An update from Kyle Murphy, DFW Sr., Environmental Scientist, on the landlocked Chinook egg take. Crews took Chinook eggs from "tweeners" (fish that separate Spring from Fall runs) the first week of October at the Feather River Hatchery. I participated in the first days effort. Crews took a total of 2.76 million eggs, of which all were tripoded. An allotment was retained at Feather River Hatchery and the remainder were shipped to Silverado Fisheries Base in Napa. Eggs are looking good so far. CDFW used their new triploid machine which provides for twice the capacity of older machines for each triploid batch, thus improving efficiency. Currently, everything looks good to meet our 900,000 fish allotment target for release next year. Another inventory at the eyed stage, in a few months, and will see how much mortality occurred.
An additional day to clean the Lake Berressa Pens in preparation to accept fish in January has been scheduled for ...Nov. 7th at 9am.
If you are available, we need volunteers to help complete our clean up and repairs on the pens. Please contact Stan Wong via email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Remember to wear old clothes, bring rain gear and plan on lunch afterwards.
Thank you for all your help and support
Stan Wong
925-818-9332
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Message from Kyle Murphy, DFW Sr. Environmental Scientist, says "a second Kokanee egg take on the Little Truckee River has been scheduled on next Tuesday, 10/16. This take is conditional on a ripeness check to be conducted on Monday, 10/15. If the fish are spawned out, then this take effort will be cancelled. I will notify you on Monday either way."
If you are interested in volunteering to help with this event please contact our Egg Take Coordinator Ed Fisk at 530-559-7175 or sign up by filling out the Egg Take Volunteer form HERE.
This list goes directly to the coordinator so be sure to sign up or call Ed and leave a message if necessary.
Kyle Murphy from DFW just gave CIFFI the results of the 10/09/18 egg take... we had our best one day in recent history! The egg count was 1.5 million. They handled close to 700 male and female fish with the longest fish being 18 inches and the average being 15 and three-quarter inches. A huge shout out to all of the volunteers from CIFFI, Kokanee Power, and DFW. It was a 13 hour day on the water for egg collection, and an even little longer day for DFW and San Joaquin Hatchery workers who wrapped up at 4am.
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DFW will be receiving triploid Chinook eggs at the Silverado Fish Base and Kokanee eggs San Joaquin Hatcheries starting next week, Oct. 15th, and are requesting volunteer egg pickers.
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact the respective hatchery managers below. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT CIFFI.
San Joaquin Fish Hatchery – Friant
Ron Samra, Fish Hatchery Manager II
Office: 559.822.2374
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Silverado Fisheries Base - Napa
Mike Ficele, Fish Hatchery Manager II
Office: 707.948.1237
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Check out these aerial views of the Kokanee spawn site on the Little Truckee River that were taken on Oct. 7th. This is what the annual egg take volunteers will be seeing today, Oct. 9th.
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The first of the annual egg takes with the Dept. of Fish and Wildlife has been scheduled for OCTOBER 9th.
If you are interested in volunteering to help with this event please contact our Egg Take Coordinator Ed Fisk at 530-559-7175 or sign up by filling out the Egg Take Volunteer form HERE.
This list goes directly to the coordinator so be sure to sign up or call Ed and leave a message if necessary.
TAKE A FRIEND FISHING
This is a great time of year to take someone new to fishing and show them the ropes. Fall-run salmon in the Central Valley rivers, striped bass in the Delta, tuna and yellowtail off the coast of Southern California, and trout fishing in the Sierra are all great bets for summer fishing in California. Get out on the water, take a friend or family member with you and enjoy the outdoors.
Due to last minute unforeseen circumstances, tonight's membership meeting in Dixon as been cancelled. It has been tentatively rescheduled for June 20th.
The CIFFI booth at the Sacramento ISE Show was ready for action Thursday January 18, 2018. The four days were busy with lots of new memberships, plus many renewals! Coordinator Board Member Mark Kalinowski did a good job of orchestrating!!
We will be receiving fish for our pens at Lake Berryessa on January 8, 2018 (Monday) at 10 AM and could use some help to place the fish into the pens. If you can give us a helping hand for a couple hours please contact Stan Wong by calling him at 925-818-9332 or email him at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Thank you in advance for any assistance you can give.
It's that time again to petition for assistance in the ISE Booth, January 18th thru 21st.
Please let me know either by phone at 925-822-5710 or email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) at your earliest opportunity if you can help out.
Assistance for the following hours are needed...
- Wed.. 01/17 - help with booth setup 11 am - ?
- Thurs, 1/18 - 11 am-8 pm shift split is 11-3:30 and 3:30-8:00
- Fri, 1/19 - 11 am-8 pm shift split is 11-3:30 and 3:30-8:00
- Sat , 1/20 - 10 am-7 pm shifts are 10:00 -2:30 and 2:30-7:00
- Sun, 1/21 - 10 am-5 pm and helping taking down the booth
Mark Kalinowski
ISE Booth Chairman
It is with heavy hearts that CIFFI is passing on this sad news today.
Rick, a member of CIFFI and Board Member for many years, passed away on Friday night, Oct. 13, 2017. As some of you know, Rick had been in declining health over the past few years. Over the past two weeks he suffered a tremendous loss of comfort, quality of life, and ability to manage on his own. He passed quietly while under hospice care in his sister's home. As we get more details from the family we will pass along any pertinent information regarding services/celebration of life event(s).
Rest assured...any fish swimming in the rivers beyond are in for a rude awakening with his arrival!!!
Tight Lines Rick....
The second Project Eagle Lake Trout fundraiser for 2017 was held at the Eagle Lake RV Park & Store in Spalding on Saturday, September 2, 2017.
The attendees, participants and volunteers unanimously agreed the event was a complete success! Over 250 folks enjoyed a day crammed full of fun, food, raffles and games. To start the festivities, the crowd performed the traditional Star Spangled Banner on kazoos. Weather was perfect, food was excellent and raffles, games and auctions were enjoyed by all. The funds raised will continue to support PELT’s goals of making the fishing experience a memorable one at Eagle Lake.
Looking forward to 2018…when once again we all meet at Eagle Lake for fun, food and fundraising!
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CIFFI is once again seeking egg harvest volunteers. Annually, in or around October the DFW decides when it is time to harvest kokanee eggs. Locations can be the Truckee River or Taylor Creek at Lake Tahoe or both. Volunteers are only given 1 to 2 days notice and the harvesting normally takes place during the weekdays.
If you would like to sign up to assist in the harvesting of eggs, please fill out the form on the right side of the Home page under "Volunteer Sign Ups" heading, then click on "2018 Egg Take Volunteer List" or contact the Egg Take coordinator, Ed Fisk, at 530-559-7175. You will be called upon when we need assistance.
Thank you in advance for your continued support.
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The Lake Berryessa Pen fish are ready to be released. If you would like to help and are available on Thursday, May 11, at 10am, we would greatly appreciate it.
Please email Stan Wong if you can help for a couple of hours at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
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Hunting Licenses and Big Game Drawing Applications Available Now
It's time to get serious about the 2017 big game hunting season
Hunters may now purchase a 2017 hunting license and apply for the 2017 Big Game Drawing. The deadline to apply for the drawing is June 2, 2017
(applicants must complete the sales transaction before 11:59:59 p.m.).
Big Game Hunting Digest
Proposed seasons, tag drawing application instructions and drawing statistics can be found in the redesigned 2017 California Big Game Hunting Digest. The book is available online and at license agents, and will be mailed to 2016 Big Game Drawing applicants and tag holders.
2017 BIG GAME DIGEST
Eagle Lake Update…April 27, 2017
A great photo has been posted by Mike Arnold, a picture that most folks thought would take years to happen. Enough water has entered the lake in the Spring of 2017 to enable visitors to Spalding to launch their boats at the ramp. Skeptics in the past few years were convinced it would take a long time for this to happen, but it did, in one year. Mother Nature prevailed!
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