The PG&E shutoffs of power to over 2 million people in recent weeks, including those of Fish Sniffer staff, readers and advertisers, have made our lives very difficult in northern and central California. People’s work, personal and fishing schedules have … Continued
New state water plan would increase water exports by 373,000 acre feet per year on average The Gavin Newsom Administration on November 21 announced two separate but related actions that will have a big impact on protections for Delta smelt, Sacramento River winter-run … Continued
Rob Cetinich of San Jose had a fantastic day on November 3 when he won first place in the adult division of the two-day NorCal Trout Anglers Challenge (NTAC) event at Collins Lake by landing the largest fish, a 7.92 lb. … Continued
Nick Ingram of San Jose holds up a brightly colored vermilion rockfish caught on a swimbait on light tackle off the Big Sur coast aboard the Kahuna out of Moss Landing. Photo by DAN BACHER, Fish Sniffer Staff. MOSS LANDING – … Continued
Conservation, environmental justice and public interest groups on November 8 responded with outrage to an Associated Press report that Secretary David Bernhardt’s Interior Department is poised to award one of the first contracts for federal water “in perpetuity” to the powerful Westlands … Continued
SAN FRANCISCO — The federal government, led by former Westlands Water District and oil industry lobbyist and current Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, on October 22 released a new set of controversial rules allowing much greater water exports from the Delta … Continued
The Delta smelt, once the most abundant fish in the entire Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, has come closer and closer to extinction in the wild in recent years. In the first month of the fall midwater trawl survey, September, zero … Continued
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE – Legendary Lake Tahoe, straddling the state line between California and Nevada at an elevation of 6,225 feet, is a lake of superlatives and California state gamefish records. It is the largest alpine lake in North America, holding 122,160,280 acre-feet of water when full. … Continued
The planning for the State Water Project Contract Amendment for the Delta Tunnel under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta continues, despite the fact that the project has not yet been approved. The next negotiation session for the SWP Contract Amendment for … Continued
Angering legislators and leaders of California Indian Tribes, fishing groups, environmental justice organizations and conservation groups, Governor Gavin Newsom on September 28 vetoed Senate Bill 1, the California Environmental, Public Health, and Workers Defense Act of 2019 that would … Continued