Picture the best fireworks display you’ve ever seen: Blast after thunderous blast, with a myriad of dazzling elements all competing for your attention. That’s kind of how it is with the fall bass gorge fest; that exciting time when largemouth, … Continued
By David Hurley One of the most-highly anticipated openers along the coast is the recreational Dungeness crab opener, and after a delay of several months during the 2015 season due to high levels of domoic acid, the sport crab … Continued
On November 16, the U.S. Senate confirmed Brenda Burman, who served as a Department of Interior official under President G.W. Bush and later as special projects manager for the Metropolitan Water District MWD of Southern California, as the U.S. Department of the Interior … Continued
On the morning of November 30, Assemblymember Jim Frazier (D-Discovery Bay) and Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) held a town hall in Walnut Grove that examined the financial feasibility of the Delta Tunnels and discussed related issues, including the recent report … Continued
Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) and Assemblymember Jim Frazier (D-Discovery Bay), the co-chairs of the Delta Caucus, will hold a town hall in Walnut Grove on Thursday, November 30 to examine the financial feasibility of Governor Jerry Brown’s controversial Delta Tunnels project … Continued
While it was very helpful to have the Senate remove the Rep McCarthy drainage rider (H.R. 1769), a $320 million giveaway to the Westlands Water District, from the recent National Defense Authorization Act conference report, the leaders of Westlands are … Continued
Joe Hill of North Highlands won first place in the adult division of the NorCal Trout Anglers Challenge Tournament of Champions at Collins Lake on November 4-5 by catching the largest fish, a rainbow trout weighing 4.48 pounds. He was … Continued
Big Ag will keep trying to add rider to bills In a victory for salmon and the Delta, a Conference Committee rejected Congressman Kevin McCarthy’s attempt to add H.R. 1769, Representative David Valadao’s rider approving the Westlands Water District settlement … Continued
The chinook salmon run is the most anticipated fishery in the in the Sacramento Area each year. Some anglers start as early as the opener in July, hoping to intercept some initial fish blasting through. The problem with fishing … Continued
“Last weekend was all about Dungeness crab and crab/rockfish combination trips on Saturday and Sunday, and all ports from Shelter Cove south to Half Moon Bay returned with spectacular results,” reported David Hurley of USA Fishing’s Hot Sheet. “Limits of … Continued