The executive director of the the Pacific Fishery Managment Council, Donald McIsaac, in an internal memo to members of the Pacific Fishery Management Council stated he wanted to give council members “an early alert to what at this point appears to be an unprecedented collapse in the abundance of adult California Central Valley … fall chinook [...]
Archive for January, 2008
California Fall Chinook Stocks in Freefall
Posted in Conservation on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“If you’re a broke fisherman and you can see the beauty in everything . . .
Posted in Conservation on January 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
. . . then you have a wonderful life.”
The guys over at Felt Soul Media, World Champion Freestyle Fishing Film and All-Around Multi-Media Badasses teamed up with Trout Unlimited and have a new production coming out this Spring. Called ‘Red Gold,’ the film will document the people, fish and wildlife of Bristol Bay, Alaska and a new threat [...]
The Mule Makes Desperate, Futile Attempt to Extend 15 Minutes of Fame.
Posted in Conservation on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A couple weeks ago, Matt Stansberry and I were interviewed by Meghan Kalkstein of KVAL News about our opposition to the Western Oregon Plan Revision affectionately known by it’s acronym “WOPR.” For those of you outside of our region, the WOPR is an attempt by the BLM to increase clearcutting and other logging on Oregon [...]
Grateful Nation Celebrates Milestone!
Posted in Uncategorized on January 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tonight, Bush will make his last ‘State of the Union’ address. The thrust of the speech? The Union just might be strong enough to survive 8 years of complete and total mismanagment, unprecedented corruption and ridiculous assertions of presidential power. But we still have to wait about a year to find out–so no guarantees people.
By [...]
Blizzard Strikes, Buries Western Oregon
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Weather on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What’s wrong with this picture?
If you guessed six inches of snow in low lying western Oregon, congratulate yourself.
The storm has wrought destruction and this poor family (not us, mercifully) has to live without television for awhile. The horror.
We awoke to heavy snowfall and I do mean heavy. A friend living in Utah once derisively referred [...]
A Saturday Spent Inside . . . For a Cause.
Posted in Conservation on January 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Saturday morning early T-O-Double Dee and I carpooled up to Portland in his Prius to attend the Oregon Council of Trout Unlimited Board Meeting. It was my first extended ride in a Prius and I was pretty impressed. I think I still prefer Shelly’s biodiesel running TDi Jetta but it’s a close call. Imagine how [...]
North Carolina Man Catches Salmon Fever
Posted in Fishing, Salmon and Steelhead on January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Editor’s Note: From time to time I will publish stories or testimonials from friends and family.
From the desk of Bob Meteer: (profanity and references to bodily functions have been deleted)
Elk River, December 2007
This was a dream trip arranged by my son – Karl. Karl is a real fisherman. He doesn’t break the rules-never leaves trash [...]
Frigid Steelheading Yields Results
Posted in Fishing, Steelhead, Steelheading, tagged Alsea River, Coast Range, Plugs, Steelhead on January 25, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Flanagan and I arose early to fish the coldest day of the year in western Oregon. The high was supposed to be 34 degrees with a windchill in the single digits. Asking Dan if he wanted to fish, I warned him about the high but somehow I neglected to mention the windchill. I didn’t want [...]
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