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North Coast Manager Darren Mierau On Opening Day For The Yurok Tribe

This from CalTrout’s North Coast Region Manager Darren Mierau: I ended up at the mouth of the Klamath this morning with my wife, and witnessed the amazing and fascinating spectacle of the start of the Yurok fishing season. There was a focused…

First day of Yurok fishing season, Klamath
First day of Yurok fishing season, Klamath

This from CalTrout’s North Coast Region Manager Darren Mierau:

I ended up at the mouth of the Klamath this morning with my wife, and witnessed the amazing and fascinating spectacle of the start of the Yurok fishing season. There was a focused energy and bustle, and a prevailing silence to the event and already over a hundred boats in the water. I felt privileged to see it and know it’s part of what we fight for… gill nets and all.

I ended up at the mouth of the Klamath this morning with my wife, and witnessed the amazing and fascinating spectacle of the start of the Yurok fishing season. There was a focused energy and bustle, and a prevailing silence to the event and already over a hundred boats in the water. I felt privileged to see it and know it’s part of what we fight for… gill nets and all.


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