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
During the Winnemem Wintu Run4Salmon last year, salmon fishing in the Sacramento Area was surprisingly good. As we were getting ready to board the boat upriver from Discovery Park to Colusa last year, two boats came into the launch ramp … Continued
By Cal Kellogg The past week was so packed with action that it went by in a blur and served to define the lifestyle I love, being both a full-time editor at the Fish Sniffer Magazine and the producer/host of … Continued
SAN FRANCISCO – The President’s nominee for Director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) not only has worked for agrochemical giant Monsanto, but for a firm lobbying for the powerful Westlands Water District. On July 17, President … Continued
By Paul J. Kneeland The Sacramento River salmon season is underway, and the fish are starting to fill the river and fish boxes up and down the system. I fished the upper river with guide Dan Ponciano and my friends … Continued
By Cal Kellogg Striped bass have started pushing back up the system from San Francisco Bay. Right now, pods of stripers are trickling into the West Delta and are providing good action. In the coming weeks that trickle should turn … Continued
by Jack Naves Five o’clock Saturday morning in the hills of Amador County, I was zigzagging through windy roads in the dark. The “Historic Main St. Jackson” sign offered a point of light to contrast the dark twisted highways in … Continued
On Friday, September 6, recreational and commercial fishermen, biologists and conservation groups won a big victory in their efforts to clean up contaminated wastewater discharges from the San Joaquin Valley’s Grasslands Bypass Project when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued … Continued
By Cal Kellogg Sacramento River salmon trollers are as excited as grade schoolers counting down the days to summer vacation and with good reason. The salmon fishing outside the Golden Gate is as good as it has been in … Continued
SAN FRANCISCO – The federal government continues to suppress scientists who disagree with the anti-science dogma promoted by Big Ag, Big Oil and other corporate interests. In the latest foray in the war on science, federal salmon biologists’ warnings about … Continued