Huge Salmon returns expected on Klamath/Sac in 2012
From the San Francisco Chronicle…. The council’s experts said there are 820,000 chinook in the ocean now preparing to return to the Sacramento River system to lay eggs next fall. Another 1.6 million...
View Article18 Wild Garcia River Steelhead found in Freezer during Pot bust
Mendocino and Humboldt counties are highly known for their steelhead fishing and Marijuana. During a local put bust in Mendocino county near the Garcia River, game wardens found 18 dead wild Steelhead...
View ArticleDocumentary on the removal of the Elwah Dams
Found this over at Moldy Chum. This is an interesting documentary on the removal of the Elwah dams on Washington’s Olympic Penninula. The first dam has been removed and the upper dam is currently in...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving
There are so many things to be thankful on this day and every day of the year; family, friends, good health, and the opportunity to go fishing. Happy Thanksgiving and tight lines! JH
View ArticleHigh Water…
Looks like we are finally in the clear for about a week or so, but we got so much rain out of this system that many river are going to be out for some time. Many rivers got up around flood stage with...
View ArticleThats a wrap…
Winter steelhead season has come to a close. Yes, there are still some places open to fish but its been a long season and its time for a break. Always a little bummed out when the winter season is...
View ArticleAnother Alaska Volcano up in smoke…
This time its Pavlof, which just so happens to be the one Hoodoo Lodge faces about 35 miles away. Let’s hope it doesn’t blow! See ya in a month Pavlof....
View ArticleSave Wild Umpqua Steelhead!
Received a text from my good buddy Rich Zellman yesterday telling me the state is thinking about opening up a kill fishery on wild steelhead in the Umpqua. Read below his note and please write a letter...
View ArticleEel River Restoration
In the last couple of years there has been some good work work done on our coastal rivers to help boast salmon and steelhead runs. The Eel is receiving much attention especially from CalTrout and some...
View ArticleArcata Premier of Wild Reverence
Join the Wild Steelhead Coalition in showing the amazing film, Wild Reverence by filmmaker Shane Anderson Two years in the making, this feature film chronicles the state of steelhead across their...
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