Video: How local anglers boost salmon numbers
On the eve of the salmon season, great news arrives from the Coastside Fishing Club in Half Moon Bay: – 420,00 juvenile salmon are destined for net pens at Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay. This...
View ArticleSaturday’s salmon opener looks promising
The salmon season opens Saturday with the best outlook, fish forecast and optimism since 2005, the last decent season. The last great season was 2002. The Pacific Fisheries Management Council has...
View ArticleCrazy ends to salmon spectrum
If you love salmon, you might be going a little bit crazy right now. But knowing the fish are out there might help you from going insane. It’s a salmon bonanza on the briny green. That is, providing...
View ArticlePurisima’s North Ridge coastal views
One little trick at a key spot – a right turn instead of a left – is all it takes. The coastal views will rock your world. And all those left-turners miss out. Across the vast Purisima Creek Redwoods...
View ArticleLocals release 130,000 salmon at Half Moon Bay
Some people look into crystal balls to tell the future. At Half Moon Bay last week, anglers instead gazed into the sea. They watched thousands of baby salmon pour out a chute from a tanker truck...
View ArticleVolunteers get salmon pay-off at Half Moon Bay (pics)
It was like a long, slow-burning fuse reached a giant stack of dynamite. Ka-boom! After a three-year effort, chrome-bright salmon arrived in September – for the first time in history — to the outskirts...
View ArticleTiny hitchhiker makes a heady move (pics)
About seven miles out to sea, Randy Welch, aboard a 20-footer, caught a flash of movement over his head. “A moment later,” he said, “I felt something land on my head.” Welch held still and alerted his...
View ArticleKayaker sights orca in Pillar Point Harbor
A kayaker at Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay got the shock of his life last week when an orca, also known as a killer whale, appeared 30 feet away from the boater. The orca surfaced long enough...
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