Outdoor Notes

Outdoor Notes

• No halibut-catch quota slated for South Coast - 5/10/2013

  Southern Oregon's growing fleet of halibut anglers have side-stepped fishing under a quota this year under draft season frameworks expected to be...

• Fly-fishing expert will fly in, teach seminar - 5/3/2013

  A consortium of fly-fishing clubs in Southern Oregon has pooled resources to fly in a Canadian stillwater fly-fishing expert for a series of...

• Lakes, creek ready to open - 4/26/2013

  And then there were three.

• Upper Rogue River has new boundary - 4/19/2013

  The Fisher's Ferry boat ramp — not the old Gold Ray Dam site — is the new lower boundary of the upper Rogue River, one of a handful of...

• Club offers outdoors work for teenagers - 4/12/2013

  High school seniors who want to earn money for college next July but don't want to spend their summer indoors can apply with the Siskiyou Mountain...

• There's 'no rhyme nor reason' when it comes to hatchery fish - 4/5/2013

  Nearly a month has gone by since a Shady Cove man caught the first Rogue River spring chinook salmon of the year, within 100 yards of the Cole Rivers...

• Young ATV, motorcycle riders need training - 3/29/2013

  With the season for riding all-terrain vehicles right around the corner, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is reminding parents that they...

• Spring break means fresh rainbow trout - 3/22/2013

  Spring has sprung this week for Southern Oregon trout anglers who will get a fresh start at fresh rainbows at several local lakes during the...

• Deer-elk combo tag sets another record - 3/8/2013

  A Pendleton man paid a record $48,000 for an Oregon combination deer and elk hunt auctioned March 1 in Las Vegas as part of a fundraiser to boost...

• Flying, diving watercraft will make a splash at Expo - 2/22/2013

  Contraptions that jet through the water — and over it — have drawn plenty of oohs and aahs from thousands of visitors to Joe Pate's...

• Bighorn tag sets Oregon record - 2/8/2013

  A Bakersfield, Calif.

• Smith, Chetco anglers plan annual derbies - 2/1/2013

  Supporters of Northern California's Rowdy Creek Fish Hatchery are planning their 31st annual season of fishing derbies on the Smith and Chetco rivers...

• Oregon puts Pennsylvania on state's wasting disease list - 1/25/2013

  Add Pennsylvania to the list of states from which it's illegal to import deer and elk parts into Oregon after a confirmed case of chronic wasting...

• Oregon snowmobilers are coming to town - 1/11/2013

  About 400 snowmobilers from across the state will descend upon the Rogue Valley next week for the Oregon State Snowmobile Association state...

• New regs give anglers more chances in 2013 - 1/4/2013

  The new year brings changes to Oregon's sport-fishing regulations that alter when and where anglers can take to their favorite Southern Oregon waters...

• 'First-day hikes' get year off on the right foot - 12/28/2012

  Twenty-three "First Day Hikes" are planned for New Year's Day at Oregon State Parks, including three in Southern Oregon.

• Lost Creek Lake blue-green algae outbreak clings stubbornly - 11/30/2012

  Lost Creek Lake remains mired in a blue-green algae outbreak — the advisory against water contact has been in place now 73 days and counting...

• Wanted: Local weather trackers - 11/23/2012

  For those of you who spent this past week tracking the series of rainstorms via a backyard rain gauge, climate-o-philes at Oregon State University...

• Cyclists connect online - 11/16/2012

  Rogue Valley cyclists have two new online ways to share information about local cycling opportunities and information affecting their pastime.