Rough ocean conditions will likely spoil the opener Crab season is just around the corner! Three happy crabbers show off a nice haul of Dungeness crab from last season, but this year’s Nov. 7 opener comes with trap restrictions, a North Coast closure and plenty of new rules to know before setting your gear. Photo courtesy of Steve Huber/Crescent City Fishing Barring...
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After hearing reports of bluefin tuna being caught out of Fort Bragg, Jake Mitchell of Sea Hawk Sport Fishing and a few other boats from Shelter Cove decided it was worth taking a look. Last Thursday, as they headed southwest from the Cove, they came across a couple of schools of bluefin. “We were lucky to get one fish that day,”...
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Last week of the season for us at the landing so reserve a boat while you can. The bite has truly been amazing the last couple weeks.

 It is hard to believe that it is October already and Fall weather is suppose to be cooler weather. Not this week! We are experiencing some false summer in October when it normally is in mid-September. I know it is crazy but this year we are having mixed weather patterns. From all indications the area is going to experience a...
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The Trinity River water flows are back to summer flows of 450cfs. This will last to about mid to late October when BOR will drop the water flows back to winter flows of 300cfs. There is the possibility of BOR maintaining the summer flows a little longer into the winter summer flows but not guaranteed.  As the river has been...
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If you’ve been missing the thrill of hooking and landing ocean-fresh, large king salmon, you’ll want to keep your eyes on the Chetco River estuary. Salmon have been staging in tidewater since early September, waiting for enough rain to push upriver. According to Andy Martin of Wild Rivers Fishing, fishing at the mouth of the Chetco is already approaching peak-season catch...
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