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If you like looking through binoculars and appreciate good optics then the Abert Rim is for you. Photo by Larry Arbanas

If you like looking through binoculars and appreciate good optics then the Abert Rim is for you. Photo by Larry Arbanas

ODFW seeks candidate for Fish Screening Task Force
by ODFW, JULY 8, 2018

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking a candidate to represent fishing or fish conservation interests on the state’s Fish Screening Task Force. The ODFW Fish Screening Program helps water users install and maintain fish screens to prevent fish from entering water diversions. The Task Force advises ODFW on program development, implementation, monitoring, technology, funding and reporting. “Task Force members...
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Bottom Fishing Picks Up as Winds Die Down
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, JULY 7, 2018
Port of Brookings Harbor

Everybody was wondering when the blustery northwest winds were going to abate. As it turned out, the winds and seas started dying down on the Fourth Of July, and by July 5, anglers were limiting out on bottom grabbers about as fast as they could cast. In this little nook of the southern Oregon coastline, it’s about a 5 days on...
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Klamathon Fire Forces Closure of Three CDFW Northern Region Properties
by CDFW, JULY 6, 2018
Iron Gate Reservoir

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has announced the temporary closure of three public facilities and properties in Siskiyou County as a result of the Klamathon Fire. CDFW’s Iron Gate Hatchery along the Klamath River, the Klamathon Road fishing access below Iron Gate Hatchery, and the Horseshoe Ranch Wildlife Area north of Yreka between Interstate 5 and Iron Gate...
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CDFW Launches Electronic Reporting System for Commercial Fish Landings
by CDFW, JULY 6, 2018

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announces the availability of E-tix, a new electronic reporting system for commercial fishery landings that came online July 1, 2018. With the cooperation of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC), the E-tix application has been adapted to allow electronic reporting of all California landing records. Since 1933, CDFW has relied on paper...
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States close summer Chinook season above Bonneville
by ODFW, JULY 6, 2018
Columbia River

Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington today announced that retention of adult Chinook will close effective Saturday, July 7 at 12:01 a.m. and continue through July 31. The effective area is the mainstem Columbia River from Bonneville Dam upstream to the Oregon/Washington border. The action was approved after reviewing the latest run forecast, which biologists recently downgraded from 67,300 to 44,000 adult fish. The two...
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Kids can learn to fish July 10 at Shevlin Park in Bend
by ODFW, JULY 5, 2018

Kids age 17 and under are invited to learn to fish at a Kids Fishing Event on Tuesday, July 10 from 9 a.m.-noon at Shevlin Park Pond in Bend. ODFW staff and volunteers will be on hand to loan out rods, reels and tackle and show new anglers how to rig their line, land a fish and identify their catch. Younger children who...
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