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By Kenny Priest the lack of rain isn’t doing the run of late-fall kings any favors but it is keeping the California halibut fishery alive. Without an influx of freshwater from the rains and with enough food SWEETHEARTMOTORS.ORG to keep them happy, there’s no reason for the halibut to leave. Though the effort has dwindled, there are still enough halibut in the bay to make for a great day. The few boats still targeting them are finding success using artificial baits, with swimbaits being the top producer. Most of the live bait left the bay toward the end of September but enough halibut have hung around to make it worth your while. And the smaller tide swings Tyler Gillespie, left, along with Russell Boham scored limits of we’ve had lately also play a California halibut last week while fishing in Humboldt Bay. role, as the halibut seem to Photo courtesy of Tyler Gillespie bite better when there’s less water moving in and out. If you haven’t had your fill of halibut, there The Rivers: are still plenty left to catch. The north River Closures channel above the bridge, near the Coast Currently, all the North Coast rivGuard station and South Bay have been ers subjected to low flow fishing closome of the best spots. The recreational sures, including the Eel, Mad, Redwood fishery for California halibut is open Creek, Smith and Van Duzen, are closed. year-round. The daily bag and posses- Sections of rivers that are open include sion limit is three fish, with a minimum the main stem Eel River from the paved size limit of 22 inches total length. junction of Fulmor Road to its mouth and the main stem Smith River from the mouth of Rowdy Creek to the Smith’s More dry weather ahead We’re looking at dry weather through mouth. The Mad River from the mouth to 200 yards upstream is closed until Jan. this week, as the high pressure is staying put, according to Kathleen Zontos 1. The Department of Fish and Wildlife will make the information available of Eureka’s National Weather Service. to the public no later than 1 p.m. each “There are some weak systems in the Monday, Wednesday and Friday as to forecast for next Tuesday and Thursday, whether any river will be closed to fishbut they don’t look like they’ll do much for the river levels,” Zontos added. CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 →
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