“During the winter there’s lower fishing pressure, which means many of these trout will
carry over into spring and summer, feeding and growing in the meantime,” Palma adds. “Sometimes the (stocking) truck arrives when there’s rain or wind in the forecast; for...
"I love the late-spring trout fishery because it provides maximum options. Most low-elevation lakes are still cool enough during the first part of June to support good trout fishing. And in the mountains, there has typically been enough of a thaw...
“The outlook is positive considering the above-average precipitation and snowpack this winter,” said Sam Plemons, a Senior Environmental Scientist based in CDFW’s Redding, Northern Region headquarters. “Generally speaking, this means north state streams will stay colder, longer into the season, which...
The commercial fishery will close in Fishing Zone 3 (Sonoma/Mendocino County line, 38°46.125' N Latitude, to Pigeon Point, 37°11' N Latitude), at which time the commercial take and possession of Dungeness crab from those waters is prohibited. The commercial fishery will...
“The Coastal Conservation Association of California worked diligently with our coalition partners and others in the sand bass working group assembled by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop these recommended solutions,” says Chris Arechaederra, executive director for CCA...
