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California Trout and partner organization, Mad River Alliance are hosting Humboldt Steelhead Days, a 2-week celebration of Steelhead spawned in the cold clean waters of California’s north coast.
Register online for Humboldt Steelhead Days and be eligible to win more than $3,000 in cash & prizes!
Prizes include: Thule Roof Racks, Amerigas Crab Pots and Burners, Cabela’s Fly Rods, All Kinds of Fishing Gear from RMI Outdoors, Pacific Outfitters and Mckinleyville Ace Home & Garden Center, a $400 Guided Drift Boat Trip with Kenny Priest of Fishing the North Coast and a $400 Guided Drift Boat Trip with Micah Woolworth from Rivers Edge Fishing, Kokatat Personal Floatation Devices and more to come!
With your ticket: Entry to Awards Dinner ($25 value) catered by Blackberry Bramble BBQ and featuring award-winning Mad River Brewing Co’s Steelhead Extra Pale Ale.
You’ll also receive FREE one-year memberships to Mad River Alliance and California Trout ($70 value) and entrance to all the Mad River Family Fun Day’s fishing workshops on Saturday, Jan 24 at the Blue Lake Business Park.
LOCAL TICKET OUTLETS:
Humboldt County Registration Outlets: Mad River Bait & Tackle, Arcata, RMI Outdoors (formerly Redwood Marine) in Eureka, Pacific Outfitters (Arcata & Eureka) and Grundmans Sporting Goods in Rio Dell.
* This two week family-fun fishing event encourages participants to get outside, learn about our watersheds, and to fish both the Mad River and the Eel River for either hatchery steelhead in the Mad, or wild steelhead in the Eel. (You don’t have to participate for the full two-weeks, you can fish for one day, two days, etc., It’s up to you!)
CONTACT:
For more info, visit Mad River Alliance or California Trout or visit our Mad River Alliance Facebook page for up to date information on this Humboldt event!
You can also register by mail or email to:
Mad River Alliance at P.O. Box 1252, Blue Lake, CA 95525
or email: madriveralliance@suddenlink.net
EVENT SCHEDULE:
Friday, Jan. 23 @ 6pm – 9pm (Free with HSD ticket)
Kick Off Party at Mad River Brewing Company‘s Tap Room
Last minute sign-ups, meet the competition, raffle & prizes!Saturday, Jan. 24 @ 7am (Free with HSD ticket)
Fishing contests begin at 7am Saturday Jan. 24 & runs till 5 pm on Feb. 7
• Catch & keep a hatchery steelhead fishing contest on the Mad River
(map & boundaries can be emailed to you)
• Catch & release steelhead fishing contest on the Eel River
(map & boundaries can be emailed to you)
** Note: The Eel River is a catch & release river and the wild steelhead should be photographed in the water. Anglers should avoid taking fish out of the water if they can. Please revive your fish before releasing them.Saturday, Jan. 24 @ 1pm – 4pm (Free with HSD ticket)
Mad River Family Fun Day in the Blue Lake Business Park
• Learn how to rig for steelhead like a pro
• Learn humane catch & release techniques from Shane Anderson
• Family Fun Fish tales for toddlers and Fish themed music
• Arts & crafts throughout the day for the kids
• Redwood Edventures Quests Take the kids on a scavenger hike through the Redwoods.
Then win a prize at the end!Saturday, Jan. 24 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Carlo Theater, Dell Arte Building
Family friendly variety show and “Fish Tales 2,” cabaret show hosted by Dell’ Arte International.
Tickets for this event: Adults $10, Kids $5.Saturday, Feb. 7 @ 6pm – 10pm (Free with HSD ticket)
Wharfinger Building near the Public Pier in Eureka
Awards & Tri-Tip Dinner ($25 value!) catered by Blackberry Bramble BBQ
Keynote Speaker: Mikey Wier is a Patagonia fly fishing ambassador and the owner of Burl Productions, his video production business.
Prizes & Awards • Local Microbrews from Mad River Brewing Co • Steelhead Slideshow • Steelhead Vineyards WinePlease HASHTAG YOUR STEELHEAD PHOTOS #HumboldtSteelheadDays
Other fun events to attend during Humboldt Steelhead Days:
January 30 @ 7pm:The International Fly Fishing Film Festival at the Arcata Theater Lounge.Tickets $20 — $5 student discount and $5 Humboldt Steelhead Days ticket discount at door.January 31 @ 12pm:Presentation on Salmon and Steelhead in the Eel River at the Redwoods State Park Interpretive Center on Ave of Giants near Weott.January 31 @ at 5pm:Presentation on Salmon and Steelhead in the Eel River, Fish Tacos, and a Raffle at the Monday Club in Fortuna.February 6 @ 6pm:
Friends of the Arcata Marsh sponsored talk “Arcata Marsh – The History of a Salmonid Fish Hatchery” at the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center.
1 Comment
I think it is great that Humboldt is celebrating their heritage with this event. It is also a great opportunity to educate the public to the things that are destroying this heritage: uncontrolled & polluted runoff (from ‘farms’), and allowing bait draggers to fish on the Eel (or the Smith).
Both of the above amount to suffocation of future generations in egg form, and slaughter of the ones that do return. The Mad is already a put and take fishery; bait dragging should be allowed there. However, the dwindling Wild fish deserve better protection than they are currently getting… Having a ‘contest’ on the Eel is simply going to encourage more harmful behavior. One need simply float a river during Feb or March and see all the dead steelhead, including a lot of juveniles that did not die from the rigors of spawning… Bait (which is usually swallowed causing deadly damage) does not equal ‘catch and release’ like artificials (which usually hook in the mouth only). I don’t see any information being released about these important issues. You?