For the third year in a row, commercial salmon fishing will be closed in California.Officials said the season is staying closed because of drought, climate impacts, and poor ocean conditions.

The fishing season typically runs from May to October, and in recent years the state’s commercial salmon fishing fleet has numbered about 460 vessels, Artis said.

As for inland salmon fishing, the California Fish and Game Commission has plans to discuss that in meetings that were scheduled for April 16-17. A final action is expected on May 14.

At an October work session, the State Board of Fisheries will consider over a dozen “agenda change requests,” which are proposals to address fishing regulation outside of the board’s three ...

Frankfort: The cold front that moved in this past week pushed the staging chinook salmon up into the rivers, leaving little to no activity in the bay. Anglers trolling the pier heads caught few ...

California salmon fishing season is in jeopardy again 02:19. William Smith has long fished the California coast for salmon, taking avid anglers out on his boat in hopes they'll get to wrestle with ...