Non-native fish are main consumers of salmon in reservoirs
Might be time to change that pike minnow bounty to a walleye bounty. When warm water fish species like bass, walleye, and crappie that are …
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“On Deck” with Heath Daughtry of Yellowfin Yachts
Heath Daughtry—VP of Sales for Yellowfin Yachts, founder of the Florida Skiff Challenge, and the reason his gym keeps 90-pound dumbbells on the rack. If …
NMFS approves plan to restrict salmon fishing
King salmon fishing could be cut back from Puget Sound to Monterey Bay if king salmon numbers fall too low to feed the 75 endangered …
‘Deadbeat dams’ and their impact on cold-water ecosystems
As global climate change continues to cause drought conditions there is going to be a push to build more dams. As drought-stricken California considers constructing …
Tribal Members Say Steelhead Net Pens Violate Fishing Rights
The Swinomish Tribe has joined as a friend of the court in a lawsuit to block permits that allow steelhead farming in a commercial net-pen …
$2.5 Million Fine For Spraying Pesticides Near B.C. river
Pesticides and fish don’t mix. Canadian National Railway Company (CN) was fined $2.5 million after pleading guilty to discharging pesticides in or around fish-bearing waters. …
Skeena Country
By Rich Simms Upper Fraser/Thompson Steelhead collapsed and functionally extinct. Olympic Peninsula Streams missing escapement levels. NF Umpqua Closed due to low returns. Columbia/Snake tracking …
What Happens To Native Trout Fisheries When We Remove Competing Hatchery Stock
A super interesting story via The Caddis Fly on the results of ending hatchery supplementation on 5 miles of the Lower McKenzie. In 2009, ODFW …
The lessons for British Columbia in Alaska’s epic Bristol Bay sockeye run
This year’s eye-popping sockeye run may be a lesson for more than just British Columbia The world’s most abundant sockeye fishery is teeming with 10 …
Justification?
That sound you hear is the crickets from the angling business community. The ides of September is upon us. There isn’t the remotest possibility there …