juvenile steelhead into the Feather River. This year the hatchery produced 460,000 fish for planting in the river and it took over a week with three trucks to get them all down to the Boyd's Pump launch ramp. The ramp at Boyd's Pump is a few miles below...
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Fall Klamath King Returns Were Up In 2018
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, FEBRUARY 21, 2019
Klamath River - Upper - CA

Last fall produced some of the best king salmon fishing on both the Klamath and Trinity Rivers in recent memory, and the preliminary number of returning kings seem to reflect just that. While we’re still not back up to average runs sizes, we’re headed in the right direction. The CDFW predicted a river run size of 91,873 in 2018, and...
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Sonoma County's Victor Gonella Receives Salmon Conservation Lifetime Achievement Award
by GGSA Staff, FEBRUARY 20, 2019

On February 16, friends, associates, fellow fishermen, and dignitaries gathered at the Bodega Marine Lab in Bodega Bay to honor lifelong salmon fisherman and salmon advocate Victor Gonella with a Salmon Conservation Lifetime Achievement Award. Gonella also received recognition from the US House of Representatives and the California State Legislature for outstanding contributions to conservation of California king salmon. Victor Gonella is the...
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ODFW Seeks Candidates for Fish Restoration and Enhancement Board
by ODFW, FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking qualified applicants to fill two soon to be vacant positions on the Fish Restoration and Enhancement (R and E) Program Board. Interested individuals must apply by March 31, 2019. One position represents sport fishing interests and the other represents salmon troll fishing interests on the R and E Board. The ideal Sport Fishing...
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Crunching Data on Climate Change and Freshwater Fish
by FISHBIO, FEBRUARY 19, 2019

While polar bears are often the face of climate change vulnerability, freshwater fish may face just as many or even greater challenges from a shifting climate. Freshwater fish are already among the most imperiled animals on the planet, and climate change represents a major threat to the numerous ecological, cultural, and economic benefits that fish provide. In addition, freshwater habitats such...
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