2020, the year of the COVID 19 pandemic, has been one of the top years for big, bold landlocked Chinook salmon at Lake Oroville since the kings were stocked by the CDFW in 2013. While the fishing has … Continued
May 19 of this year marked the fifth anniversary of the massive Plains All American Pipeline spill near Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County that resulted in the idling of Exxon’s three offshore oil platforms that rise like sentinels from … Continued
By Paul J. Kneeland This has been a very trying spring and summer, with Covid 19 shutting down most of the economy, and now extreme heat and forest fires turning the sky smoky gray. My brother Ken of Merino, Colorado … Continued
As hundreds of wildfires raged throughout California, a report released at the Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Authority (DCA) on-line meeting on August 20 revealed that the cost estimate for Gavin Newsom’s Delta Tunnel is up to $15.9 billion. The estimate is based on … Continued
The Feather River below the Thermalio Afterbay outlet draws lots of bank anglers and boaters to target Chinook salmon every year. Photo by DAN BACHER, Fish Sniffer Staff. OROVILLE – The salmon season kicked off with a promising start on the … Continued
Sacramento – On a vote of 6-2 that fell along party lines, the California Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee on August 12 approved Assembly Bill 3030, despite overwhelming opposition from the sportfishing community. AB3030 now moves on to the … Continued
By Stacy Barawed I try to text or have quick chats with my boat captains prior to fishing with them, and I can honestly say that this was the first time a guide had warned me about the possibility … Continued
‘Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.’ Robert Frost – The Road Not Taken The summer of 2020 has been the summer of big ocean salmon … Continued
On August 6, the California Department of Water Resources under Governor Gavin Newsom filed a validation complaint in Sacramento County Superior Court to be positioned to sell bonds for the design, planning, and construction of the controversial Delta Conveyance Project (Delta Tunnel) under … Continued
SACRAMENTO – California Governor Gavin Newsom on July 28 unveiled a final version of his controversial Water Resilience Portfolio, a water plan that that includes the Delta Tunnel, Sites Reservoir and the agribusiness-promoted “voluntary agreements.” The plan drew praise from agribusiness interests and water agencies — and … Continued