Volunteers clean up crab pots
REEDSPORT A handful of boats in Oregon s crabbing fleet returned to sea last week for one last hurrah. Their quarries were the derelict pots and buoys left behind this year by commercial crab boats. During a volunteer effort held nearly seven weeks...
 3.1K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 1000.0 Chinook in Rogue River
Column by Richard DeChambeau Winter steelhead fishing has remained good on all the forks of the Coquille River system. I ve had reports of bright fish being caught, but the numbers of spawned-out steelhead are increasing. The Elk and Sixes rivers als...
4.2K - Mar. 28, 2009; scored 202.0 Oregon Skipper gets prison time for crab theft
FLORENCE. (AP) - An Oregon skipper pleaded guilty to stealing 175 commercial crab pots at the close of last year's Dungeness crab season and was sentenced to four months in jail. Perry Kanury, 23, of Toledo must also pay a $3,500 fine and &a...
2.1K - Mar. 24, 2009; scored 263.0 Steelhead biting on South Fork Coquille
Column by Richard DeChambeau Steelhead fishing in the Coos River system is still experiencing low and clear water conditions. It remains a very tough fishery with few fish being caught. The bright spot is the South Fork Coquille River. With the recen...
3.6K - Feb. 21, 2009; scored 206.0 Let's not sacrifice traditional fishing jobs
Development debates often hinge on jobs vs. the environment, or jobs vs. quality of life. The wave energy issue seems to hinge instead on jobs vs. jobs. Specifically, new manufacturing jobs vs. old fishing jobs. The situation calls to mind the prover...
2.6K - Jan. 29, 2009; scored 220.0 Spring-like conditions can make for tricky fishing
Column by Richard DeChambeau Our recent weather seems more like early spring conditions than the middle of winter! It has caused our rivers to drop down rapidly and forced the steelhead to hold up in deeper holes and slots. This makes for some tricky...
5.2K - Jan. 17, 2009; scored 338.0 Bringing in pots full of crab
CHARLESTON The ocean s rough. The wind s blowin . The rain s pounding the docks. It s crab season. And it s also evident by the number of commercial boats coming and going in the harbor that crabbers are delivering loads and loads of fresh Dungenes...
4.2K - Dec. 2, 2008; scored 326.0 Firm tests wave power in Hawaii
KANEOHE BAY MARINE CORPS BASE, Hawaii The road to the lookout is rarely used. Grass grows in cracks in the pavement. Just to get there requires crossing a golf course, enduring odd stares from golfers. But behind the golf course, over the hill and ...
6.8K - Nov. 29, 2008; scored 336.0 Coast Guard is checking crab boats
Thirteenth Coast Guard District personnel will conduct vessel safety spot checks and voluntary dockside exams in various ports this week prior to the opening of the Oregon and Washington Dungeness crab season. Coast Guard examiners will spot-check pr...
2.1K - Nov. 26, 2008; scored 263.0 This season's crab race is on
CHARLESTON The gear work s done or should be. Crab pots should be loaded on deck. Boats in the harbor should be stacked to the rails with traps ready to snare Dungeness crab. After all, the price is set: $1.60 per pound to fishermen, pai...
3.7K - Nov. 25, 2008; scored 304.0 | 
