This issues’ cover photo is of Red Rider, handling his albacore by himself. Steve Haynes is known for fishing alone and helping everyone else find and catch fish over the VHF radio. His proper speech and eloquent tone make him easily recognizable over the radio. He is a true gentleman on the water and a […]
The acronym MREP (pronounced M-Rep) is rather clever as this program basically trains attendees to be better marine representatives. The two, three-day workshops cover all aspects of fisheries management and begins with a comprehensive look at fisheries science. It includes presentations on data collection, stock assessment and modeling, internal verification and review, and collaborative research.
Although chilly the previous afternoon, Sunday, September 17, 2017 turned out to be a beautiful day at Trinidad, the small town located on California’s scenic redwood-forested, northwest coast just 24 miles north of Eureka. It was a perfect day to go fishing! Luckily, a kids fishing derby just happened to be scheduled at the Trinidad
The Eel River Recovery Project (ERRP) is non-profit grassroots group that employs citizen assisted monitoring to take the pulse of the Eel River ecosystem, including assessing fish populations. ERRP was formed after community scoping meetings in September 2011 all over the Eel River basin and there was universal concern about the non-native, highly predatory Sacramento
Eel River Recovery Project Tracks Sacramento Pikeminnow and Wants to Help Manage Them Read More »
This time of year is always a hard one for me. Loss of daylight, beginning of the cold wet season, nostalgia for summer fishing opportunities. However, it is also the beginning of the new year that will provide more opportunities in the coming year, plus crabbing opportunities (which I hear has been pretty good so
I hope everyone has had a great summer on the ocean. Despite the lack of a salmon season for those of us fishing north of Horse Mountain, we have been fortunate to have other opportunities this year. The California halibut have shown up in great numbers in Humboldt Bay, the Pacific halibut bite has been
We had another successful HASA fundraiser on April 15, 2017 at the Arcata Community Center thanks to a great fundraiser committee, awesome donators, and all you loyal supporters. HASA is your local voice for saltwater sportfishing issues and it would not be possible without all of you. The new location was great, lots of room,
What a winter! After three years of drought, the heavens opened up and provided us with record rainfall all across California. While the news for salmon fishing over the next two years is bleak, there is some bright spots in that juvenile salmon production in all of our California rivers this spring will likely be
Happy New Year to all of you, we hope it is starting off well. There is a lot to look forward to for the 2017 saltwater fishing season, which is described in more detail on the following pages. The discouraging news is that salmon season is likely going to be substantially impacted this year, and
Well, it’s the beginning of the holiday season again, this year went by pretty fast! Certainly not enough time on the water for me, hopefully you had better luck. It is a good time to reflect on how fortunate we are to live on the north coast, and appreciate all of the fishing opportunities that
