My Outdoor Buddy

Your Source for Outdoor Adventure

Northern California and Southern Oregon

Headline News from Northern California & Southern Oregon

Fly fishing from shore allows the angler to enjoy the tussle, revive the fish and let it go free. Photo by Mark Traugott

Fly fishing from shore allows the angler to enjoy the tussle, revive the fish and let it go free. Photo by Mark Traugott

Portion of coast opens for razor clamming
by ODFW, JULY 2, 2018
Columbia River

The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) announce a portion of the coast has opened for razor clamming as domoic acid levels have fallen below the closure limit. Razor clamming is now open from the Columbia River to Cape Perpetua and from the south jetty of the Umpqua River to Cape Arago. The harvesting...
Full Story

Efforts to Regulate California’s Cannabis Capital Spark Legal Fight
by Tara Lohan, JULY 2, 2018

[In Humboldt County, a conservation group is suing the government, arguing that a new ordinance regulating the local marijuana industry doesn’t adequately address the environmental impact of an estimated 15,000 cannabis grow operations.] When Californians voted to legalize recreational cannabis in 2016, the new law left room for municipalities to decide if, and how much, of the industry they wanted in their...
Full Story

Salmon prefer Bechhold bait holders 5 to 1
by Frank Galusha, JUNE 30, 2018
Trinidad Coast

My brother Don and I enjoyed great salmon fishing earlier on June 4 when over 80 percent of our fish fell for anchovies trolled behind chartreuse Bechhold baitholders. This was not a competition. We were trolling two different rigs and alternated picking up a rod when we got a strike. However, when it was all over, both of us knew...
Full Story

Rogue Bay - The Stinger's the Dinger
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, JUNE 30, 2018
Chetco River

When deciphering the legal mumbo jumbo in the Oregon Fishing Regulations pamphlet it is akin to becoming a rocket scientist who practices law. For instance, in the ocean, anglers are only allowed to use two barbless hooks when fishing for salmon. But in certain waterbodies such as the lower Rogue River and bay, the aforementioned 2-hook, barbless rule can be thrown out...
Full Story

BLM Announces Seasonal Fire Restrictions for Public Lands
by BLM, JUNE 29, 2018

The Bureau of Land Management began implementing fire restrictions for public lands managed by the Redding Field Office in Shasta, Siskiyou, Butte, Trinity and Tehama counties, Thursday, June 28. The restrictions will remain in effect until further notice. “We are implementing these seasonal restrictions to help protect public lands and nearby communities from wildfire,” said BLM Redding Field Manager Jennifer Mata....
Full Story

Sockeye opens, adult Chinook retention closes on Columbia River below Bonneville Dam as of July 1
by ODFW, JUNE 29, 2018
Columbia River

Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington modified regulations for the mainstem Columbia River recreational fishery. The following sportfishing regulations will be in effect from July 1-31. As of Sunday, July 1, the retention of adult Chinook is prohibited in the mainstem Columbia River from the Astoria Megler Bridge upstream to Bonneville Dam. Also as of July 1, the retention of sockeye is...
Full Story