Free Fishing Saturday Highlights Holiday Weekend
Happy Fourth of July, Cal Sportsman readers. Looking for something to this holiday weekend?
Free Fishing Days: the best thing to happen to California since John Muir. July 5 and September 6 should be circled on your calendar, as a California fishing license will not be required for anyone 16 and over to grab a rod and reel and dunk a line in the American River, Lake Nacimiento, the Salton Sea or San Luis Reservoir.
Free Fishing Days: the best thing to happen to California since Sutter’s Mill. It’s important to get non-fishermen involved in the sport. Take your kids who have never experienced pulling in a rainbow trout from Irvine Lake or landing a striper off Rio Vista in the San Joaquin Delta. Even if you don’t catch anything, the quality time you spend with your family will want you asking to go back.
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Free Fishing Days: the best thing to happen to California since Google and Yahoo. We have a lot of options to tell you about in this month’s issue where fish are biting: Luke Kelly’s reports on the anticipated July 16 king salmon openers on the Sacramento and Feather Rivers; Scott Haugen dishing on San Francisco Bay sharks; Mike Stevens on Eastern Sierra lure techniques, Bill Schaefer with the best way to cast for trophy bass at San Diego’s Otay Lake.
Free Fishing Days: the best thing to happen to California since California Chrome. Remember, per the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, if you’re fishing on one of the two no license-needed days for abalone, steelhead, sturgeon, spiny lobster or salmon in the Smith or Klamath-Trinity River Systems, you must purchase the proper report card for those species (dfg.ca.gov/licensing/fishing/
Free Fishing days: the best thing to happen to California since Carl’s Jr. I remember my earliest experiences throwing marshmallows baited with salmon eggs at Lake Merced in San Francisco. It wasn’t long before I was begging my dad to take me out again, and then another time, then another.
Free Fishing days: (Maybe) the best thing to happen to you and your family this month.
