Steve Wood, of Brookings, Oregon, caught a rare behemoth in the Chetco River estuary on Sept. 13. The 53-pound Chinook salmon took about 15 minutes to reel in and was caught using an anchovy and 360 ...
Nobody likes the fact that the Chetco River was closed Friday upstream of the U.S. Highway 101 bridge. But those in Brookings who make their livelihood off the Chetco -- which attracts numerous ...