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- Wow it Looks Like We Might Have A Salmon Season
- Rockfish bite anchors North Coast fishery
- Slow Start for Halibut, But Better Days Ahead
- Back in Business: KMZ Salmon Season Opens Wide in 2026
- Solid start to rockfish, halibut season across local ports
- Brookings Salmon Bite Off to Strong Start
- Fishing Guide Reports
Question: If an abalone diver takes a legal-sized abalone, is it legal for him to return it to the same rock if he does not remove more than three abalone during the day? I know some divers that will dive for several hours and may “pop” one to three abalones without damaging them, and keep none of them, returning all...
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Question: Is it permissible to catch a legal black bass, keep it alive while fishing, and then transport it alive to one’s home? (Jim E.)
Answer: While on the water, you can keep the black bass alive either in your live well on the boat or on a stringer in the water from where it was taken. However, you cannot then...
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Question: What laws apply to big game hunting with camera equipped, radio controlled, drone aircraft? (Terry B.)
Answer: The use of drones to hunt or pursue wildlife is prohibited in California.
“No person shall pursue, drive, herd, or take any bird or mammal from any type of motor-driven air or land vehicles, motorboat, airboat, sailboat, or snowmobile. Additionally, no person shall use...
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We continue to see trout catches of 5 pounders and lots of limits this week and expect this Memorial Day Weekend to produce the same with temperatures in the 70’s and 80’s.
Shane, Austin, & Allen caught 11 trout total and their two biggest were 5 lbs. & 4 lbs. using PowerBait along the Open Area shoreline. The Urich...
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And once again Winter has returned – actually we had an action-packed weather week from snow, wind, rain, hail, beautiful blue skies and sun! Like we’ve been known to say – Just wait a bit and the weather will change. As I’m writing this report Tuesday morning – we’ve got a mirrored lake, blue sky with big puffy white clouds...
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Funniest story this week by: Jeremy Stovall from Lincoln–who was fishing off the beach with a lure and hooked a trout which was being chased by a catfish who ate the trout! You guessed it, he brought in a trout and a catfish at the same time, now that takes skill……
Christopher Lautz was trolling for trout with a Kastmaster...
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