t’s a great time to be a saltwater angler on the North Coast. Right now, the options are wide open — Pacific halibut, rockfish, and tuna. And this weekend, tuna will take center stage. With flat seas and warm water within range, boats from Shelter Cove to Crescent City will be making the run offshore in hopes of loading the...
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As soon as increased flows hit the lower Klamath, big schools of salmon and steelhead charged upriver. Fishing was excellent earlier in the week, and small pulses of fish should continue moving in over the next few weeks. Flows peaked at 4,172 cfs Wednesday and are now dropping but will remain high through the holiday weekend, around 3,100 cfs Saturday...
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The Labor Day weekend is here! This is the last Holiday weekend of summer. It also is the unofficial start of Fall Salmon fishing, but there is NO Salmon fishing season for the third year. There was suppose to be a small Ocean Salmon fishing (7,000) season that barely lasted one whole weekend. The In-River Fall Salmon Sport fishing was...
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Heading into last weekend, anticipation was sky-high for a wide-open tuna bite off Eureka. With flat seas and warm water in place, conditions looked perfect for an epic run. While the action didn’t quite live up to those lofty expectations, there were still some bright spots—and plenty of lessons learned for next time. The best water was sitting southwest of Eureka...
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We had a dash of rain Saturday and then more sunshine with the heat coming back for the weekend. Water temperatures are going back up also. With the warm water comes problems for the fish. Cooler temperatures will start to come back for the beginning of Fall weather.     There will be some reprieve August 22 thru 30th as the Bureau of Reclamation...
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Halibut and rockfish can take a breather because tuna is about to steal the show this week. The weather window is wide open, and the ocean will be flat for the next few days. Warm water is within reach and still pushing in, and there should be plenty of fish riding with it. The only catch? We haven’t had a good...
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