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Work on the Water
by Sharon Waranius, MAY 8, 2017


Work on the water is sweet when you're sailing while you work. Sailing while you work on Whiskeytown Lake is as close to heaven's shores as you could want. I visited there just the other day with my brother. He's an old Salt, Ken, better known as KW around the docks. Logging endless nautical miles through years of sailing experience, he is...
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High Water Releases
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, MAY 7, 2017
Trinity River

With summer approaching, it appears that some of the snowpack in the mountains is melting and filling the reservoirs thus causing the reservoirs to release extra water. This is causing much havoc in the lower section of the rivers and some flooding to some farm land. On the Upper Trinity it is causing problems around Lewiston and down near Junction...
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Turkey Hunting in Old Mexico
Ramblings
by John Higley, MAY 7, 2017


Last winter I couldn’t imagine where I would end up hunting wild turkeys this spring, other than here in northern California.  Then, in February, my vision was expanded by an offer to hunt in Florida for Osceola turkeys, a wild turkey subspecies that I never hunted for in the past.  I did that, and told you about the experience a...
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Applicants Sought for Klamath River Coho Habitat Restoration Projects
by Bureau of Reclamation, MAY 6, 2017
Klamath River - Middle

The Bureau of Reclamation, PacifiCorp and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) are seeking applications for funding to implement coho habitat restoration projects within the Klamath River and its tributaries downstream of Iron Gate Dam. The joint Request for Proposals (RFP) will make available $1.1 million in grants during 2017 through Reclamation’s Klamath River Coho Habitat Restoration Program ($645,000) and...
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Descending devices now required for Oregon halibut fishermen
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, MAY 6, 2017
Port of Brookings Harbor

The Pacific halibut season in the Southern Oregon Subarea (SOS) from Humbug Mountain south to the Oregon/California border started last Monday, May 1, and will continue through October 31, or until the quota of 10,039 pounds of dressed-weight halibut is attained, whichever comes first. With a little bit of luck and moderate seas, anglers may even get a chance or two this...
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Fishmas Weekend
by Lake Sabrina Boat Landing Staff, MAY 5, 2017
Lake Sabrina

What an Opener – lots of anglers out on the ice early and that was a good thing. Fisher people started hitting the parking lot at about 2AM. About 4AM, a party of 4 went started to the DingleBerry Inlet. At 6AM, the temp was 19°. The ice was turned out to be about 3” – 5” of ice, then about 10” of...
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