Fishing near Orick, CA
Orick sits in Humboldt County at the edge of Redwood National and State Parks, near the mouth of Redwood Creek. The area draws anglers to its coastal lagoons — Freshwater Lagoon, Stone Lagoon, and Big Lagoon — as well as to the Klamath River and other nearby North Coast rivers known for steelhead and salmon runs.
Species & education
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American Shad
Black Bullhead
Ameiurus melas
Black Crappie
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Bluegill
Lepomis macrochirus
Brook Trout
Salvelinus fontinalis
Brown Bullhead
Ameiurus nebulosus
Brown Trout
Salmo trutta
Bull Trout
Salvelinus confluentus
Channel Catfish
Ictalurus punctatus
Chinook Salmon
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Chum Salmon
Oncorhynchus keta
Coho Salmon
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Common Carp
Cyprinus carpio
Cutthroat Trout
Oncorhynchus clarkii seleniris (Paiute), O. c. clarkii (Coastal), O. c. henshawi (Lahontan)
Green Sunfish
Lepomis cyanellus
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