On April 30 during the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the negotiators for the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Contractors finalized an Agreement In Principle (AIP) for the State Contract Amendment for Delta Conveyance, according to a notice sent out … Continued
Jim Rogers of Woodland was drifting live bait from a private boat in San Francisco Bay on Saturday when he bagged a 78.2-pound white seabass, a migratory species more common in warmer waters off the coast of Southern California. The … Continued
Cat Kaiser of the Golden State Salmon Association holds up her hefty salmon that she landed outside of the Golden Gate last summer. Photo courtesy of GSSA. The recreational ocean salmon, groundfish and Pacific halibut fisheries scheduled to open May … Continued
Don Paganelli of Paganelli’s Bass Fishing Experience celebrated his birthday in top form on Friday, April 24, when he caught and released his largest-ever spotted bass, an 8-pound beauty, on Bullards Bar Reservoir. Paganelli hooked the fish while using a … Continued
Hello Fish Sniffer Family! Cal Kellogg here. We’ve shared it all, big fish, limits of fish, skunk days, saltwater trips, freshwater trips, droughts, high water years, good times and bad. Having said that, none of us have seen anything quite … Continued
The California Fish and Game Commission in an emergency teleconference today voted to grant the Director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife the authority to selectively restrict recreational fishing in some regions of the state after hearing from … Continued
After a teleconference meeting that descended into chaos on April 9, the California Fish and Game Commission has rescheduled to April 15, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. the emergency agenda item to consider a regulation that allows the California Department of Fish … Continued
Anglers for weeks were gearing up to fish the ocean salmon season opener in the Monterey Bay region on Saturday and in the Half Moon Bay, San Francisco Bay Area and Bodega Bay regions on April 11. But the situation … Continued
SACRAMENTO – During the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) on March 31 issued a controversial Incidental Take Permit (ITP) to the Department of Water Resources (DWR) for long-term operations of the State Water Project (SWP). Ironically, … Continued
Over 200 people including members of at least seven California Indian Tribal nations, along with some recreational anglers and environmentalists, marched on the meeting room of the Sheraton Inn in Redding on the evening of March 2, shouting “Shut … Continued