250,000 Springers for the Columbia?
April 4, 2008
While there’s plenty of gloom and doom regarding salmon populations on the West Coast, one bright spot appears to be the Columbia River, where over a quarter of a million spring Chinook salmon are expected return to Columbia this year.
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Busted: Sturgeon Poachers using Baby Salmon for Bait!
March 28, 2008
How sick is this: Sturgeon poachers busted in Northern California recently had been using baby Chinook salmon for bait!
Wardens from the California Department of Fish and Game arrested nine suspects Friday morning for violations involving the illegal take of white sturgeon from the Sacramento River.
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Lost Coho Salmon Shows up in a Dutch River
March 28, 2008
How’s this for bizarre? A very lost coho salmon was recently taken by an angler in the River Meuse (Maas) in the Netherlands.
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California Salmon Fishing Update
March 21, 2008
Emergency action has been taken by the federal Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to close the ocean sport fishery between Horse Mountain and Point Arena on April 1, 2008.
In addition, emergency action was taken to close the April 5 sportfishing openers in San Francisco and Monterey port areas (south of Point Arena to the U.S.-Mexico Border).
Prospects dim for California Ocean Salmon Season
March 14, 2008
It’s not looking good for California and southern Oregon salmon anglers this year as fishery managers are likely to make king salmon off-limits in 2008.
Emergency Salmon Closure in California and Oregon
March 12, 2008
State and Federal fisheries managers imposed an emergency closure today on seven salmon fishing zones in California and Oregon to protect Sacramento River chinook salmon, now in a state of unprecedented collapse. Read more
It’s time to help the fish!
March 10, 2008
With many West Coast salmon and steelhead stocks in a total state of collapse at the moment, it’s time to step up to the plate and lend a hand.
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The upside to downer steelhead
March 5, 2008
Are downer steelhead really…well…”downers?” Lots of folks think so because when you catch them they’re usually skinny, colored up and not the greatest of fighters. Some people even get bummed out when they hook a downer (also known as runbacks, kelts or spent fish) but there’s actually a lot to love about ‘em.
CONSTRUCTION ZONE!! Welcome to the all-new FISH WITH JD!
March 2, 2008
Well, we busy little beavers have been at it all night, completely tearing down the old fishwithjd.com and building the bigger, better version you’re seeing here.
Big Fred in Florida for Wal-Mart FLW Tour stop at Lake Toho
February 25, 2008
Just a quick update on Bassin’ Big Fred Contaoi…(shown here singing a cover of Jimmy Buffet’s Fins…”Everybody — fins to the left, fins to the right…”)
Our man is off to The Sunshine State for the first Wal-Mart FLW Tour event of the season at Lake Toho Feb. 28- March 2.
The tournament will feature anglers from 35 states, Mexico, Italy, Spain, Australia and Japan and a top prize in the pro division of $125,000.
I’ll, of course, keep you posted on how he does but you can also watch Big Fred weigh in live at:
