SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The 2025 commercial salmon fishing season in California will be closed for an unprecedented third year running, and sportfishing will be restricted to only a few days due to ...

The Pacific Fishery Management Council (PMFC) is weighing a decision at one of their conferences to determine the fate of California's salmon fishing season. While they're still in the early stages of ...

The California Fish and Game Commission voted this week to ban salmon fishing in the Sacramento, American, Feather and Mokelumne rivers. This is the second consecutive year the commission has voted to ...

SACRAMENTO - From the Sacramento River to the coast, salmon populations have struggled to survive, and fishing for salmon in California has been canceled for the second season in a row, marking the ...

California officials are debating whether to cancel the salmon fishing season for the third year in a row amid a concerningly low Chinook salmon population in the Sacramento Valley. In 2023 and 2024, ...

July 16 has been, for many years, the day that Chinook salmon fishing opens to recreational anglers on the Sacramento, American, Feather and Mokelumne rivers. One of the most popular salmon fishing ...

Authorities seized over 150 pounds of packaged salmon roe from poachers amidst the river’s closure. Sturgeon released, packaged salmon roe seized from illegal fishing operation along Sacramento River ...

MONTHS. WE’RE GOING TO PUT A LITTLE LINE ON THIS. SEE HOW THAT WORKS FOR THE LAST 48 YEARS? DEPENDS ON WITH A FOOT PEDAL UNDER THE COUNTER. DENNIS FENNER HAS OWNED AND OPERATED. THERE WE GO.

Despite the closure of salmon fishing in California river and ocean waters in 2023 and 2024, the number of Fall Chinook Salmon returning to both the Sacramento and Klamath River Basins was well below ...