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Author Archives: Dan Bacher

Salmon Advocates Respond to Reclamation Plan to Cut Flows on American River
13 Jan 2020

Salmon Advocates Respond to Reclamation Plan to Cut Flows on American River

by Dan Bacher | posted in: Spotlight | 0

On Friday, January 10, the Bureau of Reclamation issued an order to reduce water releases on the American River below Nimbus Dam from 2,500 cfs to 2,000 cfs at a time when fall Chinook salmon eggs are incubating in the … Continued

Newsom’s Delta Tunnel Planning Moves Full Speed Ahead
13 Jan 2020

Newsom’s Delta Tunnel Planning Moves Full Speed Ahead

by Dan Bacher | posted in: Spotlight | 0

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is moving full-speed ahead with its campaign to build the controversial single tunnel under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, as demonstrated in the latest Delta conveyance update from the agency on January 10. Conservationists, Tribal leaders, … Continued

Zero Delta Smelt Found in CDFW Fall Midwater Trawl Survey Two Years in a Row
8 Jan 2020

Zero Delta Smelt Found in CDFW Fall Midwater Trawl Survey Two Years in a Row

by Dan Bacher | posted in: Spotlight | 0

The Delta smelt, once the most abundant species on the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, continues its long slide towards extinction. For the second year in a row, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife in its annual fall midwater trawl survey … Continued

Good Numbers of Salmon, Steelhead Return Again to Mokelumne River Fish Hatchery
28 Dec 2019

Good Numbers of Salmon, Steelhead Return Again to Mokelumne River Fish Hatchery

by Dan Bacher | posted in: Reports | 0

Hundreds of steelhead are showing at the Mokelumne River Fish Hatchery this season. Photo by DAN BACHER, Fish Sniffer Staff.    Large numbers of fall-run Chinook salmon have returned to the Mokelumne River in Clements this fall despite challenging salmon … Continued

Commission Postpones Adoption of Delta Fisheries Management and Striped Bass Policies
27 Dec 2019

Commission Postpones Adoption of Delta Fisheries Management and Striped Bass Policies

by Dan Bacher | posted in: Spotlight | 0

Dr. David Ostrach, Science Advisor for Allied Fishing Groups & Northern California Guides and Sportsmen’s Association, speaks before the California Fish and Game Commission in Sacramento on December 10. Photo by Dan Bacher. After hearing from three scientific experts and … Continued

Rollins Lake Offers Great Spotted Bass, Bluegill and Crappie Fishing
20 Dec 2019

Rollins Lake Offers Great Spotted Bass, Bluegill and Crappie Fishing

by Dan Bacher | posted in: Reports | 0

Michael Allen shows off a couple of scrappy spotted bass typical of those that dominate the black bass fishery at Rollins now. Photo by DAN BACHER, Fish Sniffer Staff.   Like many reservoirs in California, Rollins Lake’s fishery has undergone a … Continued

Bass Angler Catches New Lake Record Crappie at New Melones
16 Dec 2019

Bass Angler Catches New Lake Record Crappie at New Melones

by Dan Bacher | posted in: Map Features, Reports | 0

  Josh Parris of San Andreas caught and released this 3.47-pound crappie, a new lake record, at New Melones Lake on November 15. Photo courtesy of JOSH PARRIS GUIDE SERVICE, San Andreas.  ANGELS CAMP – Crappie may be far and … Continued

Attend Fish and Game Commission Meeting Dec. 11 to Save the Striped Bass Fishery!
8 Dec 2019

Attend Fish and Game Commission Meeting Dec. 11 to Save the Striped Bass Fishery!

by Dan Bacher | posted in: Spotlight | 0

Roger Mammon, President of the California Striped Bass Association (CSBA) West Delta Chapter, testifies at the California Fish and Game Commission meeting in Sacramento on August 7, 2019. Photo by Dan Bacher. All anglers are reminded that their presence is … Continued

King Salmon Surge Into Nimbus Fish Hatchery on American River
7 Dec 2019

King Salmon Surge Into Nimbus Fish Hatchery on American River

by Dan Bacher | posted in: Spotlight | 0

RANCHO CORDOVA – This has been a slow year for salmon fishing on the American River. Very few anglers are still fishing in the section of river open to fishing from the SMUD powerline at the southwest boundary of Ancil … Continued

Governor Newsom Continues Jerry Brown’s Pro-Big Ag and Anti-Fish Policies
2 Dec 2019

Governor Newsom Continues Jerry Brown’s Pro-Big Ag and Anti-Fish Policies

by Dan Bacher | posted in: Spotlight | 0

R.I.P. Robert Light, the Delta cartoonist whose Rio Life was published regularly in the Rio Vista River News, recently passed away. He spoke truth to power. He predicted exactly what would happen when Gavin Newsom won the election for Governor … Continued

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