by JD on December 13, 2011
If you're into this kinda thing...bust out pen & paper!
We all know that the proposed regulations changes designed to help save native fish in California by reducing the number of striped bass are heavily flawed at best. When you look at the graphs, all the fish species of the California Delta (stripers included) are on the decline…which suggests, of course, that it’s an issue with water and not striped bass.
The California Fish & Game Commission will be considering drastically liberal bag and size limits at its February meeting and you can help by sending a letter that says you’re strongly opposed to the new regs. Read more about all this
HEREHERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO: 1) First off, send an online letter voicing your opposition to the F&G Commission here: www.water4fish.org Then, for maximum impact, whip up a quick letter on the computer and mail a hard copy as well to: California Fish and Game Commission, P.O. Box 944209, Sacramento, CA 94244-2090
by JD on December 6, 2011
Brush, in happier times (KEZI Photo)
It took a Pacific County Superior Court jury less than two hours to convict Brian Brush, former owner of North River Boats of aggravated first-degree murder.
More than 800 days have passed since Brush used a 12-gauge shotgun to kill Lisa Bonney, 45, near the north end of the Long Beach Boardwalk on a busy September afternoon. He has spent all those days behind bars. Now it is likely he will spend the rest of his days in prison after jurors found he premeditated his crime. Aggravating circumstances will likely guarantee life in prison without possibility of parole.
Read the entire story at
KVAL.comby JD on December 5, 2011
Yep, that qualifies!
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Bitter Milt Face (By “no snagn here “)
I overheard a guy say he caught a big Salmon and took it home and ate it from head to tail! Then he proceeded to say how good it was and how he even ate the lungs. His buddy said “you ate the lungs???” And he said: “Yea, those two big white things in the salmon’s stomach…I fried them up in the morning and ate them with eggs!” Then, with a huge grin on his face he said “Those aren’t lungs those are Salmon SPERM sac’s..!!” Just before he gave about 10 other fishermen a good half hour worth of giggles..he made the funniest face ever.. A combination of I think I just crapped myself + Bitter Beer Face = Bitter Milt Face.
What friends are for (By Kevin P.)
I was 16 years old and had just outfitted a 14-foot aluminum flat-bottom for the river. I spent every last penny I had made on it. First trip out to the Feather River…everything was going great. The boat was dialed in and I was pumped up! We were trolling with the bow-mount electric and I hooked into a king. I asked my buddy to fire up the big motor and get us away from the bank and the snags. So he starts the motor up puts it into gear (not reverse) turns right instead of left, gave it more gas when I said to stop. Hit a log with the prop and bent it to hell, broke the brand new trolling motor when we hit the bank & I lost the fish in the snag. While we were floating back to the boat ramp, I noticed he broke the rod I let him use while everything else was going on. He never offered to help me fix anything or help me pay for or replace anything. I never took him fishing again and we are still good buddies…just not fishing buddies.
Is it still “whitewater” if you can’t see it?(By Ray Fairfax)
A friend and I decided to float “the canyon” section Trinity river between
Douglas City and Junction City. The steelies were biting. A bit too well it seems, as nightfall hit while we were still 2 or so miles upstream from the Sky Ranch takeout. I can say with certainty that drifting a couple of miles down the Trinity by moonlight in a fiberglass driftboat is not something anyone should try. After negotiating the difficult canyon without contacting even one rock, those last couple of easy (in daylight) miles had me busy doing chine repairs for a few days. I know we don’t get extra points for spinelessness, but it was spine jarring!
by JD on November 24, 2011
by JD on November 13, 2011
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by JD on November 12, 2011
In Oregon, lining or “flossing” of salmon in several rivers may soon get the boot. Apparently, things have gotten ugly at places like the infamous Hatchery Hole on the Rogue and others.
Read all about it here: Mail Tribune
by JD on November 9, 2011
About 250 people showed up at Portuguese Hall in Rio Vista last night to voice their opinions on the new proposed striped bass fishing regulations for California.
The was simply a public forum in which the DFG did a quick presentation on the reasoning behind the regulations they are proposing and then the public was able to comment. Basically, most folks said that the water diversions, not predation by striped bass, were the main culprits in the declines of native Delta fishes. The DFG answered the questions and seemed to agree with that point.
So, the next step is the proposal (and the public’s comments) gets sent onto the CA Fish & Game Commission next month, where the Commission can either decide to act on it…or decide to ignore it.
Here’s where you can affect change: Write a quick email to the Fish & Game Commission at [email protected] and let them know how you feel about this issue. There are 5 voting members…we need three of them to vote against this whole abomination.
by JD on November 7, 2011
Well, the water mongers in California are at it again! Thanks to theThe Golden Gate Salmon Associationfor a heads up on this one!
The Bureau of Reclamation, the California Department of Water Resources, the San Joaquin water contractors and others recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement which turns over most of the control of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan to the water exporters. The BDCP is a scheme to vastly increase the export of water from the Delta via a peripheral canal masquerading as a Habitat Conservation Plan. It is an end run around state and federal endangered species acts by providing water exporters with 50-year no-surprise guarantees that no additional requirements will be required, even if the project fails miserably and fisheries and water quality continue to decline.
One of the most onerous provisions would give the water contractors control of the science reports on the impact of the canal project on fisheries. They would have the right to edit and change the reports of the fishery agencies. To see the proposed sign on letter click HERE
Congressmen Miller, Thompson, Matsui, McNerney and Garamendi protested this secret deal that excluded the public. In response, USBR and DWR announced a very abbreviated 15-day public comment period ending November 16th. We are responding to that comment period.
IMPORTANT!: HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Write a complaint letter to Secretary Salazar. For a sample, click HERE Set your letter up as an email and send it to [email protected]
Thank you for your participation. Please respond by November 11th and forward this request to others who will also respond. . We are hopeful a strong protest will turn this situation around.
