Sports

Lobster report cards

  Question: Why do lobster report cards run calendar year (January to December) instead of from the beginning of the season to the end (October to March)? It seems it would be less labor-intensive and more accurate to receive landing data once a year rather than twice a year, and you wouldn’t be charging fishermen double to be able to fish the full season.

—Jack

    Answer: Lobster report cards run calendar year because they have been linked to fishing licenses, which have always run calendar year. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is not “charging double” because a report card purchased in early January can be used for the last 2-1/2 months of one lobster season, and the first three months of the next lobster season.

Joe Ringer, of Monterey, caps off a recent trip to Almanor fishing with family and friends by catching this 10-pound, 6-ounce brown trout. Joe was fishing with Bryan Roccucci of Big Daddy’s Guide Service. The fish hit a minnow pattern spoon and took 20 minutes to land. Photo courtesy Capt. Bryan Roccucci

Michael Condon

  I haven’t been fishing in a while. Winter does that too me. The rivers and streams are closed to fishing and the high elevation lakes I enjoy so much are out of reach. My boat has been winterized for a couple months now.

  Worst of all, I lost my four-legged fishing buddy Sierra a couple months ago. We fished together for 15 years. I won’t be able to go fishing without thinking about her. I will probably have to fess up to the truth that the jerky I took on each fishing outing wasn’t just for her, I enjoyed it too. But I know if she were still here she would tell me it is time to get off my butt and grab the fishing gear (and some jerky). Leave the shack nasties at home. It’s time to go fishing again.

Portola’s Jenna Riggs takes the ball down the court while being defended by Quincy’s Nimer Shergill during the two teams’ Feb. 12 game. Photo by James Wilson

James Wilson

  The regular season came to an end for the Plumas County girls basketball teams last week, but not before several exciting games took place.

Portola and Quincy

  The Portola Tigers have compiled best season out of all Plumas teams, with a 15-9 overall record and 6-4 in league. The Tigers lost to Colusa 49-42 Feb. 15, and fell to the Quincy Trojans 55-53 on Feb. 12.

  The Graeagle-Plumas Alliance added the California state snowshoe championship to its series of events last weekend. The races took place Saturday morning at the Plumas-Eureka Ski Bowl above Johnsville.

  The event was a qualifying race for the U.S. Snowshoe Association national championships, so competitors from the entire state showed up to race.