Headline News from Northern California & Southern Oregon

Cape Mendocino, Humboldt County
Heading offshore at dawn with a calm sea is the wish of every saltwater angler and skipper.


 


Humboldt Tuna Club site under repair
by Frank Galusha, SEPTEMBER 11, 2017


Bob Taylor, webmaster for the Humboldt Tuna Club fishing forum, says a new temporary website www.humboldttunaclub.com/smf has been established for forum users. The old site www.humboldttuna.com went down on September 4th. “This new temporary site is a work in progress but is definitely usable until we can get the old site up and running again. Until then, all users will need to re-register as new...
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Helena Fire/Trinity River
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
Trinity River

The fires along the Upper Trinity have been devastating to many of the small communities along the Trinity. Several of the lodges and campgrounds that operated in that area are gone. What that will do to fishing on the Upper Trinity economy is unknown at this time, but will be noticed in years to come. Right now there is limited...
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Golden Trout Grease
Backcountry Travels
by Phil "Flip" Akers, SEPTEMBER 10, 2017
June Lake Loop

Hang around California long enough, you'll hear Gold Rush tales of unaccomplished miners trying to strike it rich by peddling California Gold Grease. The claim was to rub your body with the grease, then roll down a Mother Lode hill. The gold -- and only gold -- will stick to you. The price was ten dollars per box! Ridiculous as...
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Tiny Fish and Gentle Giants
On Patrol
by Steven T. Callan, SEPTEMBER 9, 2017
Monterey Bay

My wife, Kathy, and I are in Pacific Grove this week. While we’re here, I’d like to share one of my favorite outdoor columns, about a once-in-a-lifetime wildlife encounter we had here in September 2015. This piece was originally posted as my October 12, 2015 “On Patrol” column in My Outdoor Buddy. It was early September when Kathy and I arrived...
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Monster Salmon Caught in Rogue Bay
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, SEPTEMBER 9, 2017
Port of Brookings Harbor

This is the time of the year when multiple fisheries can be expected on the southern Oregon coast.  The crabbing has been very good, fishing for lingasaurs has been stellar, rockfishing has been ridiculous, the tuna fishing has been excellent and then there are the hawg Chinook of the Rogue Bay. Why don't I have 10 arms? But let's start with the Port...
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Recreational Pacific Halibut Fishery to End Sunday, Sept. 10
by CDFW, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017


The recreational Pacific halibut fishery will end Sunday, Sept. 10 at 11:59 p.m. for the remainder of 2017. Based on the latest catch projections, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) expects to have met the 2017 California recreational quota of 34,580 pounds. California’s 2017 quota was approximately 5,000 pounds greater than the 2016 quota. The fishery lasted 86 days...
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