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Fishing the North Coast: The wait is over, salmon season opens Saturday

Category: fishing reports

 May 24th, 2019 by Keith Worrall  298

Modified May 24th, 2019 at 9:37 AM

The North Coast sport salmon season opens on Saturday, and it looks to be littered with unknowns. First and foremost, will boats be able to get out? The marine forecast is getting worse by the day. Saturday’s forecast is calling for 10 to 20 knot winds and waves 9 feet at 9 seconds. That’s big-boat weather for sure. For the boats that do make it out, where do you start? Conditions have been horrible for over a week now, so there’s no insight on where the feed is.

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John and Sheila Breslin of Sacramento landed a nice pair of hatchery spring-run kings while fishing on the lower Rogue River on Monday. Salmon fishing has been slow on the Rogue, but the rain and higher flows should bring in some new fish. (Contributed/Steve Huber’s Guide Service)

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