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Weather Window Wide Open for Tuna
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, AUGUST 16, 2024



To all the Pacific halibut and rockfish swimming off the North Coast, you can rest easy for a while. The weather window has busted open and tuna fanatics are all over it, as to be expected. The ocean is and will be flat for quite a few days, the warm water is close and getting closer, and there’s a huge...
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Lake Sabrina Fishing Report
by Lake Sabrina Boat Landing Staff, AUGUST 11, 2024
Lake Sabrina

DFW has been dumping fish regularly, the size of some of the fish is questionable, but thankfully the drops of Idaho fish and Oregon fish have kept things exciting and some really nice fish are being caught. Also – more OREGON Fish are coming VERY soon (or perhaps already) and we also have more Idaho fish coming too. Things are...
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Pacific Halibut Action Hit and Miss
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, AUGUST 8, 2024



Around this time the past couple years, our Pacific halibut seasons were coming to a close as good fishing made quick work of the quotas. The same cannot be said of this year. Though we’ve had some pretty good flurries, the bite remains fairly inconsistent. Boats have been covering a lot of ground, searching from Trinidad south to the Eel...
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Plenty of Halibut Quota Left to Catch
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, JULY 25, 2024



The one upside of a summer full of windy, non-fishable weather – a Pacific halibut quota that still has plenty of poundage left to fill. The catch-rates have been so few that CDFW finally last week posted the first catch estimate since the season started back on May 1. As of July 14, California’s share of Area 2A’s quota, which...
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Bringing Oregon Salmon Back to CA – Here’s How
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, JULY 18, 2024



With the Oregon salmon season starting to heat up and California anglers making plans to get in on the action, here’s a reminder for CA anglers who plan to fish and harvest salmon in Oregon and bring them home to CA. Back in May, CDFW issued a press release reminding California anglers of important rules relating to transport of ocean...
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Big Catfish and More Than a Few Trout!
by Collins Lake Staff, JULY 17, 2024
Collins Lake

Over the last month we’ve seen some long stretches of very hot weather that have pushed the thermocline down below 20ft and the surface temperature up to around 83°F. While fishing isn’t in spring fever mode the summer sun has still seen its share of trout. Wyatt was trolling a “Little Lure” and landed an nine-and-a-quarter pound lightning trout. Kimmy &...
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