Kenny Priest

Two-day season provides a nice boost to local economy The weekend’s two-day salmon season came and went, and the fishing reports weren’t great from our neck of the woods. I’d best define it as inconsistent. Some limits of kings were reported, but there were plenty of low scores and skunks to go around. There weren’t any real hot spots that produced...
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Up and down the North Coast, the story has been very similar. Where are the Pacific halibut, and when will the bite turn full tilt? To date, it’s been a slow start to the season, but certainly no need to panic. To be fair, the month of May has seen its share of wind and unfishable days, which has put...
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For North Coast anglers, Memorial Day weekend provides an excellent opportunity to try your luck at a variety of fish species and locations. With plenty of options on the table, the biggest decision might not be if you want to go, but where. Here are a few of the options that will hopefully make your decision a little easier this...
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Lack of effort, ocean conditions, or lack of fish, whatever the reason may be, it’s contributing to another slow start to the Pacific halibut season, eerie similar to last year. If I had to guess, I’d say it’s a combination of the first two. Since the season opened on May 1, there’s been just a few days which boats were...
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The much-anticipated Pacific halibut season kicked off Thursday, but it was a slow start for the small fleet fishing out of Eureka. Ocean conditions weren’t very good according to Tim Klassen of Reel Steel Sport Fishing. “The seas were pretty choppy and the water was really dirty,” said Klassen. “We didn’t see much life on the bottom either. We fished...
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Pacific Halibut, Rockfish open May 1 Following another tumultuous offseason for saltwater anglers that included far too many meetings, it’s finally time to start fishing. Our Pacific halibut and rockfish seasons are once again angler-friendly, and both will open next Thursday, May 1. And we even managed to sneak in a very abbreviated sport ocean salmon season beginning in June. Let...
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