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- Written by: Nadine Strauss
LAKEPORT, Calif. – This Friday night, July 5, Northern California Racing Association, or NCRA, brings both auto racing and a huge up-close fireworks display to the Lakeport Speedway.
The auto racing program will include the only appearance of the Bay Cities Racing Association Midgets and Vintage Midgets, the NCMA Sprint Cars, the NCRA Modifieds and the Taco Bell Bombers.
The PYRO Spectacular fireworks display is presented by Hillside Honda of Lakeport.
Auto racing will begin at 6 p.m. and the fireworks are scheduled to shoot off at 9:30 p.m.
General admission will be $15 for 12 years and up, children ages 6 to 11 get in for only $5, and a family pass which includes 2 adults and 3 children costs $40. Kids ages five and under get in free.
Gates open at 5 p.m.
For more information on the 2019 racing season, visit NCRA – Lakeport Speedway on Facebook or call the business office at 707-274-1662.
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- Written by: Elizabeth Larson
The hour-long program will be held at the Education Pavilion at Clear Lake State Park.
Visitors are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs and maybe even some bug spray if desired. Rain will cancel the program.
Clear Lake State Park is located at 5300 Soda Bay Road in Kelseyville.
Admission to the park is free to those attending the program.
Anyone having special needs should contact Clear Lake State Park staff Monday through Friday at 707-279-4293.
For further information on California State Parks go to www.parks.ca.gov .
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- Written by: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
The spring Chinook Salmon fishery will be open from July 1 through Aug. 14 on the lower Klamath River (downstream of the Highway 96 bridge at Weitchpec) and from July 1 through Aug. 31 on the Trinity River (upstream of the confluence of the South Fork).
The daily bag limit has been set at one Chinook Salmon (no size restrictions), and the possession limit is set at two Chinook Salmon.
The fall Chinook fishery will open Aug. 15 in the Klamath River and Sept. 1 in the Trinity river. The basin in-river quota is 7,637 adult Chinook Salmon for 2019. Regulations will remain the same as in 2018 with a two-fish daily bag limit, with no more than one fish over 22 inches (such as one adult and one jack). The possession limit remains the same at six fish, with no more than three fish over 22 inches (effectively three daily bag limits).
The in-river recreational adult fall Chinook quota is divided among four sectors in the Klamath River Basin:
KLAMATH RIVER
1. 3,500 feet downstream of Iron Gate Dam downstream to the Highway 96 bridge - 1,298 fish.
2. Highway 96 bridge downstream to the mouth of the Klamath River - 3,819 fish.
There is a sub-area closure at the mouth of the Klamath River when 15 percent of the Klamath Basin allocation has been harvested - 1,145 fish harvested below the Highway 101 bridge triggers this closure.
TRINITY RIVER
3. Old Lewiston Bridge to Highway 299 West bridge at Cedar Flat - 1,260 fish
4. Denny Road bridge downstream to the confluence with the Klamath River - 1,260 fish.
Please see the 2019-2020 California Freshwater Sportfishing Regulations and 2019-2020 California Supplement Sport Fishing Regulations for more information.
Additionally, anglers can obtain information on Klamath Basin regulations and fall Chinook quota updates by calling the Klamath-Trinity fishing hotline at 800-564-6479.
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This year's stocking consisted of releasing 792,942 fingerling Kokanee Salmon into 16 waters and 672,734 sterile, fingerling Chinook salmon into eight waters.
Additional allotments of the sterile – or "triploid" – Chinook Salmon are scheduled to be released later this fall into northern California's Lake Oroville, Lake Shasta and Trinity Lake.
The 2- to 4-inch fish are stocked into landlocked, inland waters to provide a diverse fishing experience where natural reproduction is insufficient to provide a high-quality angling experience.
Anglers can expect excellent opportunities in these waters in two to three years when these fingerlings reach catchable size. Stocking fingerling-sized fish is a very cost-effective way to maintain these popular, inland recreational fisheries.
After a record Kokanee egg take in 2018, CDFW had an additional number of Kokanee fingerlings available for release this year. These fish were surplus to stocking goals.
To provide and enhance recreational opportunities, CDFW released these additional Kokanee into Lake Shasta in Shasta County, where anglers can expect a new fishing opportunity in the next few years. Kokanee Salmon are the landlocked version of the Sockeye Salmon native to Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
Instead of migrating to the ocean, the landlocked Kokanee often are able to reproduce naturally in feeder streams, inlets and along gravel shoreline in the lakes where they are stocked. Like all Pacific salmon, Kokanee die after spawning.
Monitoring and evaluations of these fisheries are vital to providing a balance between numbers of fish and their average size. Stocking too many fish may provide an abundance of fish, but not produce fish of a desirable size.
To evaluate stocking efforts, CDFW has begun marking stocked Kokanee Salmon prior to their release. In 2018, CDFW marked Kokanee that were released into Stampede Reservoir in Sierra County. In 2019, marked Kokanee were released into New Melones Reservoir in Calaveras and Tuolumne counties. All fish were marked with an adipose fin clip for easy identification and to distinguish from naturally spawned fish.
To assist in these evaluations, CDFW has partnered with the California Inland Fisheries Foundation Inc., or CIFFI, and Kokanee Power, or KP, to develop an online angler survey.
The Kokanee & Inland Chinook Anglers Survey allows anglers to provide catch and effort data from any device with internet connectivity. Anglers are asked to report their effort and catch, both the number kept and released by size class, for each angling day. This data will assist fisheries managers in evaluating management goals for these fisheries.
CDFW would like to thank volunteers from CIFFI and KP for their continued cooperation assisting with the Landlocked Salmon Program.
The careful planning, coordination and funding provided by these two organizations have contributed to the success of this program.