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Sport salmon season likely to open May 16
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by Kenny Priest, APRIL 14, 2016

Fishing the North Coast: Sport salmon season likely to open May 16 Kenny Priest/For the Times-Standard HASA dinner coming April 30 Though not official as of Wednesday evening, word has it the Pacific Fishery Management Council is leaning towards alternative 1 for sport salmon anglers in the CA KMZ. According to Jim Yarnell, who is in Vancouver, WA representing the Humboldt Area Saltwater...
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Downers
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by Kenny Priest, MARCH 31, 2016
Smith River

The Smith is holding right around nine feet on the Jed smith gauge and the fishing has remained pretty good this past week reports guide Mike Coopman. He said, “The river has been holding its color pretty well, likely from the snowmelt. There isn’t much fishing pressure left, but there’s plenty of fish around to make a good day. Almost...
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Blown Out
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by Kenny Priest, MARCH 31, 2016
Eel River

The main stem remains blown out, currently running at just under 10,000 cfs as of Wednesday. According to Paul Grundman of Rio Dell's Grundmans Sporting Goods, it will be another week to 10 days before it’s fishable.

Most steelhead rivers to close March 31
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by Kenny Priest, MARCH 31, 2016

It’s been quite a few years since we’ve headed into a salmon season with this much uncertainty. With the number of salmon swimming off North Coast waters on a pretty sharp decline, all bets are off as to how bad or good the fishing will be. Hopefully we’ll be talking about the latter on Saturday morning as the recreational salmon...
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Set to Close on March 31st
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by Kenny Priest, MARCH 24, 2016
Mad River

The Mad jumped from 10 to over 12-feet from this week’s storm and is probably done for the year. As of Wednesday it was down to 11 feet and dropping slowly, likely due to water coming over the spillway from Ruth Lake. The Mad will close to fishing next Thursday, March 31.

High and Dirty
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by Kenny Priest, MARCH 24, 2016
Van Duzen River

The Van Duzen is currently high and dirty and may not drop back into shape prior to closing next Thursday, March 31. Running at just over 3,000 cfs on Wednesday and predicted to drop to 1,300 cfs by early Monday, it may turn green just in time to close.